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Oxfam (UK and Ireland) has provided funds towards their work since 1972, and in 1990/91 commissioned a Brazilian institution to conduct an evaluation. This Note describes how it felt to be evaluated, and […] View resource Journal article Environmental leadership training for Asia 01/11/1993 8 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development methods Overview There was a split between North and South over environmental issues at the 1992 Earth Summit. A similar rift may re-emerge as the British Overseas Development Administration opens management of its training programmes to competition in 1993. Emerging institutions offering training on environmental matters in Asia have the advantages of similar natural environments, relevance, and […] View resource Journal article ‘Does the doormat influence the boot?’: critical thoughts on UK NGOs and international advocacy 01/11/1993 13 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Advocacy Campaigning Development methods Overview Most UK development NGOs engage in advocacy work at the international level in an attempt to reduce the constraints imposed on grassroots development by global economics and the actions of the official aid agencies. Thus far, their record has been disappointing, and this article explores some of the reasons which lie behind the failure of […] View resource Journal article NGOs and income-generation projects: Lessons from the Joint Funding Scheme 01/11/1993 12 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Finance Overview A visit to a number of small enterprise and income-generation projects supported under the ODA’s Joint Funding Scheme in Zimbabwe and Kenya has raised a series of key points which have wider implications for practitioners and donors. The article discusses each point and makes nine ‘recommendations for NGOs and donors who support them. While the […] View resource Journal article North-South relations and the question of aid 01/11/1993 5 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview The author gives a personal view describing the inequalities inherent in current global socio-economic and political arrangements. He identifies training, employment and allocation of development funds as issues fostering inequality between North and South, and discusses prospects for the future of their relationship. This article also appears in the Development in Practice Reader Development and […] View resource Journal article People’s empowerment from the people’s perspective 01/11/1993 8 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview Empowerment of poor people is the declared aim of many NGOs and official development agencies. However, the failure to recognise the culture of poor people, and to use their own forms of organisation as a point of departure, means that many such programmes are in fact counter-productive. This article argues that NGOs which wish to […] View resource Journal article Editorial 01/11/1993 2 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. View resource Journal article NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators? 01/11/1993 6 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Development in Practice Journal Development methods DiP Overview The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […] View resource Journal article Is liberalisation damaging Albanian women’s health? 01/10/1993 3 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Finance GaD Gender and Development Journal Social protection Water and sanitation Overview This article shows how Albanian women are taking active control of daily struggles brought about by an unstable political system and paramount shifts in social and economic structures. How do women take care of the material needs of their family when resources are scarce? How do they cope with no basic health care, lack of […] View resource Journal article Saptagram opens up windows of opportunity in Bangladesh 01/10/1993 5 pages long Free access through journal website Overview Overview Share Share Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on email Keywords Finance GaD Gender and Development Journal Gender mainstreaming Labour standards Overview Yasmin explains how the NGO Saptagram, is challenging gender biases that keep Bangladeshi landless rural women in poverty. Its efforts to empower women by increasing their employment opportunities have met with mixed success. The challenges Saptagram faces are huge: women as much as men do not regard the work they do as ‘real’ work. A […] View resource Posts navigation Prev page Page 1 … Page 505 Page 506 Page 507 … Page 524 Next page Spotted an error? Let us know