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- Physically disabled women's creditworthiness in Village Development Fund: evidence from Thailand
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The Village Development Fund (VDF) is used in Thailand to empower the rural poor, especially women living with disabilities. This article investigates the problems of gaining access to credit faced by physically disabled women in rural Thailand. In-dept ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 11:53
- Cultivated, caught, and collected: defining culturally appropriate foods in Tallé, Niger
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The indigenous plants and fish of Niger are incorporated into the Songhai people's daily life but are largely underemphasised in development programmes. In this paper we describe the culturally appropriate foods of Tallé, Niger. Based on informat ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-04-30 12:03
- Business economic impacts: the new frontier for Corporate Accountability
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Economic issues associated with poverty are complex and require holistic responses in order to realise the goals of sustainable development. While business alone may have significant economic impacts, the link between business-level behaviour and macro-le ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:47
- Reflection for Action: a conference on development education
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The first British conference to bring together practitioners and academics from both education and development fields was held in May 1993 at the University of Central Lancashire, England. Organised by Thorn Development Services, with support from Christi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Commercial sex and the single girl: women's empowerment through economic development in Thailand
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The author presents the views of Thailand's Population and Community Development Association (PDA - Thailand's largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (i ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Pastoral development and the use of para-vets in southern Sudan
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Pastoralism in Sudan has produced complex and varied livestock management systems, finely adapted to local environmental conditions. The isolation of pastoral communities has made it difficult for development agencies to form working relationships with th ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:04
- Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi
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This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 15 of the 32 site ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:35
- Popular Education and Social Change in Latin America
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Author: Kane, Liam Publisher: London: Latinmerican Bureau, 2001, ISBN: 1 8993 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:51
- Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of ‘the Social’
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Author: Razavi, Shahra and Shireen Hassim (eds.) Publisher: Basingstoke: Palgr ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:50
- Managing interactions in the informal water market: the case of Kisumu, Kenya
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The commercialisation of water services in Kisumu, Kenya has resulted in fewer managerial changes than had been anticipated. Challenges include perceived political interference, inequitable treatment of different groups of residents, and little inter-ag ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-15 10:12
