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- Poor getting richer and the rich--poor gap getting smaller?
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The author asks what'win-win'public policies can substantially reduce the percentage of people who live in absolute poverty and enable the poor to become richer even if the rich also become richer. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Methodological debate in poverty studies: towards 'participatory qual–quant'?
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Compared with the divisive views of the past, integrative thinking has recently come to characterise the methodological debate on poverty. 'Qualitative vs quantitative' has given way to 'qual–quant'; 'cross-disciplinarity' has replaced 'economics vs anthr ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Reaching the Millennium Development Goals: equality and justice as well as results
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Though less than expected, resources are available for simple, cheap interventions that can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. Results-based management has been the key to increasing access to education and health care, but it d ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:09
- Guest Editorial 13(2&3)
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In English only Author: Afshar, Haleh Issue: V ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- Another invasion: lessons from the international support to East Timorese NGOs
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This article seeks to contribute to the debate on collaboration between national and international NGOs. It argues that it is vital for the development of stable, independent, and viable civil societies that the international NGOs promote a bottom-up appr ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- Never the twain shall meet? Women's organisations and trade unions in the maquila industry in Central America
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The garment and textile factories and assembly plants in the Central American free trade zones, known as the maquila industry, have given rise to new actors on the labour scene, as women's organisations and local monitoring groups now work alongside the t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- Creating knowledge for action: the case for participatory communication in research
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This article makes a case for using participatory communication in research. It introduces participatory communication as a citizen-led approach to both creating and expressing knowledge; within research this means that researchers are not simply respon ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 11:02
- Global Connections: ‘A Tool for Active Citizenship’
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As a result of globalisation and changing technologies, young people are increasingly required to engage with the broader world beyond their local and national communities. This raises significant questions about the ways and spaces young people will ne ...
Abstract - sally - 2009-11-19 12:20
- Responses to the 'policy science' problem: reflections on the politics of development
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Taking as its point of departure the failure of the ‘policy science’ project, the article discusses the declining authority of ‘one size fits all’ policy advice. It relates this to the absence of a robust empirical basis for such ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-04-13 13:41
- Collaboration in delivering education: relations between governments and NGOs in South Asia
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Collaboration between governments and non-state providers of basic services is increasingly a focus of attention by international agencies and national policy makers. The intention of such collaboration is to support common goals for achieving universal ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-06-23 15:40
