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- Could the system work better? Scale and local knowledge in humanitarian relief
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This article analyses the international humanitarian response to the earthquake in Jogjakarta, Indonesia in May 2006. It also compares it with a small but very successful local initiative. It identifies inherent weaknesses in the international system, and ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Churches, mosques, and condoms: understanding successful HIV and AIDS interventions by faith-based organisations
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There are an estimated 33 million people living with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) worldwide. While national education campaigns have been successful in providing a broad platform of awareness of HIV and AIDS, within some countries faith-based ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-06 16:25
- Finding out rapidly: a soft systems approach to training needs analysis in Thailand
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Thailand is experiencing the unfamiliar phenomenon of aid and multilateral agencies such as the World Bank and Asian Development Bank lending money for internal development programmes. In the economic boom years, aid was neither sought nor required since ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Collective Action and Urban Poverty Alleviation: Community Organizations and the Struggle for Shelter in Manila
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Author: Shatkin, Gavin Publisher: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7546-4 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:51
- Dynamics of remittance practices and development: Bangladeshi overseas migrants
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Remittances from migrant workers play a significant role in keeping the economy of Bangladesh vibrant, adding around six per cent to the country's GDP and helping to maintain the balance of payments. This article examines remittance flows from Hong Kong ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-02-07 13:16
- Integrating participatory elements into conventional research projects: measuring the costs and benefits
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Until recently, participatory and conventional approaches to agricultural research have been regarded as more or less antagonistic. This article presents evidence from three sub-projects of a Thai-Vietnamese-German collaborative research programme on 'Sus ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- NGOs and multi-layered management of protected resources in Belize and Malaysia
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Constrained largely by lack of resources – technical, financial, legal, and/or administrative – governments in developing countries often create multi-layered management structures to regulate and monitor protected resources. Such structures are created w ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Relationships, learning, and trust: lessons from the SNV–RECOFTC partnership
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The term ‘partnership’ has become a catch-cry for development organisations aiming to mobilise the resources and collaboration needed to achieve long-term goals such as poverty reduction and sustainable resource management. Achieving effecti ...
Abstract - sally - 2009-11-13 17:33
- Health and hygiene behaviour change: bottom-up meets top-down in Tibet
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The Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) has been working in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China since 1998 to increase the income and assets of rural Tibetans. From the beginning TPAF recognised that high morbidity and ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- The rise and fall of donor funding for advocacy NGOs: understanding the impact
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NGOs in Asian countries often experience fluctuations in funding because of the constantly shifting priorities of their international donors. Without domestic sources, Asian NGOs are forced to re-align their priorities with donor interests in order to com ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
