{"id":5936,"date":"2019-08-01T14:59:12","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:59:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/yes-morocco.com\/highatlasfoundation\/?p=5936"},"modified":"2021-02-09T16:57:40","modified_gmt":"2021-02-09T16:57:40","slug":"bottom-up-and-top-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress-haf.ddev.site\/bottom-up-and-top-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Bottom-up and Top-Down"},"content":{"rendered":"
HAF Intern, UVA student<\/em><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Something I have been thinking about is the relationship between top-down and bottom-up development. Community-led, participatory development plays an undeniably important role in global development within economic, political, and social spheres. I\u2019ve seen HAF initiate local economic development through cooperative building and agricultural support for rural farmers; grassroots political movements can lead to significant changes regarding representation and how policy issues are addressed; and yet again, HAF assists with social development in rural communities through the Imagine workshops that rely on internal and spiritual growth as well as laws to encourage gender equality throughout various rural communities in Morocco. Yet, is it possible for these bottom-up, community-led development projects to exist without top-down institutional changes that support sustainable development efforts?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n