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- Heroism and ambiguity: NGO advocacy in international policy
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NGO advocacy is sometimes portrayed in a heroic light, but efforts to influence World Bank-supported economic policies confront considerable ambiguity. Influence is difficult to demonstrate, but advocacy should be more rigorously assessed in the interest ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Poor getting richer and the rich--poor gap getting smaller?
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The author asks what'win-win'public policies can substantially reduce the percentage of people who live in absolute poverty and enable the poor to become richer even if the rich also become richer. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Moved to act: communication supporting HIV social movements to achieve inclusive social change
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Social movements have generated interest in development circles since the mid-1990s as relatively independent expressions of civil society, mobilising people to set their own development priorities and agendas for issues as diverse as water privatisatio ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-01 13:38
- Britain in Africa
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Author: Porteous, Tom Publisher: Zed Books/KwaZulu Natal Press, 2008, ISBN:978 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-05 19:10
- Foreign Direct Investment for Development: Maximising Benefits, Minimising Costs
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Author: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Publisher: Pari ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Getting Institutions Right for Women in Development
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Author: Goetz, Anne Marie (ed.) Issue: Volume ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:17
- Human Development Report
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Author: United Nations Development Programme Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:56
- Corruption, human-rights violation, and the interface with violence in the Niger Delta
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This article examines the interdependence between corruption, violations of human rights, and conflict in the Niger Delta. It is argued that corruption-induced violations have triggered conflicts that have become cyclical. The article sets out a theoret ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-27 13:10
- Fostering “Why not?” social initiatives – beyond business and governments
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In this article, we challenge the notion that complex and resilient problems – such as global warming and poverty – will have to be resolved by governments or responsible corporations. Instead, we argue for the potency of social initiatives ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-08-16 10:12
- The impact of institutional racism upon indigenous economic and human development in Australia
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Within Australia, State employment programmes are an essential means of attempting to redress the substantial social and economic disadvantages experienced by indigenous Australians, particularly at the community level. While such programmes expend large ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
