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- A rural economic development plan to help the USA win its war on cocaine
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Since the 1980s, the USA has fought cocaine in the Andes with carrots and sticks: interdiction and crop eradication wield the sticks, while Alternative Development (AD), which offers economic assistance to farmers who voluntarily abandon illicit cultiva ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-05 13:57
- Integrating learning into organisational capacity development of Cambodian NGOs
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A holistic learning approach to organisational capacity building with Cambodian NGOs produced impressive results in some organisations and important learning about blocks to change in others. The approach clearly demonstrates that moving beyond traditio ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-02-07 13:13
- Reforming accountability in international NGOs: making sense of conflicting feedback
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Home and field office staff disagreement often impedes international development NGOs (INGOs) from making their accountability systems more responsive to partner and community concerns. Drawing on a staff survey, and qualitative interviews across four c ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-08-16 10:15
- Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru
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While rural poverty is endemic in the Andean region, structural adjustment programmes have led to a dismemberment of agricultural research and extension services so that they are unable to serve the needs of smallholder farmers. The NGO Practical Action h ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- In whose name? The accountability of corporate social responsibility
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Stakeholder dialogue, participation, and partnership have become mainstream concepts in international development policy, in particular in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, the accountability of multi-stakeholder initiatives on ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:50
- `Does the doormat influence the boot?' Critical thoughts on UK NGOs and international advocacy
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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
- Generating income for social change: a Mexican experiment in solidarity
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The paper presents a brief account of a development programme in southern Mexico. DESMI AC, a Mexican NGO based in the southern state of Chiapas, provides and encourages economic and educational assistance to groups of marginalised indigenous Indians, in ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55
- Communal conflict, NGOs, and the power of religious symbols
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This article describes the activities of an indigenous NGO in Ahmedabad, India in attempting to prevent communal violence. It attempts to explain why the use of religious symbols seems to be particularly potent in causing slum riots. Finally, it discusses ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Sanctioned violence: development and the persecution of women as witches in South Bihar
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Victimising women as witches is prevalent in the tribal regions of South Bihar. As a result, between 1991 and 1994, over 60 women are known to have been killed in West Singhbhum district alone. The main reasons behind this persecution are to maintain wome ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Exploring changes in the lives of the ultra-poor: an exploratory study
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This Research Roundup reports on the pilot phase of BRAC’s ‘Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor Programme’ (CFPR/TUP), which was initiated in three of the poorest districts of northern Bangladesh (Nilphamari, Rangpur, a ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02
