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- A participatory approach to evaluating the impact of NGOs on development in Nepal
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This paper describes a technique used to evaluate an NGO support and development project in Nepal. The project has been operating since 2000 or before in five Districts of Nepal and has the primary objective of assisting NGOs to work more closely with t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02
- Literacy comes second: working with groups in developing societies
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Literacy programmes conventionally focus solely on non-literates and use a 'learn first, do later' model that is ill-suited to adult learning. Programmes based on existing groups (whether function- or location-based), and which use a 'learn through doing' ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- What happened at the WTO Summit in Cancún? A conversation with Adrian Lovett of Oxfam GB
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The abrupt closure of the WTO Summit in Cancún in September 2003 without any formal agreement dealt a powerful blow to what had been designated as the ‘development round’ in Doha in 2001—and with it to the promise that the concerns of most interest to dev ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- Corporate wealth or public health? WTO/TRIPS flexibilities and access to HIV/AIDS antiretroviral drugs by developing countries
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Between 1994 and 2003, the TRIPS (Trade-Related Intellectual Property) Agreement of the WTO was refined to allow for flexibilities in the use of compulsory licences to import and export ‘generic’ varieties of pharmaceutical products, including ARV drugs f ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:04
- Partnerships in fair trade: reflections from a case study of Cafédirect
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In the 1990s, fair trade, as practised by alternative trading organisations (ATOs), has evolved from a solidarity to a partnership model. This paper explores the nature of fair trade partnership using a case study of Cafédirect and one of its suppliers, t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:48
- The F-word and the S-word - too much of one and not enough of the other
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This article questions the growing use of the term ‘faith-based’ in development policy and practice. It is argued that it homogenises people in minority migrant and developing-country contexts and excludes many who are working for human rights and social ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Fragile states
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Since the 1990s, states that lack the capacity to discharge their normal functions and drive forward development have been referred to as ‘fragile states’. This article focuses on Africa, which not only has the largest concentration of prototypical fragil ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:36
- Mano Dura: El Salvador responds to gangs
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Although it is increasingly recognised that violence, crime, and associated fear are challenging democratic governance in Latin America, less attention has been paid to the ways in which state responses to crime contribute to the problem. By analysing El ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- Institutional innovations for urban infrastructural development: the Indian scenario
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As part of a human rights education campaign, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) fixed 700,000 posters throughout Bangladesh. This met with opposition from religious organisations. This paper investigates the nature and cause of the backlas ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- Informal finance and the design of microfinance
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This paper describes seven small ways for microfinance to acquire the virtues of informal finance, which are commonly perceived as slashed transaction costs, supply of not just loans but also savings and implicit insurance, sensitivity to the constraints ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
