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Editorial

01/03/1992

2 pages long

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The role of marketing in income generation: Two case studies

01/11/1991

3 pages long

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The author describes two income-generation weaving projects, in Thailand and in Indonesia, both of which have had involvement with Oxfam Trading. She attributes the success of the former to sound marketing, confirming demand for reasonably priced quality products. The Indonesian project has failed primarily due to a lack of investigation of potential commercial markets. This […]

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Relief and rehabilitation work in Mozambique: Institutional capacity and NGO executional strategies

01/11/1991

11 pages long

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The nature of the Mozambique ’emergencies and its institutional context pose a significant challenge to NGO aid strategies, as these organisations seek to reconcile objectives of short-term effectiveness and accountability with goals of long-term capacity-building and sustainability. The increasing emphasis on the former within the Zambezia Province Emergency Programme may be prejudicing the government’s capacity […]

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Gender, development, and training: Raising awareness in the planning process

01/11/1991

11 pages long

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Gender, development, and training: Raising awareness in the planning process

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Several decades of development experience have yielded a wealth of findings about the key assumptions, procedures, and practices by which women have been marginalised in development planning. The value of these insights lies not only in highlighting flawed planning procedures, but also in helping to formulate alternative frameworks for thinking about development. This article discusses […]

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Breaking the cycle of violence: doing development in situations of conflict

01/11/1991

8 pages long

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During the 1980s, armed conflict devastated an increasing number of the world’s poorest countries. Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) engaged in relief and development were hard-pressed to determine their most effective response to situations where normal development became meaningless, and yet short-term relief programmes failed to deal with ‘permanent emergencies. This article describes the nature of these […]

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Calculating food-aid cost-effectiveness: Evidence from Ethiopia

01/11/1991

8 pages long

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These Notes are based on research carried out as part of a World Bank/World Food Programme study into food aid in Sub-Saharan Africa. The authors use economic analyses to establish a framework for considering the cost-effectiveness of food aid compared to financial aid, and they apply this framework to the Wollaita food aid project. Food […]

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The psychosocial effects of conflict in the third world

01/11/1991

15 pages long

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In current armed conflicts around the world, over 90 per cent of casualties are civilians. This article reviews medical and anthropological evidence of the psychosocial effects of extreme experiences such as torture, mutilation, rape, and the violent displacement of communities. The consequences for women and children are considered in particular. The author argues that the […]

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Editorial

01/11/1991

2 pages long

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Editorial

01/06/1991

2 pages long

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The impact of food aid on cereal and livestock prices in Red Sea Province, The Sudan: 1980-1989

01/05/1991

11 pages long

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Drought-induced inflation of cereal prices and the consequent turning of the terms of trade against livestock upset existing exchange entitlements and contributed to higher than normal mortality rates among the rural Beja populations in Red Sea Province in the early to mid-1980s. The Beja are agropastoralists who raise goats and sheep, and sow some sorghum. […]

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