Resumen de Impacts of agricultural microprojects on rural development: Lessons from two projects in the Zambezi Valley
This article is an attempt to expose the effects of planning on development. It asserts that the failure or success of a project Is pre-determined by the events during the planning phase. The various agencies involved in planning, decision making, implementation and evaluation of projects appear to be serving their own interests first and those of the people last. This article concludes that projects must be born in the hearts and minds of the people if any degree of success is to be achieved. Two projects in the Zambezi Valley are looked at to show the differences between a �professional-initiated� project and a �people-initiated� one.
