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- The challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme in Northern Ghana
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There is a general problem of enrolment to basic education in northern Ghana. Available statistics indicate that from 2000–05 only about 42 per cent of qualified applicants of school-going age in the Northern Region were enrolled in basic schools. ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-07-05 12:31
- Impact measurement for NGOs: experiences from India and Sri Lanka
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The measurement of impact is difficult in development work as it entails attributing longterm social, personal, and community change, to relatively small-scale short-term interventions in a community's life. This paper examines the experience of the Austr ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:43
- Decentralisation and NGO-municipal government collaboration in Ecuador
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Decentralisation, or the transfer of decision-making power and funds from central to local governments, is one of the most important reform movements in Latin America. Recent constitutional changes in Ecuador have contributed to the democratisation and em ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:46
- Mainstreaming gender in the mines: results from an Indonesian colliery
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The extractive industrial sector, increasingly breaking new grounds in developing countries, is increasingly aware of the environmental and community issues involved in mining, including questions relating to gender. However, the main focus is on the impa ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:48
- Structure, values and interaction in field-level partnerships: the case of UNHCR and NGOs
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This article discusses the process of transforming partnership from a conceptual framework into a practical, operational framework for field-level interaction among humanitarian organisations. The authors approach this transformation from the perspectiv ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34
- Introduction: War and peace: what do women contribute?
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Author: Afshar, Haleh Page: 10 ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 10:00
- The Gene Traders: Security or profit in food production?
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The author reports on a conference organised by Intermediate Technology and The New Economics Foundation held in London, England in April 1992. The conference was convened in response to concerns over the decrease in worldwide biodiversity, to examine the ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Refugees and migration: Rewriting the definitions
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The author reports on a conference held in London, England in November 1992 as part of Global Partnership '92 which considered the alarming increase in forced migration. Participants argued that immigration controls do not tackle the causes of migration, ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Development information flows
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In real development, information can sometimes be more important than funding, but has to be accessible and appropriate for it to work. Field-level development can be frustrating and difficult; the mass of information may be overwhelming as well as limite ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- La Via Campesina at the crossroads
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The Peasant Road, or La Via Campesina (LVC) as it is officially named, is being improved. It started at the initiative of a number of farmers' organizations during the 1992 Second Congress of the Nicaraguan Farmers' Union, UNAG. In the face of structural ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55
