Facilitated advocacy for sustainable development : an approach and its paradoxes / edited by Graham Haylor and William Savage

Includes bibliographical references and index

An approach to development in a world of paradoxes / Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Facilitated advocacy in action / Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Building a strategy impacting the poorest communes: a case study in Vietnam / Nguyen Song Ha, Tran Ngoc Mai, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Fishers campaign for, debate and achieve change: a case study in Cambodia / Thay Somony, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- How farmers and fishers achieved changes in aquaculture policy and practice: a case study in eastern India / Kuddus Ansary, Satyendra D. Tripathi, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- The Light of Life weavers of Sambalpuri Saris: a case study in Odisha, eastern India / Satyendra D. Tripathi, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Two worlds across a highway: a case study in Pakistan / Muhammad Junaid Wattoo, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Facilitated advocacy in the context of disaster relief: a case study in Sri Lanka / Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Taking Aqua Shops from Asia to Africa: a case study in Kenya / Susan Otieno, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- Getting scientific equipment into development policies: a case study in Ghana / George Owusu Essegbey, Stephen Awuni, Nighisty Ghezae, Graham Haylor and William Savage -- A place for facilitated advocacy in a world of SDGs / Graham Haylor and William Savage

"Facilitated advocacy is an approach to development initiatives that enables people situated across diverse cultural, economic, educational, professional, societal and linguistic spheres to engage more equitably. By doing so, potential changes in policy and practice can improve people's livelihoods and life circumstances. This book provides context and definition for facilitated advocacy. It suggests a role for the approach, as the world once again embarks on a set of UN-coordinated development goals. The book outlines the skills and experience required to facilitate groups of people in order to identify and advocate for changes that they consider necessary. This is illustrated through a series of co-authored case studies from Cambodia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. These range from standing up for the rights of tribal communities in eastern India and improving service delivery to villages in Vietnam, to developing an inclusive fisheries policy in Pakistan and building social enterprises in Odisha State of India. This book offers a critically reflective description of what has been tried, adapted and replicated, furthering action research in the field of development studies. It offers theorists and practitioners an opportunity to examine their own work in contrast and in recognition of the realities of living with paradoxes"--Back cover