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- Institutional evolution and the impact of training and communication in Joint Forest Management
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In 1999, with a view to strengthening the JFM arrangement, the Gujarat State Forest Department, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation, initiated a nodal agency called the JFM cell. Its mandate is to assist in strengthening and expanding JFM in Guj ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:09
- Making housemaid remittances work for low-income families in Sri Lanka
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In rural Sri Lanka, remittances from housemaids working in the Middle East figure prominently in household livelihood strategies. This article examines the impact of housemaid remittances on living standards and suggests measures to maximise the benefit ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-02-25 16:00
- Can microcredit worsen poverty? Cases of exacerbated poverty in Bangladesh
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Worldwide, microcredit has been recognised as a successful innovation in poverty alleviation. However, some claim that microcredit exacerbates poverty in developing countries. This study examines cases in Bangladesh where microcredit has actually worsen ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-02-07 13:12
- 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
