Redefining Development: Resolving Complex Challenges in a Global Context Kritz Jessica
Redefining Development: Resolving Complex Challenges in a Global Context Kritz Jessica In 2015, Old Fadama, the largest informal community in Accra, was a government 'no-go zone.' Armed guards…
Specifikacia Redefining Development: Resolving Complex Challenges in a Global Context Kritz Jessica
Redefining Development: Resolving Complex Challenges in a Global Context Kritz Jessica
In 2015, Old Fadama, the largest informal community in Accra, was a government 'no-go zone.' Armed guards accompanied a participatory action research team and stakeholders as they began an empirical research project. In three years, they designed a collaboration intervention based on rigorous evidence, Ghana's culture and data from 300 core stakeholders. Their goals: resolve wicked problems, advance collaboration theory, and provide direct services to vulnerable beneficiaries.
By 2022, the intervention was replicated in Accra, Kumasi and eleven rural communities, providing health services to more than 10,000 kayayei (women head porters) and addressing complex challenges for 15,000 direct and hundreds of thousands of indirect beneficiaries. Sanitation policy change transformed the community, and government began to collaborate freely. This collaboration intervention improved community
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