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Download or read book Development from Above Or Below? written by Walter B. Stohr and published by Chichester [Sussex] ; Toronto : Wiley. This book was released on 1981-07-29 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph presenting development theory and case studies on regional development and regional planning in developing countries - comprises essays contrasting centre-down development paradigm, (planning centralization from international and national levels) with development from below (planning decentralization from a regional level) as well as theoretical issues relating to basic needs strategies and growth poles, etc., and illustrates concepts with third world comparison. Bibliography after each essay, diagrams, graphs and maps.