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- Structure, values and interaction in field-level partnerships: the case of UNHCR and NGOs
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This article discusses the process of transforming partnership from a conceptual framework into a practical, operational framework for field-level interaction among humanitarian organisations. The authors approach this transformation from the perspectiv ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34
- Attitude counts: engaging with rice farmers in West Africa
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An international project called PADS promoted participatory learning and action research with inland valley rainfed rice farmers in West Africa. All countries received the same training, similar funding, and the same leadership. Although the staff in Gh ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 11:31
- Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation
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An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the man ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34
- Measuring development results: lessons from Ethiopia
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As agências de desenvolvimento enfrentam o desafio de medir e relatar os resultados de suas contribuições para promover o desenvolvimento equitativo e sustentável. Como parte disso, as agências fazem previsões amb ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-15 10:10
- Impact assessment of farmer institutional development and agricultural change: Soroti district, Uganda
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This article is based on participatory development research conducted in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim of assessing the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument is that a combination of farmer empowerment and in ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:35
- Perceptions and practices of farmer empowerment in Tanzania
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This article reviews experiences of implementing empowerment interventions in Tanzania. Data are based on field visits to programmes, projects, and organisations involved in implementing empowerment interventions in various regions in the country. These ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34
- Playing broken telephone: assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa
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In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such state ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-07-12 13:53
- Engaging with cultural practices in ways that benefit women in northern Nigeria
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This study explores the intra-household impact of improved dual-purpose cowpea (IDPC) from a gender perspective, in terms of productivity and food, fodder, and income availability, the impact of which is linked to the income thus placed in the women's han ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:35
- Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?
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This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:36
- Immersion for organisational learning in Tanzania
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This article shares the approach and experiences of a joint immersion of two organisations in Tanzania. Immersions have a profound effect on individuals and strongly stimulate individual learning. Wishing to go beyond that, an immersion was designed wit ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-08-16 10:14
