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- An institutional approach to service-provision partnerships in South Asia
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Radical approaches to introduce public-private partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructure provision in South Asia have been largely unsuccessful. Yet the region is home to a thriving informal private sector and several regional NGOs have become engaged in eff ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:50
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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
- Domestic violence, deportation, and women's resistance: notes on managing inter-sectionality
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This Practical note describes the work of the Southall Black Sisters, a group, based in London, England, which provides a variety of assistance to, mainly Asian, women who have been victims of domestic violence and abuse. The author discusses how the UK l ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Advancing women's reproductive and sexual health rights: using the International Human Rights system
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Often the primary barriers to improving women's health are rooted in socio-economic, legal, and cultural factors. Women are generally assigned subordinate status in terms of economic power, decision making, and options regarding education, work, and famil ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Relations between NGOs and trade unions: the case of Ukraine
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This article describes the legal frameworks governing trade unions and NGOs in Ukraine, with the latter defined very much as organisations working for the benefit of their members and other citizens sharing the same interests rather than as philanthropic ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:11
- Effectiveness of 3MTM PetrifilmTM as a teaching tool in rural Mali
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In developing areas of the world, where local people's understanding of germ theory and water and sanitation problems is not complete, 3MTM PetrifilmTM can act as an important visual aid for development workers in order to educate people about water and ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-03-30 16:12
- Methodological issues in research on women's health
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This article is written from the perspective of a health activist engaged in research on women's health. It lays out a methodological framework for studying issues concerning women's health, and goes on to describe a range of tools for collection of quali ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Assisting survivors of war and atrocity: notes on `psycho-social' issues for NGO workers
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NGOs are receiving and distributing increasing funding for projects attempting to help traumatised victims of political violence. The author argues that many of these projects are ill conceived, failing to recognise that one aim of modern warfare is the d ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55
- Access to graduate education in Bangladesh
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There has been growing concern in Bangladesh that access to higher education is restricted to high-income families. Here, the author reports on the early findings of research into the socio-economic backgrounds of students at Bangladesh's major universiti ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02
- Donor leverage: towards more equitable access to essential medicines?
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In early 2007, the Indonesian government decided to withhold its samples of the avian influenza (‘bird flu’) virus from WHO’s collaborating centres, pending a new global mechanism for virus sharing which would provide better terms for developing countries ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
