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- Dynamics of multi-local gifts: practices of humanitarian giving in post-tsunami Sri Lanka
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This paper explores the paradox of gift giving in privately initiated forms of post-disaster aid. The paradox emerges from the gap that arises between ideals of the altruistic gift, and its practices in the actual implementation in a complex and multi-l ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2013-07-05 12:23
- Attacking social exclusion: combining rehabilitative and preventive approaches to leprosy in Bangladesh
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Based on primary research on the applicability of social exclusion frameworks to the experiences of people with leprosy in Bangladesh, this article compares two means of intervention: health education of society, and socio-economic rehabilitation of indiv ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:52
- A reply
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The author replies to Hasan Zaman's comments (in the same issue of the journal) about micro-credit organisations. Author: Rogaly, Ben ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Taking the power out of empowerment - an experiential account
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This article traces the centuries-long evolution of the concept and practice of empowerment, its adoption by radical social movements, especially women’s movements from the 1970s onwards, and its conversion, by the late 1990s, into a buzzword. Situating t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Denial and Distress: Gender, Poverty and Human Rights in Asia
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Author: Murthy, Ranjani K and Lakshmi Sankaran Publisher: London: Zed Books, 2 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh
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This article explores the changing dimensions of women’s empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of wo ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 19:51
- Variables affecting fieldworkers of NGOs in Pakistan
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NGOs have played a key role in development since the end of World War II, and more so since the 1970s. Like elsewhere in the world, the state and the market catered to the different needs of people in Pakistan. With the arrival of foreign funding, NGOs ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-03-30 16:08
- The lost 1990s? Personal reflections on a history of participatory technology development
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This article traces a history of agricultural participatory research, largely from the author's personal experience. Participatory research in the 1970s was mostly led by disciplinary scientists, and characterised by innovative activities and open academi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- People's empowerment from the people's perspective
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Empowerment of poor people is the declared aim of many NGOs and official development agencies. However, the failure to recognise the culture of poor people, and to use their own forms of organisation as a point of departure, means that many such programme ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Empowerment at village level through a workshop method
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An examination in presented of a pilot project to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) in Sheikhupura District, which was initiated by the Department of Health, Punjab, Pakistan. The project seeks to create a viable PHC model, providing accessible and sus ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
