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The MOC (Movement for Community Organisation) is an advisory centre for community organisations in the Feira de Santana region of north-east Brazil. Oxfam (UK and Ireland) has provided funds towards their work since 1972, and in 1990/91 commissioned a Bra ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

Peter Coleridge discusses issues raised by Brian O'Toole and Geraldine Maison-Halls ([12]Development in Practice 4(1)) outlining the use of community-based rehabilitation (CBR) in providing services to disabled people in low-income countries. The author o ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

The author presents a personal view of an international conference on the use of financial services in the reduction of poverty, held at Reading University in the UK, with participants from NGOs, academic institutions, and Micro Finance Institutions (MFIs ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55

Against a background of reduced government funding of African universities, the International African Institute in London co-ordinated a study in 1995 to evaluate university libraries, in terms of their sustainability, now that many survive on (usually sh ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:39

An examination is presented of an NGO project in Zambia, focusing on its approach, its specific consequences for local participation, potential for sustainability and its ability to hold the government accountable for how its uses public resources. Sectio ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:38

Les auteurs procèdent à un examen des différents principes et caractéristiques formulés dans les deux philosophies de développement (comme on les différencie brièvement dans les expressions “approche directive” (du haut vers le bas) et “approche ascendant ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57

The paper addresses two issues: what are the type of organization needed in order to face the challenge posed by the complexity and uncertainty of development problems; and how can such organizations be designed. A flat organizational structure is propose ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:38

Global Knowledge '97: Knowledge for Development in the Information Age was organised by the World Bank and the Canadian government and held in Toronto. The Benton Foundation put together a group of US experts from the NGO sector, and the author reports on ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58

Le financement provenant des sources officielles d'aide pour le secteur des ONG de développement a connu une augmentation rapide vers la fin des années 80 et au début des années 90. Ces jours heureux sont révolus. Les penseurs de la communauté des ONG s'i ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59

L'auteur met en exergue un programme de participation communautaire à Hyderabad, en Inde, qui a permis aux travailleurs du secteur informel, organisés par la municipalité, de prendre des mesures dans le sens d'une méthode d'enlèvement des déchets présenta ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59