The development dilemma: give a man a fish or teach him to fish? | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional

The development dilemma: give a man a fish or teach him to fish? | Global Development Professionals Network | Guardian Professional: "On a recent trip to Washington DC, I delivered a presentation (pdf) on mapping the informal settlements of Sekondi-Takoradi in Ghana. I was asked a question: "By uniformly mapping and addressing properties in these slums, are you endorsing illegal homes and other buildings?" My response was: "In Sekondi-Takoradi, only about 24% of property development conforms to the city's layout or plan. We either map the city in its fullness or we produce something useless. If we only map the 24% legal buildings the map is of no value.""

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