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Reversed Realities: Gender Hierarchies in Development Thought

Author: Kabeer, Naila Issue: Volume 5, Number ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 12:49

Diary of a participatory advocacy film project: transforming communication initiatives into living campaigns

In August 2007, the Government of Tanzania committed to doubling the number of training places for skilled midwives following a five-year campaign by the White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood in Tanzania (WRATZ), which culminated in the first televi ...

Abstract - sally - 2009-10-20 16:03

Designing food security projects: Kapchorwa and Bukwo, Uganda

Food security is a key aspect of human development. The present article explores the shortcomings of agricultural interventions in two districts in eastern Uganda. Our study shows that these interventions have achieved only minor successes in relieving ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-15 10:11

Are current aid strategies marginalising the already marginalised? Cases from Tanzania

Engaging with and assisting marginalised communities remains a major challenge for governments of developing countries, as many national development strategies tend in practice to further marginalise chronically poor communities. Development aid strateg ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34

Empowerment examined

'Empowerment' is a term often used in development work, but rarely defined. This article explores the meaning of empowerment, in the context of its root-concept, power. Different understandings of what constitutes power lead to a variety of interpretation ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55

Commercial sex and the single girl: women's empowerment through economic development in Thailand

The author presents the views of Thailand's Population and Community Development Association (PDA - Thailand's largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (i ...

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

‘Reinventing accountability for the 21st century’, AccountAbility 2005

Reporting on AccountAbility’s 2005 Annual Conference, Hyatt observes that the Northern-driven ‘accountability industry’ is more concerned about predicting outcomes and controlling resources, and is thus largely missing the moral, political nature of accou ...

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

Ethnicity and participatory development methods in Botswana: some participants are to be seen and not heard

Full-text sample article FREE from Taylor & Francis. Participatory methods are increasingly being used in development work at grassroots level in Africa. Western liberal concepts like `one person one vote' underlie these methods. However, such concepts ...

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

Balancing act: Business and household in a small Bolivian city

Sucre is a city of micro enterprises. The lines between business and household are often blurred: accounts are mixed, space is shared, and partners from outside the household are rare. On the surface, this kind of business organisation seems most inadequa ...

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

Making peace as development practice