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- Officialising strategies: participatory processes and gender in Thailand's water resources sector
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This paper examines participatory processes in an Asian Development Bank (ADB) technical assistance package in Thailand's water resources sector. The authors analyse various levels of social interaction in the local community, in meso-level stakeholder co ...
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- The United Nations speaks out on forced evictions
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The author charts the progress of the United Nations (UN) in moving towards a more holistic view of human rights, specifically drawing examples from their resolutions about the phenomenon of forced eviction. He argues that campaigners, organisations and t ...
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- An Intellectual history of the United Nations
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The United Nations Intellectual History Project (UNIHP) is an independent activity located at The Graduate Center of the City University of New York. Originally concentrating on the economic and social arena, it was intended to include peace and security ...
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- Defining child labour: a controversial debate
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While it is internationally agreed that the worst forms of child labour should be eliminated in order to promote children’s welfare, the consensus breaks down when trying to define what constitutes ‘light work’. This article seeks to show why it is diffic ...
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- When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism and the Genocide in Rwanda
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Author: Mamdani, Mahmood Publisher: Oxford: James Currey, 2001, ISBN: 0 85255 ...
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- The Rise and Fall of Economic Liberalism: The Making of the Economic Gulag
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Author: Clairmont, Frederic E. Issue: Volume ...
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- Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field Studies from Rural India
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Baviskar, B S, George Mathew (eds.) Inclusion and Exclusion in Local Governance: Field Studies from Rural India New Delhi, Sage, India, 2009, ISBN: 978-81-7829-860-3, 453pp This book brings together field studies from 42 panchayats in 1 ...
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- Decentralisation and NGO-municipal government collaboration in Ecuador
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Decentralisation, or the transfer of decision-making power and funds from central to local governments, is one of the most important reform movements in Latin America. Recent constitutional changes in Ecuador have contributed to the democratisation and em ...
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- Using Geographical Information Systems for decision-support in national development planning
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Rapid population growth and its effect on the environment is one of the main concerns of development practitioners. Computer modelling tools have been used to explore the effects of proposed interventions, allowing agencies to quickly see where methods mi ...
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- Development as a buzzword
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Despite its widespread usage, the meaning of the term ‘development’ remains vague, tending to refer to a set of beliefs and assumptions about the nature of social progress rather than to anything more precise. After presenting a brief history of the term, ...
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