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Seeds for use and conservation

01/05/1991

8 pages long

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Development methods

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The Seed Bank of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew contains one of the world’s largest collections of seeds of wild plants. The history and physical nature of the Bank are described, together with the principles of seed physiology on which the collection is based. A major policy is the collecting, long-term storage and distribution of […]

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Grassroots support organisations in Peru

01/05/1991

12 pages long

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Private developmental organisations have emerged rapidly and forcefully in Peru, amid a turbulent national context of change and acute social and economic instability over the last two decades. While no official statistics exist on the number of such organisations (there is no single entity that oversees or registers their activity), independent studies and surveys indicate […]

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Social action group strategies in the Indian sub-continent

01/05/1991

13 pages long

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The purpose of this paper is to review the experience of social action groups (SAGs) in the Indian sub-continent over the past fifteen years or so. There are tensions between their stated objectives and their actual practice, and conflicts arising from their role in the political sphere. The author considers the practical problems and some […]

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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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Editorial

01/03/1991

2 pages long

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This article does not have a description. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Building partnerships between Northern and Southern development NGOs: Issues for the 1990s

01/03/1991

14 pages long

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The number of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) involved in development in the North and the South has increased dramatically over the last ten years, provoking calls for new partnerships between them. But Southern NGOs have often been disadvantaged in the search for true NGO partnerships, because they know too little about their Northern counterparts. This article […]

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Financing primary health care: An NGO perspective

01/03/1991

9 pages long

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How is primary health care (PHC) to be funded in a climate of economic recession? The authors survey the financial implications of the Alma Ata Declaration of 1978 and the Bamako Initiative of 1987. They draw on a survey of over 100 Oxfam-funded health projects to assess four methods of PHC funding and their impact […]

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Pastoral development and the use of para-vets in southern Sudan

01/03/1991

9 pages long

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Pastoralism in the Sudan has produced complex and varied livestock management systems, finely adapted to local environmental conditions. The isolation of pastoral communities has made it difficult for development agencies to form working relationships with them, and mistakes have been made when donors attempted to introduce unsuitable breeds and crops. The author advocates post-drought restocking […]

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Did the project fail? A community perspective on a participatory primary health care project in Ecuador

01/03/1991

15 pages long

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This article examines a UNICEF/Ministry of Health primary health care programme in Ecuador from a community perspective. It contributes to the debate concerning the way in which the relative ‘successes or ‘failures of participatory projects is measured. It argues for evaluators to distinguish between the perceptions of the different actors involved, and to extend their […]

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Ambassatna Nadif: An experimental household-rubbish collection project

01/03/1991

4 pages long

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Ambassatna Nadif: An experimental household-rubbish collection project

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In 1989 Oxfam approached the town council of N’Djamena, the capital of Chad, Africa, and set up a joint project to encourage community participation in improving sanitary conditions in Ambassatna. The author highlights the main problems and lessons to be learned from the project, three years into it, including issues around neglecting the role of […]

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