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From clients to citizens: Asset-based Community Development as a strategy for community-driven development

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  • Alison Mathie
  • Gord Cunningham

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In this paper, Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) is presented as an alternative to needs-based approaches to development. Following an overview of the principles and practice of ABCD, four major elements of ABCD are examined in light of the current literature on relevant research and practice. This involves exploring the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry; the concept of social capital as an asset for community development; the theory of community economic development; and lessons learned from the links between participatory development, citizenship, and civil society. The paper outlines how ABCD both reflects and integrates trends in these areas, and stands to benefit from the insights generated from this work.

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  • Alison Mathie & Gord Cunningham, 2003. "From clients to citizens: Asset-based Community Development as a strategy for community-driven development," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 13(5), pages 474-486, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:13:y:2003:i:5:p:474-486
    DOI: 10.1080/0961452032000125857
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    1. Suliasi Vunibola, 2023. "“Want to help someone? Shut up and listen”: Foreign aid, maladaptation, and community development practices in the Pacific," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 41(S2), December.
    2. DePuy, Walker, 2023. "Seeing like a smartphone: The co-production of landscape-scale and rights-based conservation," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 164(C).

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