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New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

01/11/2003

9 pages long

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New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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In the context of macro-level political and economic changes, how do poor women and men living in Rio de Janeiro understand the idea of citizenship? Is it relevant to their daily lives? Because the poor have not reaped the rewards of macro-economic reforms and do not have confidence in the effectiveness of formal democratic participation, […]

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Briefing paper

Make Trade Fair in the Americas: Agriculture, Investment and Intellectual Property: Three reasons to say no to the FTAA

01/01/2003

3 documents

36 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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While poverty, inequality and the concentration of wealth persist in Latin America and the Caribbean, trade and investment agreements are being promoted that would seriously limit the possibilities of development and poverty eradication in the countries of the region. The Free Trade Area of the Americas is an agreement that would favor the interests of […]

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Briefing note

The Challenge to the EU: Stop the Sugar Dumping!

14/11/2002

1 documents

3 pages long

Languages: English

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The recent challenges mounted by Brazil and Australia at the WTO over the EU’ss implicit and explicit sugar export subsidies have raised fundamental questions about reforms to the Common Agricultural Policy.

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Organisational learning in NGOs: an example of an intervention based on the work of Chris Argyris

01/08/2002

12 pages long

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The research work of Harvard professor Chris Argyris gave rise to much of what is today called organisational learning, an approach subsequently promulgated by Peter Senge and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first section of this paper argues the relevance of organisational learning to NGOs, despite its origins in the study […]

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Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

01/03/2002

6 pages long

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Slavery and gender: women’s double exploitation

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For many people, the word slavery conjures up images from history – of the transatlantic slave trade, the practice of buying and selling people that the modern world is supposed to have left behind, and of the 19th century abolitionist movement. But the reality is that not only does slavery exist today, it is expanding. […]

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Briefing paper

Drug Companies vs. Brazil: The threat to public health

01/05/2001

3 documents

17 pages long

Languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish

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The access of impoverished Brazilians to essential medicines, including those required for treatment of HIV/AIDS, is under threat. International pharmaceutical firms, with the backing of the United States government, are trying to ensure that Brazil has to buy the expensive patented drugs that they manufacture, rather than have access to the cheaper generic drugs that […]

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Technical versus popular language: some reflections on the vocabulary of urban management in Mexico and Brazil

01/05/2001

6 pages long

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Despite improvements in access to urban land and services since the 1980s, in both Brazil and Mexico, the consolidation of peripheral urban settlements has accentuated social segregation. Such trends highlight the continuing existence of poverty on a global scale. How have urban planners and urban managers chosen to frame the challenges facing low-income communities? How […]

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Book

Brazil

01/01/2000

4 documents

89 pages long

Languages: English

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Brazil is the fifth-largest country in the world, with an economy bigger than China’s and a population larger than Russia’s. It is rich in natural resources, and its cities are highly industrialised. It is a wealthy country – but in terms of human development it is one of the most unequal countries in the world. […]

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Fundraising in Brazil: the major implications for civil society organisations and international NGOs

01/02/1999

14 pages long

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This paper looks at the opportunities for civil society organisations (CSOs) in Brazil to increase and diversify income. It demonstrates the range of potential new sources of funds, including the Brazilian public, commercial activities, and government institutions. The role of volunteers is also addressed. The institutional and cultural changes that CSOs must make in order […]

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Book

Development and Social Action

01/01/1999

1 documents

195 pages long

Languages: English

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Civil-society organisations are playing an increasingly prominent role in promoting policy change in favour of poor people, whether through advocacy or through direct action mid popular mobilisation. In the global realignment following the end of the Cold War. the challenge is to move from mere protest and opposition to constructive forms of engagement, both with […]

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