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- The role of NGOs in the democratisation and reconstruction process
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The 1994 World University Service annual conference, held at the London School of Economics in March 1994, discussed the role of northern NGOs in the processes of democratisation and reconstruction in developing societies. The participants considered the ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Doing primary research in a developing economy
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In 1992 and 1993 fieldwork was done in the Eastern Region of Ghana to examine why hybrid cocoa, introduced by cocoa institutions, was adopted by some farmers and not others. This report discusses the problems encountered when collecting data, including th ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:39
- Training for urban development
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Academic urban development training programs tend to either train in town planning, where the focus is on the production of plans, or in urban studies, where the focus is on the development of urban areas; there is a need, the author argues, for training ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Let's get civil society straight: NGOs and political theory
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NGOs are using `civil society' to mean different things: the author argues that the wide definition means that any potential partner organisation becomes a civil-society organisation, and that consideration of the conditions that are central to a communit ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Poder e sobrevivência: trabalho humanitário em meio a conflitos civis (parte dois)
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Esse artigo, composto de duas partes, trata da experiência de se viver e trabalhar em uma ONG que lida com a questão da pobreza em uma situação de guerra civil que teve suas raízes em uma distribuição cronicamente desigual de poder e de acesso a recursos. ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Partnership: a new name in development Cupertino
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Since the 1960s, `partnership' has been a stated aim of NGOs, and the authors discuss how the concept of partnership has developed over the last 30 years. The type of relationship partners should have and the type of institution, government or group that ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Video for recording and training in participatory development
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The authors offer some initial thoughts on the potential of using video to record Participatory Rural Research (PRR) sessions, highlighting the medium's apparent strengths and weaknesses compared to taking written notes and/or still photographs. They conc ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Campanha EURODAD sobre a dívida multilateral: a iniciativa de 1996 sobre o débito dos Países Pobres Altamente Endividados e outras questões
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Em setembro de 1994, o Banco Mundial escreveu que a `dívida externa multilateral não é um problema generalizado para os Países de Baixa Renda Altamente Endividados'. Dois anos depois as Instituições Financeiras Internacionais (IFI) - Banco Mundial e Fundo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Small enterprise opportunities in municipal solid waste management
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Urban and industrial growth in developing countries makes the provision of adequate waste management services vital. Public sector-private sector partnerships (the authors describe potential structures for these partnerships) offer one way to manage this ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- "Casamento" com o capital: as alternativas das mulheres trabalhadoras da indústria de roupas de Fiji
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O golpe de estado que ocorreu em Fiji em maio de 2000 provocou uma saída de capital da indústria de roupas do país. Como os trabalhadores perderam seu emprego, a atenção das pessoas distanciou-se das melhorias de salário e condições para se concentrar na ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
