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- Editorial 17(1)
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in English only Author: Eade, Deborah Issue: V ...
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- Finding a curriculum that works under trees: literacy and health education for adolescent girls in rural Malawi
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Non-formal education often represents a last chance for adolescent girls who do not attend school to receive some education to improve their health before they become mothers. This paper describes the development of a literacy and health education curricu ...
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- The role of marketing in income generation: two case studies
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The author describes two income-generation weaving projects, in Thailand and in Indonesia, both of which have had involvement with Oxfam Trading. She attributes the success of the former to sound marketing, confirming demand for reasonably priced quality ...
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- Community participation in local governance in Cambodia: learning from the village networks approach
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Cambodia has embarked on a process of decentralisation and democratisation, including the establishment of elected Commune Councils in early 2002. Given the lack of a tradition of encouraging civic participation in public affairs, however, there was initi ...
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- Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations
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This article reflects on the vocabulary commonly used within development organisations to communicate about ‘gender and development’. It argues that the relevant terminology, though frequently used, remains problematic. Some terms are almost entirely abse ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- The technocratic discourse: technical means to political problems
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Good governance is currently seen as a means to development with decentralisation acting as one of its main tools.This paper illustrates how development institutions use decentralisation as a technical tool, neglecting its essentially political aspects. ...
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- Menchú Tum, Stoll, and martyrs of solidarity
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Civil society and grassroots campaigns are increasingly affecting foreign policy. Some of these campaigns are driven by solidarity groups in the North, who are in solidarity with a struggle in the South. This paper looks at the role of the martyr as a mot ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- International cooperation in pursuit of sustainable cities
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Past international cooperation in support of urban projects and programmes, while focusing almost entirely on actions through government agencies, has been based upon major misunderstandings of the limited possibilities of government intervention and with ...
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- Orchard development sets the tone of tribal development
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Inadequate household income due to degraded resources and limited opportunities has led to migration, malnutrition, and poor quality of life among tribals in India. These problems have been effectively tackled by enabling people to re-build their resource ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Operationalising bottom-up learning in international NGOs: barriers and alternatives
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This article proposes Bottom-Up Learning as a normative framework for international NGOs. It explores the common but often unacknowledged disparity between organisational values and mission versus actual practice. The first section of the paper raises the ...
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