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- Did the project fail? A community perspective on a participatory primary health care project in Ecuador
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This article examines a UNICEF/Ministry of Health primary health care programme in Ecuador from a community perspective. It contributes to the debate concerning the way in which the relative `success' or `failure' of participatory projects is measured. It ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- 'Knowledge management': a case study of the World Bank's Research Department
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This article looks at ‘knowledge management’, using a case study of the World Bank’s research department, located in the Bank’s Development Economics Vice-Presidency (DEC). Despite the Bank's presentation of its research arm as conducting 'rigorous and ob ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Anthropology consultancy in the UK and community development in the Third World: a difficult dialogue
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The article investigates the impact of anthropology consultancy activities in the UK university sector and the role of the UK Department for International Development (DFID) as a major provider of consultancy work. DFID and other donors see anthropology c ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
- Critical review of the capacity building literature and discourse
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The research summarised here addresses the ambiguities and discrepancies of the capacity building dialect within the aid and development industry. Three interrelated themes are found to permeate the capacity building literature, despite diverse ideologica ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:09
- Tools for Institutional, Political, and Social Analysis of Policy Reform: A Sourcebook for Development Practitioners
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Author: World Bank/International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Publisher: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:48
- Where There is no Vet
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Author: Forse, Bill Issue: Volume 10, Number ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:27
- Training for Transformation: A Handbook for Community Workers
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Author: Hope, Anne and Sally Timmel (revised edn) Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:04
- Evaluating International Humanitarian Action
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Author: Wood, Adrian; Apthorpe, Raymond; Borton, John (Eds.) Publisher: London ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:57
- Passing on the gift as an approach to sustainable development programmes
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Impact and sustainability of programmes are critical issues facing the development community. Heifer International has honed its approach over more than 60 years. Heifer's approach includes: use of holistic, values-based, and affirmative community devel ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-14 16:58
- Operationalising participatory research and gender analysis: new research and assessment approaches
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Participatory research approaches are increasingly popular with scientists working for poverty alleviation, sustainable rural development, and social change. This introduction offers an overview of the special issue of Development in Practice journal on ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
