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'Participatory Development' Programs Help in Iraq and Morocco |
| Section: CULTURE / PATTERNS |
| Author: Jason Ben-Meir |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/2006 |
| Size: 1,927 Words, 13,382 Characters |
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Proven methods for aiding communities facing such threats as deforestation of grazing lands or loss of markets for traditional products could be applied to assist the Iraqi people in establishing a balanced and effectively functioning society.
As the Iraqi people move toward establishing their own country, their decisions about how to divide power between Baghdad and outlying regions, and their subsequent progress in substantiating that balance, will be both important and difficult to achieve. Facing this challenge, they would be well advised to look closely at a family of powerful and proven methods for engaging all parties in a community in dialogue. After setting development goals and devising plans for achieving them, the residents work cooperatively to implement the plans.
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...ould profoundly benefit the region and advance its own fundamental interests. In Iraq, the needs are urgent and the stakes are particularly high. The United States should now decide to support the application of participatory development throughout the country as an important step toward achieving a viable democratic state in the Middle East.
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