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- Culture and leadership in development initiatives in Egypt
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Until the early 1980s, despite paying lip-service to the central role of `human capital', most decision makers were obsessed by physical development and the rate of increase of Gross National Product. Like other Third World countries, Egypt followed suit. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55
- Letter from Honduras, 5 November 1998
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The author wrote this open letter to her friends in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Mitch, from the capital of Honduras, Tegucigalpa. She describes the devastation, how nearby countries have sent assistance, and her fears for the future. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- Private-public partnership, the compact city, and social housing: best practice for whom?
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The Casa Propia programme of the Buenos Aires City Government is an innovative case of public-private financing of social housing. It aims to encourage investors to build housing on private land for sale to low-income buyers receiving `soft' credits from ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:07
- Sexual-health communication across and within cultures: the Clown Project, Guatemala
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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
- At Risk: Natural Hazards, People's Vulnerability, and Disasters
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Author: Blakie, Piers, Terry Cannon, Ian Davis, and Ben Wisner Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 09:14
- The impact of agricultural research: evidence from West Africa
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Can agricultural research help to enlist smallholders and their resources for global food security? The Convergence of Sciences (CoS) research programme in Benin and Ghana (2002–2006) tested the impact of technology development, using a pathway fo ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-09 12:25
- Fostering “Why not?” social initiatives – beyond business and governments
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In this article, we challenge the notion that complex and resilient problems – such as global warming and poverty – will have to be resolved by governments or responsible corporations. Instead, we argue for the potency of social initiatives ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-08-16 10:12
- Development NGOs, local learning, and social capital: the experience of CARE Bolivia in Villa Serrano
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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
- An education programme for peasant women in Honduras
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This paper introduces the PAEM, a programme working with Christian women in the rural parishes of Santa Barbara, Colon, Comayagua, Intibuca, and Lempira, all departments of Honduras. PAEM has a number of overall aims, which include to bringing together th ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Networks, support groups, and domestic violence
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The author researched women's experiences of domestic violence and abuse in Calcutta, India. She reports on their strategies for coping with and resisting this violence, noting that the majority of the women developed resistance strategies, and that in ma ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
