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Abstract

People-centred development can have different meanings to different people. Put simply people-centred refers to a focus on human well-being while development is a process of ensuring that a family, community, society, country, continent or world has all the tangible and non-tangible goods, infrastructure and services required to satisfy their short to long-term needs and aspirations. In this article, we elaborate the concept of people centredness focusing on meaning, philosophy, theories, approaches, institutional levels, principles, teaching, learning and practice. Several practical examples have been provided to help clarify the concept of people-centred development. We argue that development that fails to give people real independence to ensure that they have real power and choice over their day to day situations does not improve the lives of people.

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Mugumbate, J. R., Tarusikirwa, M. C., Nyoni, C., Mtetwa, E., Nyikahadzoyi, K., Dhemba and Nyaruwata, L. T. (2022). People-centred development (PCD): philosophies, key concepts and approaches to teaching, learning and practice. People centred – The Journal of Development Administration (JDA), 7(1), 1-12.

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