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Accountability and effectiveness of NGOs: adapting business tools successfully

The central argument of this paper is that many of the tools developed to strengthen for-profit businesses can be applied to NGOs to make them more effective and accountable. The paper addresses a gap in the development literature by defining and describi ...

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

The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool: a new framework for measuring rural poverty

The Multidimensional Poverty Assessment Tool (MPAT) measures fundamental dimensions of rural poverty in order to support poverty-alleviation efforts in the less developed world. This article’s primary purpose is to introduce MPAT and describe its ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 21:01

Aquaculture in Vietnam: perspectives and development

Thanks to the range of natural resources and the wealth of human capital, Vietnam is well placed to develop its aquaculture sector. Although it is one of the world’s largest producers of seafoods, Vietnam faces environmental and food security problems, an ...

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

No visible difference: a women's empowerment process in a Cambodian NGO

The lives of female Cambodian NGO staff are characterised by the contradictions of apparent freedom and multiple invisible constraints on their behaviour and choices. An empowerment process facilitated by an expatriate did not produce the expected respo ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-05 16:00

Integrating participatory elements into conventional research projects: measuring the costs and benefits

Until recently, participatory and conventional approaches to agricultural research have been regarded as more or less antagonistic. This article presents evidence from three sub-projects of a Thai-Vietnamese-German collaborative research programme on 'Sus ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

Gender justice: the World Bank’s new approach to the poor?

Gender inequality is now widely acknowledged as an important factor in the spread and entrenchment of poverty. This article examines the World Development Report 2000/01 as the World Bank’s blueprint for addressing poverty in the twenty-first century alon ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03

Practical innovations for strengthening Community-Led Total Sanitation: selected experience from Asia

While Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a relative success in a growing number of countries, there are also difficulties in assuring all community members can build and use toilets. This paper draws on experiences of IRC International Water and S ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-14 17:03

Making poverty mapping and monitoring participatory

The real experts on poverty are poor people, yet the incidence and trends in poverty are usually measured by the use of official economic indicators assumed by researchers to be relevant. Poor householders themselves distinguish between subsistence and ca ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

The most significant lessons about the Most Significant Change Technique

This article presents field-based insights into the application of the Most Significant Change (MSC) technique as a method to monitor social change resulting from a development intervention. Documentation of this innovative qualitative monitoring techniqu ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05

Action research exploring information communication technologies (ICT) and child protection in Thailand

Traditional approaches to protecting children are insufficient to meet the complex issues they now face, and inter-sectoral, child-centred strategies are needed. Addressing this, the International Institute for Child Rights and Development (IICRD) devel ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 16:07