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Post-disaster emergency and reconstruction experiences in Asia and Latin America: an assessment

01/08/2010

14 pages long

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From United Nations emergency responses involving tent camps, to the reconstruction approach of FUNDASAL in El Salvador and the post-disaster provision of housing by Caritas in Asia, it is clear that a giant step has been taken in thinking about emergency shelter, as well as about how prevention and reconstruction are managed. This article evaluates […]

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Where there’s no green man: child road-safety education in Ethiopia

01/08/2010

8 pages long

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Traffic crashes kill 1.2 million people annually, and the number is growing fast, particularly in developing countries. Although child road-safety education is widely considered important, few programmes have resulted in demonstrated improvements in safety. We review road-safety education in Ethiopia and conclude that it is often locally inappropriate and impractical. Such programmes are frequently based […]

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How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

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It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

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Qualitative methods for assessing conditional cash-transfer programmes: the case of Panama

01/08/2010

12 pages long

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Governments in Latin America and elsewhere have implemented conditional cash-transfer programmes to improve standards of living in populations defined as vulnerable and excluded from the benefits of development, in order to improve access to education and health services, and to improve human capital. Qualitative research conducted among three indigenous groups in Panama provides lessons for […]

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A rural economic development plan to help the USA win its war on cocaine

01/08/2010

16 pages long

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Since the 1980s, the USA has fought cocaine in the Andes with carrots and sticks: interdiction and crop eradication wield the sticks, while Alternative Development (AD), which offers economic assistance to farmers who voluntarily abandon illicit cultivation, provides the carrots. Yet cocaine continues to permeate US streets, and rural Andean communities remain isolated from the […]

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Wanted! ‘Strong publics’ for uncertain times: the Active Citizenship in Central America project

01/08/2010

15 pages long

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This article places the experiences of the Active Citizenship in Central America project, led by Dublin City University, within wider discussions on the role of civil society in building democracy and furthering development. The article examines project development and content and assesses its effectiveness, using a framework derived from Nancy Fraser’s (1993) concept of ‘weak’ […]

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Is social change fundable? NGOs and theories and practices of social change

01/08/2010

15 pages long

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Northern NGOs have come under critical scrutiny since the 1990s, often with negative conclusions as organisations which had supported radical social change in the 1970s and 1980s have since turned themselves into a professionalised and bureaucratic aid sector. The article focuses on the Northern NGOs that purport to fund progressive social change and which encourage […]

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An international NGO representative in Colombia: reflections from practice

01/08/2010

13 pages long

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Certain contexts render particularly challenging the disjunctures and discontinuities between international NGO (INGO) headquarters and in-country operations, as this Christian Aid case demonstrates. Torn loyalties result when seeking to discern how best to work with partners in a human-rights crisis in a middle-income country. Navigating these challenges requires a critical interrogation and radical practice of […]

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Editorial

01/08/2010

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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Is this a partnership or a relationship? Concern Worldwide maps the difference

01/08/2010

6 pages long

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Despite its adoption of a partnership approach within its countries of operation, Concern Worldwide has struggled to match its definition of partnership with the range of relationships in which it actually engages on the ground. A relationship-mapping diagram conceived during its Partnership Policy formulation workshop has now helped to bridge this gap between theory and […]

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