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Discussion paper

Care & the Platform Economy in the UK: A Mapping Exercise

03/07/2025

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the UK and globally, in-home domestic childcare and adult care services are increasingly being provided via digital platforms, with significant implications for in-home/domestic care workers. This paper maps what we already know about this phenomenon and identifies knowledge gaps that could be filled through focused research in support of influencing initiatives aimed at improving […]

Research report

Civil Society and UNITAID: An introduction

13/10/2009

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Access to medicines is a major challenge for people in developing countries. With the right medicines, diseases such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are treatable. Yet for millions of poor people, affordable medicines remain out of reach. UNITAID was established in 2006 as a new public health financing mechanism and a South-North […]

Briefing paper

Make Extortion History: The case for development-friendly WTO accession for the world’s poorest countries

24/10/2005

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Until now, the process for dealing with candidates for accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been one of extorting the maximum number of concessions out of all applicants. As a result, some of the poorest countries in the world now have more onerous WTO obligations than the richest. The 2002 WTO Decision on […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Briefing paper

Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s response

09/05/2011

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict. The primary obligation to protect civilians affected by conflict lies with national governments and […]

Journal article

Deterrents to immunisation in Somalia: A survey of mothers’ attitudes

01/03/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As part of the global drive to achieve Universal Child Immunisation by 1990 (UCI 90), Somalia launched a national immunisation programme for women and children. While access to it improved, actual demand for immunisation remained low. This article reports the findings of a study to identify the factors influencing acceptance of immunisation in two Somali […]

Journal article

NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators?

01/11/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […]

Journal article

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

Journal article

The People’s Communication Charter

01/02/1998

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many governments and international organisations have offered utopian visions of a Global Information Infrastructure (GII), a successor to the Internet, which will enable global sharing and communication. The development of the GII rests on the capacity of all nations to have access to the requisite technology, and the currently widening gap between access to PCs […]

Journal article

Achieving behaviour change: three generations of HIV/AIDS programming and jargon in Thailand

01/11/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

NGOs have played an important role worldwide in the fight to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through achieving behaviour change. NGOs have often been at the forefront of innovative changes, influencing government and international programming activities. This paper identifies and analyses the evolution of the HIV/AIDS programmes of one NGO in Thailand over a period […]

Showing 103 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Care & the Platform Economy in the UK: A Mapping Exercise

03/07/2025

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the UK and globally, in-home domestic childcare and adult care services are increasingly being provided via digital platforms, with significant implications for in-home/domestic care workers. This paper maps what we already know about this phenomenon and identifies knowledge gaps that could be filled through focused research in support of influencing initiatives aimed at improving […]

Research report

Civil Society and UNITAID: An introduction

13/10/2009

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Access to medicines is a major challenge for people in developing countries. With the right medicines, diseases such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are treatable. Yet for millions of poor people, affordable medicines remain out of reach. UNITAID was established in 2006 as a new public health financing mechanism and a South-North […]

Briefing paper

Make Extortion History: The case for development-friendly WTO accession for the world’s poorest countries

24/10/2005

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Until now, the process for dealing with candidates for accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been one of extorting the maximum number of concessions out of all applicants. As a result, some of the poorest countries in the world now have more onerous WTO obligations than the richest. The 2002 WTO Decision on […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Briefing paper

Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s response

09/05/2011

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict. The primary obligation to protect civilians affected by conflict lies with national governments and […]

Journal article

Deterrents to immunisation in Somalia: A survey of mothers’ attitudes

01/03/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As part of the global drive to achieve Universal Child Immunisation by 1990 (UCI 90), Somalia launched a national immunisation programme for women and children. While access to it improved, actual demand for immunisation remained low. This article reports the findings of a study to identify the factors influencing acceptance of immunisation in two Somali […]

Journal article

NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators?

