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‘Implementing an indicator’: operationalising USAID’s ‘Advocacy Index’ in Zimbabwe

01/02/2002

13 pages long

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This article focuses on performance measurement in the democracy and governance (DG) programme of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), in its Zimbabwe mission. The article tells the story of one qualitative indicator used for measuring progress, namely the ‘Advocacy Index’. It traces the history of this indicator, from rationale and concept through […]

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Whom do international donors support in the name of civil society?

01/02/2002

13 pages long

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International funding of civil society organisations within the framework of support for democratisation processes has increased significantly in recent years. Yet this raises a set of questions quite apart from the effectiveness of the activities of the recipient organisations. Who are these groups? Whom do they represent? What effect does international funding have on their […]

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Book

Supporting Communities Affected by Violence: A casebook from South Africa

01/01/2002

1 documents

161 pages long

Languages: English

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More than 15,000 people have been killed, and 500,000 displaced, during years of low-intensity civil war in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. This title describes the work of the KwaZulu-Natal Programme for Survivors of Violence (KZN-PSV), which (with the support of Oxfam) helps communities to grapple with the complex social, economic, political and psychological […]

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Book

Indonesia

01/01/2002

5 documents

97 pages long

Languages: English

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Indonesia is a country of superlatives and contradictions: its 17,000 islands span an extent that is wider than the landmass of the USA; it is the fourth most populous country in the world, and its Muslim population is the world’s largest; more than half of the total population of 203 million live on the island […]

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Discussion paper

Beyond Civil Rights: Developing economic, social, and cultural rights in the uk

01/01/2001

1 documents

75 pages long

Languages: English

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With the implementation of the Human Rights Act in 2000, the mainly civil and political rights set out in the European Convention on Human Rights are, for the first time, directly enforceable in UK law. While welcoming this significant advance, the authors argue that protection should be extended to the full range of economic, social, […]

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Dissonance or dialogue: changing relations with the corporate sector

01/08/2000

6 pages long

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In recent years, both the corporate sector and civil society organisations, particularly international NGOs, have become more influential in shaping development debates and policies. There is increasing awareness within the corporate sector of the need to demonstrate social responsibility; and growing acceptance among NGOs that business is essential to the economic growth which will fuel […]

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Globalisation, civil society, and the multilateral system

01/08/2000

13 pages long

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This paper analyses the significance and scope of globalisation, focusing on its implications for the autonomy of national actors, on the one hand, and on the new demands that global governance imposes upon multilateral action, on the other. It is argued that the current form of globalisation is in fact compatible with some degree of […]

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Book

Development, NGOs and Civil Society

01/01/2000

2 documents

212 pages long

Languages: English

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As public spending has declined, NGOs have secured a measure of financial security by taking on service-indelivery. At the same time, they are a convenient channel through which official agencies can promote political pluralism. But can NGOs both facilitate governments’ withdrawals from providing basic services for all and also claim to represent and speak for […]

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Inclusive, just, plural, dynamic: building a ‘civil’ society in the Third World

01/05/1999

14 pages long

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The author offers a comprehensive definition of what a civil society should be, drawing on the vast outpouring of democratic activities within the Third World, as well as of those forces that inhibit or thwart the full realisation of civil society. The author argues that the diversity of such activities are indicative not just of […]

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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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