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- Readers from Development in Practice
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Author: Kothari, Rajni Issue: Volume 10, Numb ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 13:07
- Re-thinking the integration of women in population development initiatives
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This article argues that the integration of women in population development initiatives were largely the outcome of four overlapping historical events: the decolonisation of the South; the population ‘explosion’ following World War II; the m ...
Abstract - sally - 2009-10-20 15:57
- Introduction: development, children, and protection
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This paper introduces the special issue. It first places the protection of children in the context of development studies. It goes on to outline current international trends in the protection of children and raises questions about them. Finally, it intr ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 15:54
- Everyday practices of humanitarian aid: tsunami response in Sri Lanka
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This paper underlines the importance of grounding the analysis of humanitarian aid in an understanding of everyday practice by presenting and discussing ethnographic vignettes about three aspects of aid response in Sri Lanka following the 2004 Tsunami. Th ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52
- 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
