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- 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
- 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
