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An innovative community-based waste disposal scheme in Hyderabad

The author highlights a community participation scheme in Hyderabad, India, which allowed informal sector workers, organised by the Municipality, to take steps towards a more cost-effective and ecocentric method of waste management. This article also appe ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59

Micro-seguro através de parcerias empresas-ONGs em Bengal Ocidental: oportunidades e limitações

Esta Nota Prática examina o setor emergente de micro-seguro em Bengala Ocidental, dando atenção em particular ao modelo de parceria entre empresas–ONGs para a distribuição de micro-seguro, que se tornou poss&iacu ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-21 15:27

Working with local NGOs: WaterAid's drinking water and sanitation programme in Nepal

This paper describes the evolution of WaterAid's programme of work in Nepal, based on the author's experiences while working as WaterAid's Representative Engineer in Nepal from January 1987 to April 1991. It examines how WaterAid's philosophy of working i ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53

Implementando e avaliando o microcrédito em Bangladesh

O microcrédito tem sido introduzido em comunidades rurais de Bangladesh como uma forma de desenvolvimento econômico e social, mas há dúvidas crescentes sobre sua efetividade e sugestões que este esquema provoca abusos domésticos. Uma revisão de vários est ...

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

Editorial (22.8)

In our final issue of the year, at least two of the articles raise issues beyond the immediate subject they deal with. Both touch on issues around the nature of development itself, and the roles of individuals and institutions engaged in development. Th ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-11-27 12:48

Questioning the critics: the case of BRAC and other credit programmes in Bangladesh

Drawing from the experiences of BRAC in Bangladesh, the author highlights some of the major areas of controversy around micro-credit organisations, specifically criticising points made by Ben Rogaly (in Development in Practice 6(2)). Arguing that further ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57

Redefinindo desenvolvimento para segurança nacional: implicações para a sociedade civil

Os efeitos da legislação de combate ao terrorismo sobre organizações da sociedade civil (CSOs) situadas no hemisfério sul receberam pouca atenção na literatura mais geral. Este artigo relata sobre as cons ...

Abstract - sally - 2009-12-10 14:53

Empowering rural women's groups for strengthening economic linkages: some Indian experiments

Describing two models for the development of informal women's groups in Orissa and Kerala, India, the author discusses how it is possible to avoid the `top-down management' and bureaucracy that often contribute to the failure of other schemes. Informal se ...

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

ONGs e desenvolvimento da comunidade após violência: Iniciativas holísticas e multifacetadas no Afeganistão

Este artigo explora as narrativas de entrevista de seis diretores de ONG trabalhando no Afeganistão, tendo em vista a natureza holística e multifacetada de seu trabalho de projeto de ONG. A análise dos dados revelou que os lí ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-11-29 13:05

Health programs for the disadvantaged: a psychosocial approach to barriers in the community

The implementation of health programmes by external health professionals (`givers') in disadvantaged communities (`receivers') faces a variety of interactional barriers, some of which can be appreciated within the framework of the doctor-patient relations ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53