ABSTRACT
This model (see Table 2.1) departed from traditional approaches prevalent in the 1970s, through which funds were channelled to states for the purpose of promoting countrywide social welfare programmes aimed at addressing the ‘basic needs’ of the poor, such as establishing a network of health clinics, conducting a national immunisation programme, or launching a latrine-building campaign. While both approaches emphasise relief of poverty, Hyden sees the gradual move away from state-centred development schemes as a natural evolution away from an emphasis on management towards participation on the one hand, and away from equity for its own sake towards growth-with-equity (Hyden 1991:135).
