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Improving NGO governance: practical applications of the GATE approach

18/02/2013

8 pages long

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Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) face increasing demands to be accountable and transparent. Both need sound and timely evidence. Ensuring that these demands are satisfied is a key responsibility of governance, but fulfilling this requirement is a frequent weakness. A comprehensive approach to self-analysis – known as GATE – can make governing bodies more effective by better […]

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Exploring strengths-based approaches in the design of a family planning project in Kenya

18/02/2013

6 pages long

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This practical note explores the contribution that strengths-based approaches (SBA) can make to project design. The note outlines how SBA was understood and applied in the design of a family planning project by Marie Stopes in Kenya under the Australian Africa Community Engagement Scheme (AACES). Fieldwork findings demonstrate how SBA assists in bringing to the […]

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Shrinking operational space of NGOs – a framework of analysis

01/11/2012

16 pages long

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NGOs face many types of pressures that limit and influence their activities. While in many studies these pressures and the causes and agendas behind them have been the focus of analysis, this paper provides a framework that can give insight into the ways in which the pressures play out in diverse contexts and affect different […]

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From paternalism to participation: the motivations and understandings of the “developers”

01/11/2012

12 pages long

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Recently there has been a shift in development discourse from ideas of paternalism to those of participation. Set within the framework of a postmodern critique of development, this paper questions the assumption that the ideas of development still exist in the same discursive space. Using University of East Anglia (UEA) development studies postgraduate students as […]

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Establishing cooperatives for effective community development in rural China

01/11/2012

11 pages long

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The article presents the results of participatory monitoring and evaluation of projects which aimed to aid the establishment and development of 24 modern rural cooperatives in Shandan County, Gansu Province, China. The evaluation was designed to assess the economic and community development outcomes of the cooperatives after three years of operation. The data were collected […]

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An investigation into the training of community development workers within South Africa

01/11/2012

14 pages long

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This article documents a research project that examined the training provided within the South African National Community Development Worker Programme (CDWP), consisting of over 4,000 community development workers (CDWs). Many of the hopes of good community development work are built upon effective education and training of the workers/practitioners. To fail in educating and training CDWs […]

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Editorial

01/11/2012

1 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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Collective action and promotion of forest based associations on non-wood forest products in Cameroon

01/11/2012

12 pages long

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This paper documents collective actions undertaken by forest-based associations to access better prices for their non-wood forest products via group sales. Group sales can increase the income of group sellers by up to 40 per cent compared to individual sellers. The institutionalisation of group sales reinforces social relations and cohesion as well as mutual trust. […]

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Beyond access to water

01/11/2012

11 pages long

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This paper looks beyond the dominant view of access to water – defined as coverage. It shows that, while the spread of improved water sources has widened, problems of affordability, quality, distribution, and reliability (“deep access”) are pervasive. In turn, it argues that declarations about water in international development discourse such as “access to water […]

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Taking research where the practice is: a tale of two programmes from BRAC

01/09/2012

7 pages long

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A major challenge for the research community is to take knowledge or evidence generated from research to the practitioners for translation into tangible practice. This paper describes how an indigenous Bangladeshi NGO addressed this challenge and made use of research in developing two of its most successful projects – the oral therapy extension programme and […]

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