Those who bridge the gaps : brokers and translators within development practices in Nepal

2015

Since the outburst of James Ferguson on the development policy in Lesotho in 1994 - the starting point of the post-development school of thought, the imposition of Western development models on Third World countries has been heavily criticized by post development thinkers. The purposes of what is called “development” are in serious doubt. “What do aid programmes do besides fail to help poor people?” (Ferguson, 1994: 180). Post-developmentalists, however, did not stop at castigating the reality they have witnessed on the ground; they also proposed solutions. They advocate for alternatives to development as a new development paradigm rather than alternative development (Escobar, 2000). As the…