"Development in Practice Readers" offer a selection of articles to promote debate on a theme of current concern. Each paper has been chosen from "Development in Practice" - an international journal concerned with the social dimensions of development and relief work, with contributions from field workers, policy makers, and researchers. Each book in this series is introduced by a specially commissioned overview, and contains an annotated bibliography of current and classic titles which together constitute an essential reading list on the chosen theme. This volume brings together papers which explore people's varied expectations of development. It is introduced by Mary B Anderson, President of The Collaborative for Development Action Inc., Cambridge, USA.