The Importance of Learning Continuously

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Spencer: There are things which delay our learning. One of them is spending a lot of time trying to get funding for something instead of just digging in and learning on the run. He says funders need to be much more exploratory in their funding so that people can do that. Robert: It's this idea of learning continuously and not being too preset in any groups.

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What is the field of development? What are the differences between rapid and participatory rural appraisal? Under what conditions should qualitative surveys be preferred over quantitative and vice versa? What is participatory mapping? How has the field of development changed over the last few decades? Why do people get taller when sanitation improves?

Robert Chambers is a British academic and development practitioner. He spent his academic career at the Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex. In 2013, he became an honorary fellow of the International Institute of Social Studies. He has been one of the leading advocates for putting the poor, destitute, and marginalized at the center of the processes of development policy since the 1980s. Learn more about him here.

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