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The effectiveness of NGO campaigning: lessons from practice

01/05/2000

15 pages long

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This article looks at the lessons learned in reviewing two long-running international campaigns, one to promote breastfeeding in Ghana, and the other against the use of child labour in the carpet industry in India. In particular, it focuses on understanding the nature of campaigns and what makes them effective. It asserts that campaigns are not […]

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Addressing urban poverty: increasing incomes, reducing costs, and securing representation

01/05/2000

12 pages long

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The paper considers the effectiveness of different strategies used in urban areas by development agencies to reduce poverty, including the relative merits of income generation and housing and neighbourhood improvement. Drawing on the findings of recent case studies, it suggests that the advantages of housing and neighbourhood improvements may have been underestimated, and that too […]

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The new urban poor: the Tobas Indians

01/02/2000

6 pages long

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The author describes the movement of the Tobas Indians from their nomadic, rural lifestyle in northern Argentina (due mainly to industrial deforestation) to Rosario, a city of around 1 million inhabitants. He highlights the difficulties the Tobas face in Rosario; their economic destitution, and the lack of education in their own language. He advocates economic […]

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Women and family poultry production in rural Africa

01/02/2000

5 pages long

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The author discusses the importance of rural family poultry (RFP) in Africa as an income generating and/or subsistence asset for families, particularly highlighting the gender dimension of RFP, since women are often the main owners of, and carers for, chickens. RFP development programmes must take account of other demands on women’s time, but should aim […]

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Book

Environments and Livelihoods: Strategies for sustainability

01/01/2000

7 documents

289 pages long

Languages: English

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Environments and Livelihoods is intended be used to support the campaigning and lobbying work of local and international development organisations, to improve the formulation and implementation of development strategies, and to strengthen participatory project planning, monitoring, and impact assessment.

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Book

Cambodia

01/01/2000

3 documents

89 pages long

Languages: English

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Cambodia is a country of contradictions. It is a devoutly Buddhist nation, with a highly sophisticated traditional culture, represented for many by the elegance of its classical dance forms and the splendour of the temples of AngkorWat. But for almost forty years Cambodia was threatened by cycles of violence and destruction from which it is […]

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Globalisation and homelessness in the USA: building a social movement to end poverty

01/11/1999

13 pages long

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The authors explore the deleterious effects of economic globalisation on people in the USA, and explain the rise of poor people’s organisations as a response to these conditions. They look at the impact of economic changes in terms of public policy and argue that the global economy is preventing a growing number of people from […]

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Rural development and women: what are the best approaches to communicating information?

01/07/1999

11 pages long

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Rural development and women: what are the best approaches to communicating information?

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The availability of improved agricultural and environmental conservation technologies might suggest that we can relatively easily improve the living conditions of rural farmers. However, the experience of a project in Tanzania shows that men’s and women’s use of technologies are intricately linked with social and cultural factors such as the gender division of labour. This […]

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Discussion paper

Health and Livelihoods in Rural Angola: A participatory research project

01/01/1998

1 documents

71 pages long

Languages: English

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Planners developing basic social services, especially in communities suffering the consequences of conflict, have to respond to a wide range of needs but lack the information necessary for effective planning. This paper is an account of an Oxfam research project in Angola which had a dual aim: to find out more about how rural communities […]

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Discussion paper

The International Dimensions of Work: Some implications for the UK

01/01/1998

1 documents

70 pages long

Languages: English

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Globalisation, or the expansion of international trade and investment experienced since the early 1980s, has brought gains to some countries and groups of workers, while marginalising and excluding others. This paper argues that some of the causes of and the solutions to the UK’s recent employment problems lie at the international level. Such problems as […]

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