If you're searching for a grounded, practical framework for sustainable development, this paperback by Nazar Al Baharna offers a thought-provoking read. Drawing on decades of thinking around community-led change, it presents the Community Development Enterprise (CDE) model — a rights-based approach that puts people at the centre of development. A meaningful gift for students, policy thinkers, environmentalists, and anyone engaged with the future of our communities.
📖 What This Book Covers
- 🌍 The Core Challenge: Examines the two most pressing human-perpetuated crises of our time — climate and natural resource depletion, and rising global poverty.
- 🏘️ The CDE Framework: Introduces the Community Development Enterprise model, a cross between decentralisation and micro-business principles.
- ⚖️ Holistic Rights-Based Approach: Covers all five pillars of sustainable development — Governance, Environment, Social, Economy, and Culture.
- 🔄 Shift from Centralised to Community Development: Explores how to move decision-making and growth closer to the people it affects.
- 💼 Private Sector & Government Partnership: Argues for a model shaped by government but driven by a pioneering private sector to build a broad, productive middle class.
- 📄 Accessible Length: At 82 pages, it's concise and focused — easy to read cover to cover without losing its depth.
✅ Why Readers Value This Book
- 🌱 Offers a clear, actionable alternative to top-down development models
- 🤝 Connects environmental sustainability with social and economic justice
- 🎓 Useful for students, academics, NGO professionals, and policy makers
- 🎁 A thoughtful, purposeful gift for anyone passionate about community resilience and global sustainability
- 📚 Tackles big ideas in a compact, readable format
📋 Product Specifications
- Author: Nazar Al Baharna
- Format: Paperback
- Number of Pages: 82
- Dimensions: 0.21 x 9.02 x 5.98 in
- Publication Date: March 13, 2020
- Publisher: Books by splitShops
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