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Managing Activism: A Guide to Dealing with Activists and Pressure Groups

Author:  Deegan, Denise Publisher:  London:Kogan Page, 2001, ISBN: 0 7494 3435 ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:50

Questioning Development: Essays in the Theory, Policies and Practices of Development Interventions

Author:  Kohler, G., C. Gore, U-P Reich, and T. Ziesemer (eds.) Issue:  ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 13:46

Landmines: Legacy of Conflict -- A Manual for Development Workers

Author:  McGrath, Rae Issue:  Volume 4, Number ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 13:06

Livelihoods-based impact assessment in the rice–wheat farming system of South Asia

This article reports on an ex-ante impact study in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia. The study, guided by a livelihoods approach, developed a spatial-mapping methodology based on secondary data for 18 variables which served as indicators of the fi ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-09 12:26

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya

Participatory approaches for impact assessment are increasingly becoming popular with development organisations for engaging multiple stakeholders. We present our use of participatory impact diagrams as an evaluation tool within a mixed methods impact a ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2013-02-25 16:11

Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru

While rural poverty is endemic in the Andean region, structural adjustment programmes have led to a dismemberment of agricultural research and extension services so that they are unable to serve the needs of smallholder farmers. The NGO Practical Action h ...

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

Are current aid strategies marginalising the already marginalised? Cases from Tanzania

Engaging with and assisting marginalised communities remains a major challenge for governments of developing countries, as many national development strategies tend in practice to further marginalise chronically poor communities. Development aid strateg ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34

Performance and accountability in the New World Order

The accountability, performance, programming and legitimacy of NGOs in the so-called New Political Agenda of economic privatisation and `democratisation' was the subject of a conference in June 1994, jointly organised by Save the Children Fund (SCF) and t ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55

The use of matrix scoring to identify systematic issues in country-programme evaluation

The author describes and assesses the use of matrix-scoring as a participatory evaluation tool. Often used as part of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) arsenal of tools, here the author applies it specifically to evaluating the performance of the Eu ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58

Changing gender relations: methodological challenges for gender planning

Major conceptual advances in thinking about gender relations suggest the need to reassess conventional gender analyses within the context of development interventions. Evidence from development practice supports the conviction that targeting can be underm ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:01