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Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

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Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

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Capacity building for adaptive management: a problem-based learning approach

01/04/2011

15 pages long

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As natural-resource issues become more complex, particularly in developing-world contexts, there is a growing need for adaptive management solutions. However, the skills necessary to deal with these increasingly complex situations are not always present in many low-income countries. There is also a growing recognition that many capacity-building activities are limited in their effectiveness. This article […]

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Job creation in fragile states through SME financing: notes from post-war Liberia

01/04/2011

5 pages long

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Sustainable job creation in post-conflict environments often involves financing private-sector development. However, a poor business climate and the erosion of capacity in the domestic private sector reduce the effectiveness of traditional financing strategies in post-conflict environments. Using the experience of post-war Liberia, this article discusses strategies for improving small and medium enterprise (SME) development projects […]

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

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Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

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In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

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Men, masculinities, and the politics of development

01/06/1997

9 pages long

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Men, masculinities, and the politics of development

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Widening the gender perspective to include men and masculinities should broaden and deepen our understanding of power and inequality, not only between men and women but in other social relationships, and thus increase the effectiveness of development interventions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

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Protocols, treaties, and action: the ‘climate change process’ viewed through gender spectacles

01/07/2002

10 pages long

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Protocols, treaties, and action: the ‘climate change process’ viewed through gender spectacles

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This paper starts by assessing the extent to which gender considerations have been taken into account in the international processes concerning the development of climate change policy. Finding that there has been very little attention to gender issues, neither in the protocols and treaties nor in the debates around them, the paper goes on to […]

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New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

01/11/2003

9 pages long

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New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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In the context of macro-level political and economic changes, how do poor women and men living in Rio de Janeiro understand the idea of citizenship? Is it relevant to their daily lives? Because the poor have not reaped the rewards of macro-economic reforms and do not have confidence in the effectiveness of formal democratic participation, […]

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Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

01/07/2009

13 pages long

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Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

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In its 2005 White Paper on Gender Equality, China announced that its legal system offers women workers complete protection of their rights and interests. However, this strong political declaration has to face an uncomfortable ‘reality check’. New forms of gender discrimination at the workplace have emerged in more subtle ways, and usually under the disguise […]

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Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru

01/07/2011

15 pages long

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Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru

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Overview

This article examines three social protection interventions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru, and discusses the extent to which they effectively integrate a gender perspective to address poverty and vulnerability. All three case studies have important design features aiming to tackle gender inequalities in both the economic and social spheres, which is critical for programme effectiveness. […]

Briefing paper

The ‘Right’ Results: Making sure the results agenda remains committed to poverty reduction

29/09/2011

6 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

Donor governments are prioritizing aid ‘results’ in advance of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HFL4) in Busan, Korea, due to take place at the end of 2011. But there is a real risk that their efforts will lead to a poorly designed results policy that could undo years of work to make […]

Showing 318 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

Journal article

Capacity building for adaptive management: a problem-based learning approach

01/04/2011

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As natural-resource issues become more complex, particularly in developing-world contexts, there is a growing need for adaptive management solutions. However, the skills necessary to deal with these increasingly complex situations are not always present in many low-income countries. There is also a growing recognition that many capacity-building activities are limited in their effectiveness. This article […]

Journal article

Job creation in fragile states through SME financing: notes from post-war Liberia

01/04/2011

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Sustainable job creation in post-conflict environments often involves financing private-sector development. However, a poor business climate and the erosion of capacity in the domestic private sector reduce the effectiveness of traditional financing strategies in post-conflict environments. Using the experience of post-war Liberia, this article discusses strategies for improving small and medium enterprise (SME) development projects […]

Journal article

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

Keywords

Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Journal article

Men, masculinities, and the politics of development

01/06/1997

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men, masculinities, and the politics of development

Keywords

Overview

Widening the gender perspective to include men and masculinities should broaden and deepen our understanding of power and inequality, not only between men and women but in other social relationships, and thus increase the effectiveness of development interventions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Journal article

Protocols, treaties, and action: the ‘climate change process’ viewed through gender spectacles

01/07/2002

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protocols, treaties, and action: the ‘climate change process’ viewed through gender spectacles

Keywords

Overview

This paper starts by assessing the extent to which gender considerations have been taken into account in the international processes concerning the development of climate change policy. Finding that there has been very little attention to gender issues, neither in the protocols and treaties nor in the debates around them, the paper goes on to […]

Journal article

New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Keywords

Overview

In the context of macro-level political and economic changes, how do poor women and men living in Rio de Janeiro understand the idea of citizenship? Is it relevant to their daily lives? Because the poor have not reaped the rewards of macro-economic reforms and do not have confidence in the effectiveness of formal democratic participation, […]

