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- Participatory methodologies and product development process: the experience of Mixtec craftswomen in Mexico
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This work presents a product development methodology for use with indigenous rural workers. It is based on the revival of cultural and social values, with a focus on the conservation of natural resources. Illustrated by the case of Mixtec craftswomen in M ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- A critique of design methodologies appropriate to private sector activity in development
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In the corporate world, design has received increasing attention over the last 50 years and is now firmly embedded within almost all aspects of corporate activity. This article explores the role of design in development. Design is widely used and understo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:47
- NGOs and income generation projects: lessons from the Joint Funding Scheme
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A visit to a number of small enterprise and income generation projects supported under the ODA's Joint Funding Scheme in Zimbabwe and Kenya has raised a series of key points which have wider implications for practitioners and donors. The paper discusses e ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Land-use options for rural development
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Focusing on the land-use issues pertaining to the 'cultivable' and 'non-cultivable' categories of land contrast to the third category of 'cultivated') in developing countries, an examination is presented of the technological criteria that have been used t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Gender impact assessment in microfinance and microenterprise: why and how
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The author provides a matrix examining gender-based financial, economic, social/cultural, and political/legal obstacles to women benefiting from microfinance and enterprise. She goes on to discuss how impact assessment work can be approached in the light ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Orchard development sets the tone of tribal development
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Inadequate household income due to degraded resources and limited opportunities has led to migration, malnutrition, and poor quality of life among tribals in India. These problems have been effectively tackled by enabling people to re-build their resource ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement
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Edited by: Eade, Deborah Edited by: Leather, Alan ...
Book - admin - 2009-12-21 14:50
- Cultivating Knowledge: Genetic Diversity, Farmer Experimentation and Crop Research
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Author: de Boef, Walter, Kojo Amandor, and Kate Wellard with Anthony Bebbington ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-09 13:46
- A new Fair Trade registration scheme based on the relations of production
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Fashion, accessories, and homeware fall outside the regulations of Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO), which certifies mostly food products. A handful of fashion-led Fair Trade enterprises are now providing ranges of high-quality desi ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-22 14:37
- Protecting children from trafficking in Benin: in need of politics and participation
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This paper critically examines policy in Benin against child trafficking. Drawing on interviews and participant observation with adolescent labour migrants and their communities, it problematises both the assumptions underpinning anti-trafficking policy ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 15:57
