Devpolicy@ANU
Australian Aid Tracker
Aid Profiles
Podcast

Facebook
Twitter
Soundcloud
LinkedIn
Email

About
Contributors
Join the discussion
Support us
Contact us

About
Contributors
Join the discussion
Support us
Contact us

John McKinnon

Robert Chambers’ ox: a personal reflection on participatory work

June 2, 2014

by John McKinnon

John McKinnon

John McKinnon commenced work as a development practitioner in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate in 1968. Since then he has worked in many other Pacific and Southeast Asian nations in both research and practical undertakings specializing in rural development, informal urban settlements, indigenous highland societies, with a principle focus on participatory planning. John has worked for the Dutch, French and New Zealand governments and in the 1990s set up the Development Studies Programme at Victoria University of Wellington. His current work involves PhD supervision, writing and assignments as a consultant.

Most commented

An ex-volunteer’s perspective on improving the...
Should aid workers lead comfortable lives?
PNG LNG landowner royalties – why so long?
Compulsory SIM card registration in Papua New Guinea
Settling as an expat in Port Moresby – a personal...

Most commented this year

The political economy of the Solomon Islands oil...
Catastrophic failures in PNG health service delivery
Papua New Guinea is not Pasifika
Can PNG become the richest black nation in the world...
It’s about access: tourism in Timor-Leste

The Devpolicy Blog is based at the Development Policy Centre, Crawford School of Public Policy, in The Australian National University’s College of Asia and the Pacific.

Copyright © 2019 - Development Policy Centre, Australian National University. Website managed by Futuretheory

Development Policy Centre
devpolicy@anu.edu.au