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Testing environmental impacts of development projects

It is noted that identifying with protection and enhancement of natural resources as central to EC development support, articles 33-41 (of the Lome IV Convention) focuses on three principles: a preventive approach aimed at avoiding negative impacts on the ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58

Editorial (22.2)

Development in Practice prides itself in being one of the most international of development journals, based on both authorship and readership. To reinforce our commitment to this international participation we are pleased to announce that our editor ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-03-30 16:13

Words count: taking a count of the changing language of British aid

A word analysis of six UK government White Paper policy statements on aid (selected between 1960 and 2006) compares the top 20 words and key word pairs used in each document. Characteristic sentences are composed of the top 20s to represent the spirit o ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05

Aiding and abetting the politicians?

The British government has increasingly assumed the role of international arbiter and peacekeeper, both with and without a UN mandate. The hijacking of the moral high ground and recurrent assertion of global consensus - even in the presence of overwhelmin ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:45

Four steps to community media as a development tool

Community media represent a crucial input in development processes, playing an important role in democratisation, social struggles, and awareness raising. But they often face difficulties on the financial and legal levels due to the constraints created ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:29

Women's empowerment and micro-finance programmes: strategies for increasing impact

The Small Enterprise Development Fund of the Department for International Development (DFID) of the British Government commissioned a literature review and held workshops, both co-ordinated by ActionAid UK, to assess the impact of micro-finance schemes on ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58

Thinking about faith-based organisations in development: where have we got to and what next?

This paper takes stock of current thinking about the nature and distinctiveness of faith-based organisations (FBOs) in development. Since the 1990s, public policy-linked scholarship from the USA has sought to define and categorise FBOs. More recently, m ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-07-12 13:44

Does Matson matter? Assessing the impact of a UK neighbourhood project

The question of how development agencies should assess their impact has no simple answers and so is often either unasked, or is framed in terms that privilege time-bound and quantitative findings. Describing a council estate neighbourhood project in the U ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06

Leveraging change in the working conditions of UK homeworkers

The debate among NGO and union activists about how to improve working conditions and labour rights has been dominated by proponents of specific approaches, arguing variously that the best route is through company codes, legislation, organisation of worker ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:49

The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka