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NGOs and post-violence community development: holistic, multi-track ventures in Afghanistan

01/09/2011

12 pages long

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This article explores the interview narratives of six NGO directors working in Afghanistan regarding the holistic and multi-track nature of their NGO’s project work. Data analysis revealed that NGO leaders believed that effective NGO project work relies extensively on purposeful coordination with other NGOs, and is dependent on non-NGO actors such as the military, the […]

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Motivation in humanitarian health workers: a self-determination theory perspective

01/09/2011

14 pages long

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This paper emerged from the authors’ interest in why humanitarian health workers initially engage and remain in humanitarian work, often in the face of threats to safety and personal well-being. Semi-structured qualitative interviews assessed the consciously available reasons why individuals engaged in humanitarian health work. Interview data was unpacked through a thematic analysis. Using self-determination […]

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Mainstreaming globalisation in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers in the Asia-Pacific region

01/09/2011

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This paper examines the extent to which the key elements of globalisation, such as international trade, investments, foreign aid, transnational labour migration and tourism have been mainstreamed into the Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) in the Asia-Pacific region. Using a content analysis, the paper finds that trade openness gained the highest priority in the PRSPs, […]

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Identity and learning in international volunteerism: ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ internships

01/09/2011

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Young sportspersons now serve abroad within the ‘Sport for Development and Peace’ (SDP) movement. Drawing on interviews with former interns from Commonwealth Games Canada’s Canadian Sports Leadership Corps programme, this study explored what interns brought to, and learnt from, international SDP service. Interns confronted notions of expertise and privilege and, in some cases, considered the […]

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The Role of Faith-Based Organizations in HIV Prevention and Care in Central America

01/09/2011

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This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Corporate social responsibility performance in the Niger Delta: beyond two constitutive orthodoxies

01/08/2011

10 pages long

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Against the background of attempts to explain the poor Corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance of transnational oil corporations in the Niger Delta in the context of flawed approaches, processes and inadequate CSR packages, this paper contests not only the explanations for the failure of CSR, but the core idea that CSR is capable of engendering […]

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Development for whom? Homosexuality and faith-based development in Zimbabwe

01/08/2011

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This article reviews some of the main arguments advanced by scholars operating at the interface of religion and development. It then seeks to expand the current literature on religion and development to include more ‘uncomfortable’ subject matter, such as homosexuality and discrimination. Using the 1995 Zimbabwe Book Fair as a case study, the author argues […]

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A comparative analysis of microfinance and conditional cash transfers in Latin America

01/08/2011

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This paper addresses the question of whether microfinance and conditional cash transfers can be effective in alleviating poverty in the Latin American region, and provides a comprehensive assessment of each of these programmes using data and evaluation reports from 19 countries in the Latin American region, analysed in the context of six operational and impact […]

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Women and Indigenous Religions

01/08/2011

2 pages long

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Women and Indigenous Religions, edited by Sylvia Marcos, Santa Barbara, CA, Praeger, 2010, ISBN: 978 0 275 99157 9, 256 pp.

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Attitude counts: engaging with rice farmers in West Africa

01/08/2011

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An international project called PADS promoted participatory learning and action research with inland valley rainfed rice farmers in West Africa. All countries received the same training, similar funding, and the same leadership. Although the staff in Ghana were conscientious and gave much training to the farmer beneficiaries, the Mali staff explicitly encouraged farmers to experiment. […]

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