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A development-management interactive workshop

This workshop was hosted by the Open University (OU), inviting development practitioners, academics and OU associates to share ideas about the design of a new OU Diploma/Master's Programme in Development Management. The author reports on the participants' ...

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

SatelLife - linking information and people: the last ten centimetres

SatelLife was set up by the organisation International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in 1985, with the aim of providing a forum for the involvement of medical colleagues in the South in discussion of health and peace issues. SatelLi ...

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

Alternative financial institutions? Sustainability, development, social reproduction, and gender analysis

Many NGO financial institutions and co-operatives are, arguably, incorporating the rules and norms of banking which, as `alternative' institutions, they sought to avoid. Here, the author uses CARUNA (the National Savings and Credit Co-operative `Caja Rura ...

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

Adult learning and literacy learning for livelihoods: some international perspectives

Based on the contemporary interest in developing new adult literacy learning programmes based on ‘literacy for livelihoods’, this paper examines some case studies from New Zealand, Bangladesh, and Egypt of literacy being used in livelihoods, and relates t ...

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

The Sudan experience of the Local Capacities for Peace Project

This paper examines the application of the Local Capacities for Peace framework in field operations in Sudan, and identifies lessons learned about planning and implementation in the World Vision programme over a 20-month period. This article is freely ava ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06

The Landcare experience in the Philippines: Technical and institutional innovations for conservation farming

Sustainable land use is critical for the development of the Philippines uplands, where about 18 million people live. This paper relates our experiences using a participatory approach to develop agroforestry practices and institutions for conservation farm ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08

On the pros and cons of volunteering abroad

This paper discusses the pros and cons of the experience of volunteering abroad and attempts to address a void in the literature on what is required of such volunteers. Following a brief sketch of the volunteer abroad and the motives to for following such ...

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

Reinventing Development? Translating Rights-Based Approaches from Theory to Practice