22 March 2012

Challenges and Opportunities

to Basic Services in Developing

Countries

Mansoor Ali

Reflections from 25 Years

Department of Architecture and Planning, NED University, Karachi

Mansoor Ali | 22 March 2012

What is Practical Action? Fritz Schumacher, Author of Small is

Beautiful and Founder of Practical

Action (Intermediate Technology)

in 1969

www.practicalaction.org.uk

The Context;

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)

Gaps in Basic Services

Geographical distribution of gaps

Impact on different groups

Global Strategies;

Advocacy

Policy influencing

Loans and aids

Capacity development

What has changed?

Challenges

Institutions of market versus institutions

to protect the poor

Challenges

High Standards and Regulations

Challenges

Not building on the local practices

Subsequent Challenges

Restricted role of NGOs

Gaps between research and practice

Layers of institutions

Corruption

In-effective leadership

To summarise

So, where is the opportunity?

Search for new institutions

Research to inform the institutions

New ways of working

New ways of thinking

Changing Role of Development

Professionals and the choices