James Higbie holds a BA in Biology from Denison University and an MA in ESL teaching from the University of Hawaii. He served in the Peace Corps in Sierra Leone and has worked in education projects in Thailand, Laos, Sudan, and Kenya. Previous publications include Thai Reference Grammar, Essential Thai, Let's Speak Thai, Let's Speak Lao, and Lao-English/English- Lao Dictionary and Phrasebook, which is published by Hippocrene Books.

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• Poverty, illbeing and wellbeing; The development environment; Stakeholders in community development; The principles of community development; The features and outcome of community development; The community as main actor in community development; The place and role of community development workers; Community development workers and their organisations; Participatory decision-making, problem-solving and management; Communication skills; Group facilitation and leadership development; Conflict resolution, mediation and negotiation; Mobilisation and motivation; Operational writing; Meetings; Public speaking; Contact-making; Participatory research methodology; The start of a project; Planning and implementation; Evaluation and control; The training dialogue; Planning and presenting a training workshop.