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Generating income for social change: a Mexican experiment in solidarity

The paper presents a brief account of a development programme in southern Mexico. DESMI AC, a Mexican NGO based in the southern state of Chiapas, provides and encourages economic and educational assistance to groups of marginalised indigenous Indians, in ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55

Educational efficiency in the Caribbean: a comparative analysis

With a rapidly growing population and limited resources, accountability has taken on increased importance, especially in the area of public management. To assess the effectiveness of public spending on education in the Caribbean, this article compares per ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08

Adjusting health care: the case of Nicaragua

In 1978 at Alma Ata, the date was set for achieving `Health for All by the Year 2000'. Achieving this seems more remote than it did then, due in part to Structural Adjustment Programmes (SAPs), the author argues. In Nicaragua, as elsewhere, structural adj ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55

Citizens’ publications that empower: social change for the homeless

This paper surveys street publications that are members of the International Network of Street Papers. Street publications can empower the homeless though numerous endeavours that can lead to social change. Empowerment can be achieved by being employed, ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:44

Social capital, NGOs, and development: a Guatemalan case study

Social researchers continue to grasp for critical factors that foster or impede the development of social capital. This article highlights some of these factors based on an investigation of a low-income urban settlement in Guatemala. Community activists a ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

Junto con los niños: street children in Mexico

A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight in cities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions of po ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57

Sexual-health communication across and within cultures: the Clown Project, Guatemala

The synergies created through the careful application of both organic and symbolic communication demonstrably reach those most vulnerable to the spread and impact of HIV and AIDS. The Clown Project uses labour-intensive face-to-face street theatre and d ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 11:51

Development NGOs, local learning, and social capital: the experience of CARE Bolivia in Villa Serrano

The evaluation of development NGOs has seldom considered their impact on social capital and local organisational learning. Deeply intertwined, both are key dimensions of the long-term impact of development interventions. Studies have highlighted the relat ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

Basic learning needs of young people and adults in Latin America

The author provides a summary of important lessons learned from adult educational activities and research in Latin America. Basic learning skills are defined as the skills needed in order to provide for ones basic needs, in turn based on the current under ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57

Alfabetização Cultural: a luta íntima por uma nova humanidade