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Alternatives to residential care for children

Institutional care for children separated from their family (for whatever reason) continues to be the first choice of governments of developing countries. The long-term consequences of institutionalisation can be severe and in 1991, Save the Children Fund ...

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

Business links through NGOs: an Indian experiment in rural development

A case study is presented of the Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA) in Gujarat, India, which has taken on responsibility for providing marketing support to the Development of Women and Children in Rural Areas groups in the Banaskantha district. It i ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56

Transition in El Salvador: a multi-layered process (Paper from Symposium)

This paper reflects on the obstacles facing Salvadorean NGOs in the transition from war to peace. Firstly, on the difficulties inherent in the peace process itself: insufficient structural change; the trap of electoral politics; a transition process that ...

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

Designing and implementing a community-driven development programme in Indonesia

This Practical Note examines the design and implementation of Community-Driven Development (CDD) programmes, using the Kecamatan Development Programme (KDP) and the Urban Poverty Programme (UPP) in Indonesia as case studies. Launched in 1998, both have be ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02

Development as a buzzword

Despite its widespread usage, the meaning of the term ‘development’ remains vague, tending to refer to a set of beliefs and assumptions about the nature of social progress rather than to anything more precise. After presenting a brief history of the term, ...

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

NGOs and the economic recovery of Afghanistan

In the absence of a cohesive and controlling government in Afghanistan, NGOs have taken over much of the work in the economic and social arena, becoming, by proxy, the makers of policy and directors of practice. However the unpredictable yet growing power ...

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

Paradoxes of institutionalisation: the depoliticisation of Bangladeshi NGOs

Through an analysis of how Bangladeshi NGOs have become institutionalised, the author examines patterns of bureaucratisation and professionalisation to argue that NGOs are part of a process of incorporation that mediates opposition to gender and other str ...

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

The Power of Labelling: How People are Categorized and Why it Matters

Author:  Moncrieffe, Joy and Rosalind Eyben (eds.) Publisher:  London: Earthscan ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:11

Faith in Development: Partnership between the World Bank and the Churches of Africa

Author:  Belshaw, Deryke, Robert Calderisi and Chris Sugden (eds.) Publisher:  O ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49

The Struggle for Accountability: The World Bank, NGOs and Popular Movements

Author:  Fox, Jonathan and L. David Brown (eds.) Issue:  ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:08