Responses to Rural Development Dynamics in the Matengo Highlands of Southern Tanzania:

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  • タンザニア南部，マテンゴ高地における農村開発の展開と住民の対応
  • タンザニア南部、マテンゴ高地における農村開発の展開と住民の対応--参加型開発プロジェクトの「副次効果」分析から
  • タンザニア ナンブ マテンゴ コウチ ニ オケル ノウソン カイハツ ノ テンカイ ト ジュウミン ノ タイオウ サンカガタ カイハツ プロジェクト ノ フクジ コウカ ブンセキ カラ
  • The “Side Effects” of a Participatory Rural Development Project
  • 参加型開発プロジェクトの「副次効果」分析から

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This paper uses a case study of a participatory rural development project (the SCSRD project) conducted in the Mbinga district in southern Tanzania to underscore the importance of understanding the side-effects of such initiatives when implementing popularly-led development projects.<br>Mbinga district is a major coffee-producing area, and rural development projects/programs had introduced farmers' groups (kikundi) to the area during the latter half of the 1990s to coordinate external support. In this environment, the SCSRD project was established in the village under study to support activities integrating economic revitalization and natural resource conservation. This project, which emphasized flexible management, was designed to expand successful efforts that had been undertaken at the individual level in response to program recommendations. Although it was clear that many kikundi organized under the project were intent on taking credit for accomplishments, the project attempted to continue to provide support to these groups by using their locally popular fish-farming services because of the importance of their objectives.<br>This paper discusses the side-effects of this project. In particular, people came to regard the kikundi as a vehicle not only for receiving credit but also for engaging in valued activities and reinforcing interpersonal relationships. Because side-effects sometimes involve critical changes in popular attitudes, analyses should devote more attention to the multiple effects of rural development projects to garner useful information for new rural development challenges.

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