Journal article

Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

01/07/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

Keywords

Overview

In its 2005 White Paper on Gender Equality, China announced that its legal system offers women workers complete protection of their rights and interests. However, this strong political declaration has to face an uncomfortable ‘reality check’. New forms of gender discrimination at the workplace have emerged in more subtle ways, and usually under the disguise […]

Journal article

Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru

01/07/2011

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru

Keywords

Overview

This article examines three social protection interventions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru, and discusses the extent to which they effectively integrate a gender perspective to address poverty and vulnerability. All three case studies have important design features aiming to tackle gender inequalities in both the economic and social spheres, which is critical for programme effectiveness. […]

Briefing paper

The ‘Right’ Results: Making sure the results agenda remains committed to poverty reduction

29/09/2011

6 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Donor governments are prioritizing aid ‘results’ in advance of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HFL4) in Busan, Korea, due to take place at the end of 2011. But there is a real risk that their efforts will lead to a poorly designed results policy that could undo years of work to make […]

Showing 318 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

Journal article

Capacity building for adaptive management: a problem-based learning approach

01/04/2011

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As natural-resource issues become more complex, particularly in developing-world contexts, there is a growing need for adaptive management solutions. However, the skills necessary to deal with these increasingly complex situations are not always present in many low-income countries. There is also a growing recognition that many capacity-building activities are limited in their effectiveness. This article […]

Journal article

Job creation in fragile states through SME financing: notes from post-war Liberia

01/04/2011

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Sustainable job creation in post-conflict environments often involves financing private-sector development. However, a poor business climate and the erosion of capacity in the domestic private sector reduce the effectiveness of traditional financing strategies in post-conflict environments. Using the experience of post-war Liberia, this article discusses strategies for improving small and medium enterprise (SME) development projects […]

Journal article

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

01/10/1996

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women’s groups and individual antrepreneurs: an Ugandan case study

Keywords

Overview

In a study of women’s income-generating groups and individual women entrepreneurs in Uganda, the individual women were found to be more economically successful than the groups. This article argues that the need to maintain relationships, and observe bureaucratic procedures may contribute to the relative ineffectiveness of groups. This finding has important implications for development funders. […]

Journal article

Men, masculinities, and the politics of development

01/06/1997

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Men, masculinities, and the politics of development

Keywords

Overview

Widening the gender perspective to include men and masculinities should broaden and deepen our understanding of power and inequality, not only between men and women but in other social relationships, and thus increase the effectiveness of development interventions. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for […]

Journal article

Protocols, treaties, and action: the ‘climate change process’ viewed through gender spectacles

01/07/2002

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Protocols, treaties, and action: the ‘climate change process’ viewed through gender spectacles

Keywords

Overview

This paper starts by assessing the extent to which gender considerations have been taken into account in the international processes concerning the development of climate change policy. Finding that there has been very little attention to gender issues, neither in the protocols and treaties nor in the debates around them, the paper goes on to […]

Journal article

New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

01/11/2003

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

New Forms of Citizenship: Democracy, family, and community in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Keywords

Overview

In the context of macro-level political and economic changes, how do poor women and men living in Rio de Janeiro understand the idea of citizenship? Is it relevant to their daily lives? Because the poor have not reaped the rewards of macro-economic reforms and do not have confidence in the effectiveness of formal democratic participation, […]

Journal article

Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

01/07/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Legal protection against gender discrimination in the workplace in China

Keywords

Overview

In its 2005 White Paper on Gender Equality, China announced that its legal system offers women workers complete protection of their rights and interests. However, this strong political declaration has to face an uncomfortable ‘reality check’. New forms of gender discrimination at the workplace have emerged in more subtle ways, and usually under the disguise […]

Journal article

Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru

01/07/2011

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Addressing gendered risks and vulnerabilities through social protection: examples of good practice from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru

Keywords

Overview

This article examines three social protection interventions from Bangladesh, Ethiopia, and Peru, and discusses the extent to which they effectively integrate a gender perspective to address poverty and vulnerability. All three case studies have important design features aiming to tackle gender inequalities in both the economic and social spheres, which is critical for programme effectiveness. […]

Briefing paper

The ‘Right’ Results: Making sure the results agenda remains committed to poverty reduction

29/09/2011

6 documents

31 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Donor governments are prioritizing aid ‘results’ in advance of the Fourth High Level Forum on Aid Effectiveness (HFL4) in Busan, Korea, due to take place at the end of 2011. But there is a real risk that their efforts will lead to a poorly designed results policy that could undo years of work to make […]