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- 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
- Literacy comes second: working with groups in developing societies
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Literacy programmes conventionally focus solely on non-literates and use a 'learn first, do later' model that is ill-suited to adult learning. Programmes based on existing groups (whether function- or location-based), and which use a 'learn through doing' ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- NGO–government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico
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Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Pathologies of Power: Health, Human Rights and the New War on the Poor
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Author: Farmer, Paul, with a Foreword by Amartya Sen Publisher: Berkeley, CA: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Reproductive Health Matters
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Author: Berer, Marge Issue: Volume 4, Number ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-08 08:53
- Teaching Amina to read
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The Government of India has made strides in increasing its education spending and improving access to schools, but there is much left to do. Programmes have concentrated on the expansion of higher education in India. In fact, public spending per student ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-11-29 13:37
- Are healthier people happier? Evidence from Chile and Uruguay
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Based on data from the Latinobarómetro, this study analyses data on happiness to establish the probability that an individual is happy. The focus is put on self-reported health status as a key aspect in increasing levels of happiness. The probabi ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-04-30 12:05
