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- Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh
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This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive li ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Using Key Informant Monitoring in Safe Motherhood Programming in Nepal
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The article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:45
- Real-time research: decolonising research practices – or just another spectacle of researcher–practitioner collaboration?
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This article examines the experiences and outcomes from collaboration between a group of researchers and a Northern NGO to improve recovery work in Sri Lanka after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. A Real-Time Research methodology was established ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 19:32
- Gender lost and gender found: BRAC's GQAL Programme
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This article describes and analyses the Gender Quality Action-Learning (GQAL) Programme of BRAC, a large rural development NGO in Bangladesh. This works with men and women field-staff and managers in a process of issue-analysis, action planning, and imple ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- On-farm testing and dissemination of agroforestry among slash-and-burn farmers in Nagaland, India
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This paper describes the structure and impacts of a development project in Nagaland, India. The project was a large-scale experiment in participatory development that emphasised local technology based on farmer-led testing of agroforestry, where farmers t ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Building skills in qualitative research to inform pro-poor policy: experience from a Bangladeshi NGO
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This paper describes the research methodology followed in the ‘Livelihoods of the Extreme Poor Project’, a collaborative research project in Bangladesh between PROSHIKA (a large national NGO) and DFID (the UK government department for international develo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:46
- Women’s empowerment revisited: a case study from Bangladesh
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This article explores the changing dimensions of women’s empowerment over time in three Bangladesh villages where one of the authors has been conducting research since 1991. The article discusses theoretical issues related to the measurement of wo ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-07 19:51
- Empowerment at village level through a workshop method
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An examination in presented of a pilot project to strengthen Primary Health Care (PHC) in Sheikhupura District, which was initiated by the Department of Health, Punjab, Pakistan. The project seeks to create a viable PHC model, providing accessible and sus ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- The lost 1990s? Personal reflections on a history of participatory technology development
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This article traces a history of agricultural participatory research, largely from the author's personal experience. Participatory research in the 1970s was mostly led by disciplinary scientists, and characterised by innovative activities and open academi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- A trail-finding project: lessons in project design
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The paper argues the case for innovative trail-setting projects and reviews the experience of the North Bengal Terai Development Project (India). It summariss several of its lessons: creating the conditions for 'in-project' cost effectiveness, managing go ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
