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Analysis and advocacy on a European policy on conflict prevention: a viewpoint

The author identifies three key weaknesses in the debate leading up to establishing the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) for the European Union (EU). The process started in 1996 and a generally useful and relevant discussion has taken place betwe ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59

Svalbard Global Seed Vault: a ‘Noah’s Ark’ for the world’s seeds

News about Norway’s plans to establish a ‘doomsday vault’ for seeds in the permafrost of the Artic archipelago of Svalbard as a back-up for conventional gene banks reached the world press in 2006. The idea of a Global Seed Vault, which today is considered ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08

The Ethical Trading Initiative: 10th Anniversary Conference

This article reports on the tenth anniversary conference of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI), drawing attention to the irony that just as progress is being made on the situation of home workers (among the least protected of all working people) the t ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

Disaster Management and Civil Society: Earthquake Relief in Japan, Turkey and India

Author:  Özerdem, Alpaslan and Jacoby, Tim Publisher:  International Library o ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:57

Whose terms? Observations on `development management' in an English city

Using the example of a project in Sheffield intended to promote user-involvement and participation in planning healthcare services, the author criticises the failure of the project to actually provide any forum for user-participation. The structures used ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59

Thinking about change for development practice: a case study from Oxfam GB

Development practice is informed by theories of change, but individuals and organisations may not make these explicit. Practitioners may be unaware of the extent to which strategic choices and debates are informed by disparate thinking about how history h ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08

`Does the doormat influence the boot?' Critical thoughts on UK NGOs and international advocacy

Most UK development NGOs engage in advocacy work at the international level in an attempt to reduce the constraints imposed on grassroots development by global economics and the actions of the official aid agencies. Thus far, their record has been disappo ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

Changing the world of development research? An insight into theory and practice

Development research has been through many stages over the past few decades and during this time has experienced fluctuating appreciation by development practice. There is an increasing gap between different ways of doing development research. For some, ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 18:03

Domestic violence, deportation, and women's resistance: notes on managing inter-sectionality

This Practical note describes the work of the Southall Black Sisters, a group, based in London, England, which provides a variety of assistance to, mainly Asian, women who have been victims of domestic violence and abuse. The author discusses how the UK l ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59

Development perspectives: Views from rural Lebanon

This paper explores development issues from the perspective of two villages in rural Lebanon. Educated male villagers see themselves as initiators of development and use the same language as NGO officials. Client-patron relationships and wasta (the act of ...

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