About Deborah Eade
Deborah Eade was appointed Editor of Development in Practice in 1991, shortly after its launch, and is the founding editor of the Development in Practice Readers series. With degrees from the universities of Oxford, Sussex, and London, Deborah worked for ten years in Latin America for various local and international NGOs, and was, from 1984-91, Oxfam GB's Deputy Regional Representative for Mexico and Central America. Since she and her family moved to Geneva 1994, Deborah has undertaken consultancies for a number of UN agencies including the ILO and UNHCR, and has been the Rapporteur for various UNRISD conferences.
Publications
BOOKS, REPORTS, AND MONOGRAPHS- Social Knowledge and International Policy Making, Conference Report (2004), Geneva: UNRISD.
- Civil Society and Development: Issues for NGOs (with Ernst Ligteringen) (1999), Tokyo: Advanced Development Management Program, Sophia University.
- Advancing the Social Agenda: Two Years After Copenhagen (1997), Geneva: UNRISD.
- After the Social Summit: Implementing the Programme of Action (1995), Geneva: UNRISD.
- Capacity Building: An Approach to People-Centred Development (1997), Oxford: Oxfam.
- The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief (with Suzanne Williams) (3 vols.) (1995), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Against the Grain: The Dilemma of Project Food Aid (with Tony Jackson) (1982), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Unnatural Disaster: Drought in NE Brazil (1984), Oxford: Oxfam.
- CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES IN REFEREED JOURNALS
- ‘International NGOs and unions in the South: worlds apart or allies in the struggle?’ (2004) Development in Practice 14(1&2):71-84.
- ‘Women and war: protection through empowerment in El Salvador’ (with Martha Thompson) (2002) Social Development Issues 24(3):50-58.
- ‘Mujeres y conflictos armados’ (2001) Papeles de Cuestiones Internacionales [Journal of the Peace Research Centre in Madrid] No. 73(15-22).
- ‘From the slipstream into the mainstream: “genderising” The Oxfam Handbook of Development and Relief’ (1999) in F. Porter et al. (eds.) Gender Works, Oxford: Oxfam.
- ‘Change and continuity: the challenge of transition’ (1997) Development in Practice 7(4):500-504.
- ‘Development Studies’ (1996) Best Books: Experts Choose Their Favourites, Oxford: Helicon.
- ‘Emergencies and development: ageing with wisdom and dignity’ (1994) Focus on Gender 2 (1):17-19.
- ‘How Far Should We Push?’ (1991) in T. Wallace and C. March (eds.) Changing Perceptions: Writings on Women and Development, Oxford: Oxfam.
- ‘US-Mexico Agriculture: Views from a Third Country’ (with David Winder) (1987) in B. Johnston and C. Luiselli (eds.)US-Mexico Relations: Agriculture and Rural Development, Stanford: Stanford University Press.
- ‘Contrainsurgencia y la ayuda alimentaria’ (1984) in IOCE (ed.) Desarrollo Rural y Contrainsurgencia en Guatemala, [Rural Development and Counterinsurgency in Guatemala], México DF: IOCE.
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Numerous articles, reports, and book reviews in Crosslines International Report, Development in Practice, Gender Links, IRED Forum, New Internationalist, Quarto, Red Cross, Red Crescent Magazine, UNRISD Social Development News.
Case studies in Gender & Development Pack (1991), No Time to Waste: Poverty and the Global Environment (Oxfam 1993), and The Oxfam Gender Training Manual (Oxfam 1994).
EDITED VOLUMES - Development and the Private Sector: Consuming Interests, Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press (2006, forthcoming).
- Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement (2005), Bloomfield, CT: Kumarian Press.
- Development, Women, and War: Feminist Perspectives (2004), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Development Methods and Approaches: Critical Reflections (2003), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Development and the Learning Organisation (2003), Oxford: Oxfam (in association with Institute of Development Studies and Oxfam America).
- Development and Culture (2002), Oxford: Oxfam (in association with World Faiths Dialogue on Development).
- Development and Cities (2002), Oxford: Oxfam (in association with UNRISD).
- Development and Agroforestry: Scaling Up the Impact of Research (2002), Oxford: Oxfam (in association with the World Forestry Centre, CGIAR).
- Development and Advocacy (2002), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Debating Development: NGOs in the Future(2001), Oxford: Oxfam (in association with Oxfam International).*
- Development, NGOs, and Civil Society (2000), Oxford: Oxfam.*
- Development and Management: Experiences of Value-Based Conflict (2000), Oxford: Oxfam (in association with The Open University).
- Development and Social Action (1999), Oxford: Oxfam (UK & Ireland).
- Development with Women (1999), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Development and Rights (1998), Oxford: Oxfam.*
- Development for Health (1997), Oxford: Oxfam.
- Development and Patronage (1997), Oxford: Oxfam.*
- Development and Social Diversity (1996), Oxford: Oxfam.*
- Development in States of War (1996), Oxford: Oxfam.*
- * Also published in Spanish by Intermón, Barcelona.
EDITOR AND CONTRIBUTOR
- Pedagogical Materials on Decent Work(2005), Geneva: IILS/ILO.
- Risk Mapping and Local Capacities: Lessons from Mexico and Central America (translated and adapted from Spanish) (2000), Working Paper, Oxford: Oxfam.
- Post-war Reconstruction in Central America: Lessons from El Salvador, Guatemala, and Nicaragua (translated and adapted from Spanish) (1999), Working Paper, Oxford: Oxfam.
- From Conflict to Peace in a Changing World: Social Reconstruction in Times of Transition (1998), Working Paper, Oxford: Oxfam.
- Guide for Preparing, Designing and Implementing Red Cross and Red Crescent Operations for Refugees, Displaced Persons and Returnees (1994), Geneva: IFRC.
- Report on 1992 International Workshop on Red Cross and Red Crescent Cooperation in Repatriation (1992), Geneva: IFRC.
- Mujer Centroamericana: Violencia y Guerra (co-ed.) (1987) [Central American Women: Violence and War], México DF: COFESMUCA and CIDHAL.