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- Civil society, basic education, and sector-wide aid: insights from Sub-Saharan Africa
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Emerging trends in reforms of education-sector plans indicate a shift not only in how foreign aid is disbursed, but also in how civil-society actors engage in new policy and advocacy roles. This contribution examines these changing civil-society roles i ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-06-23 10:39
- Good intentions are not enough: French NGO efforts at democracy building in Cameroon
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NGOs have traditionally had little scope to bring about political reform in developing countries. This was certainly true of French development NGOs (NGDOs) operating in Cameroon during the early post-colonial decades. This situation changed in 2002 whe ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-22 16:52
- The role of a transnational religious network in development in a weak state: the international links of the Episcopal Church of Sudan
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A growing number of international networks, like those linking religious institutions, engage in development-related activities across the world. Improvements in technology and increased travel opportunities for international volunteers have given these ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-07-12 13:48
- Time to scale up cooperation? Trade unions, NGOs, and the international anti-sweatshop movement
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Between 1991 and 2002, the international anti-sweatshop movement experienced significant growth. A series of interconnecting international networks developed, involving trade unions and NGOs in campaigns to persuade particular transnational corporations ( ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01
- Scaling-up natural resource management: insights from research in Latin America
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Scaling-up local innovations in natural resource management (NRM) involves learning that is centred around three themes: promoting local-level innovation, understanding why local innovations work in specific contexts, and reflecting on their relevance in ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:46
- Humanitarian trends and dilemmas
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Author: Vaux, Tony Issue: Volume 16, Numbers ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- A development-management interactive workshop
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This workshop was hosted by the Open University (OU), inviting development practitioners, academics and OU associates to share ideas about the design of a new OU Diploma/Master's Programme in Development Management. The author reports on the participants' ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55
- An NGO scales up in Gujerat
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An analysis is presented of the expansion of the NGO, the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in Gujarat, India following the approval of a #10 million grant for rural development from the European Union. The challenge facing the NGO is to scale up t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Transition in El Salvador: a multi-layered process (Paper from Symposium)
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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
- An innovative community-based waste disposal scheme in Hyderabad
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The author highlights a community participation scheme in Hyderabad, India, which allowed informal sector workers, organised by the Municipality, to take steps towards a more cost-effective and ecocentric method of waste management. This article also appe ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