01/11/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […]

Journal article

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

Journal article

The People’s Communication Charter

01/02/1998

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many governments and international organisations have offered utopian visions of a Global Information Infrastructure (GII), a successor to the Internet, which will enable global sharing and communication. The development of the GII rests on the capacity of all nations to have access to the requisite technology, and the currently widening gap between access to PCs […]

Journal article

Achieving behaviour change: three generations of HIV/AIDS programming and jargon in Thailand

01/11/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

NGOs have played an important role worldwide in the fight to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through achieving behaviour change. NGOs have often been at the forefront of innovative changes, influencing government and international programming activities. This paper identifies and analyses the evolution of the HIV/AIDS programmes of one NGO in Thailand over a period […]

Showing 103 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

Care & the Platform Economy in the UK: A Mapping Exercise

03/07/2025

1 documents

38 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

In the UK and globally, in-home domestic childcare and adult care services are increasingly being provided via digital platforms, with significant implications for in-home/domestic care workers. This paper maps what we already know about this phenomenon and identifies knowledge gaps that could be filled through focused research in support of influencing initiatives aimed at improving […]

Research report

Civil Society and UNITAID: An introduction

13/10/2009

4 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Access to medicines is a major challenge for people in developing countries. With the right medicines, diseases such as HIV and AIDS, tuberculosis (TB), and malaria are treatable. Yet for millions of poor people, affordable medicines remain out of reach. UNITAID was established in 2006 as a new public health financing mechanism and a South-North […]

Briefing paper

Make Extortion History: The case for development-friendly WTO accession for the world’s poorest countries

24/10/2005

3 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Until now, the process for dealing with candidates for accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has been one of extorting the maximum number of concessions out of all applicants. As a result, some of the poorest countries in the world now have more onerous WTO obligations than the richest. The 2002 WTO Decision on […]

Evaluation report

Evaluation of Pastoral Programme in Somaliland

01/03/2007

2 documents

33 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The Somaliland Pastoral Programme was initiated with the aim of strengthening pastoral organisations, before influencing institutions to be more responsive to pastoralist needs. Key activities included: establishment of 12 pastoral organizations, increased responsiveness of Government institutions to pastoralist needs, increased access to good quality primary health care, increased access to resources and alternative livelihoods, effective […]

Briefing paper

Protection of Civilians in 2010: Facts, Figures, and the UN Security Council’s response

09/05/2011

3 documents

41 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

In 2010, millions of men, women, and children were killed, raped, displaced, injured, or recruited by force in armed conflicts throughout the world. Whether caught in the crossfire or deliberately targeted, civilians too often suffer disproportionately as a result of conflict. The primary obligation to protect civilians affected by conflict lies with national governments and […]

Journal article

Deterrents to immunisation in Somalia: A survey of mothers’ attitudes

01/03/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As part of the global drive to achieve Universal Child Immunisation by 1990 (UCI 90), Somalia launched a national immunisation programme for women and children. While access to it improved, actual demand for immunisation remained low. This article reports the findings of a study to identify the factors influencing acceptance of immunisation in two Somali […]

Journal article

NGOs and social change: Agents or facilitators?

01/11/1993

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author discusses issues about the role of NGOs and their relations with the state and the community. The term NGO does not help us to distinguish between grassroots groups, intermediary organisations, and international organisations and the author feels such distinctions would be useful. Claims are currently being made about the potential of NGOs to […]

Journal article

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

Journal article

The People’s Communication Charter

01/02/1998

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Many governments and international organisations have offered utopian visions of a Global Information Infrastructure (GII), a successor to the Internet, which will enable global sharing and communication. The development of the GII rests on the capacity of all nations to have access to the requisite technology, and the currently widening gap between access to PCs […]

Journal article

Achieving behaviour change: three generations of HIV/AIDS programming and jargon in Thailand

01/11/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

NGOs have played an important role worldwide in the fight to prevent the spread of HIV/AIDS through achieving behaviour change. NGOs have often been at the forefront of innovative changes, influencing government and international programming activities. This paper identifies and analyses the evolution of the HIV/AIDS programmes of one NGO in Thailand over a period […]