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Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

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What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]

Journal article

The need for reliable systems: gendered work in Oxfam’s Uganda programme

01/02/1999

4 pages long

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This paper looks at a Gender Review conducted for Oxfam GB of their programme in Uganda. The Review found that the programme lacked a coherent strategy and gender work was invariably considered an add-on rather than an integrated part of development planning. They advocate developing a strategy for social change, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, […]

Journal article

On-farm testing and dissemination of agroforestry among slash-and-burn farmers in Nagaland, India

01/08/2001

16 pages long

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This paper describes the structure and impacts of a development project in Nagaland, India. The project was a large-scale experiment in participatory development that emphasised local technology based on farmer-led testing of agroforestry, where farmers themselves select agroforestry technologies, implement the field tests and assume responsibility for disseminating the results locally. This assessment suggests that […]

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Learning for change: the art of assessing the impact of advocacy work

01/08/2002

12 pages long

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The field of advocacy work is growing and changing rapidly and there is much to be done in exploring not only how best to carry out effective advocacy, but also how best to use the tools of monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment (M&E/IA) to promote learning, improve accountability, and assess the value of advocacy. […]

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The role of Ministries of Finance in implementing the ‘Three Ones’

01/08/2006

6 pages long

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Ministries of Finance (MoF) cannot ignore the major challenge to development posed by HIV/AIDS. To tackle the epidemic a new comprehensive and consistent approach is required: HIV/AIDS must be mainstreamed. This paper investigates the instruments MoF do, can, and should employ in order to be proactive and effective in mainstreaming HIV/AIDS through supporting the implementation […]

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Learning from experience in urban programming: the case of the SHAHAR project in Bangladesh

01/03/2009

13 pages long

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The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author’s involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key […]

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A gender perspective on HIV treatment in Malawi: a multi-method approach

01/03/2006

11 pages long

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A gender perspective on HIV treatment in Malawi: a multi-method approach

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In this article, we use a synthesis of findings from four studies we have conducted to argue that gender issues influence people’s access to HIV testing and counselling services, as well as their access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) services. Gender issues also influence the costs, including opportunity costs, of using and adhering to HIV treatment. […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women, Communities and Mining: The gender impacts of mining and the role of gender impact assessment

01/12/2009

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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This report informs mining company staff of the potential gender impacts of mining projects and introduces some tools and approaches that they can use to conduct a gender impact assessment of these projects. These tools should be of particular interest to community relations advisors as they are designed to help incorporate gender into community assessment […]

Case study

Youth Involvement in JOHAP Partner Responses to HIV and AIDS

16/10/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Organisations working with HIV and AIDS are showing a growing understanding of the importance of involving young people in projects. Their participation as full, active and competent partners in program design, decisions, implementation, monitoring and evaluation is valued and sought. JOHAP undertook a case study project in order to understand better and to share successes and challenges […]

Showing 80 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]

Journal article

The need for reliable systems: gendered work in Oxfam’s Uganda programme

01/02/1999

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper looks at a Gender Review conducted for Oxfam GB of their programme in Uganda. The Review found that the programme lacked a coherent strategy and gender work was invariably considered an add-on rather than an integrated part of development planning. They advocate developing a strategy for social change, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, […]

Journal article

On-farm testing and dissemination of agroforestry among slash-and-burn farmers in Nagaland, India

01/08/2001

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes the structure and impacts of a development project in Nagaland, India. The project was a large-scale experiment in participatory development that emphasised local technology based on farmer-led testing of agroforestry, where farmers themselves select agroforestry technologies, implement the field tests and assume responsibility for disseminating the results locally. This assessment suggests that […]

Journal article

Learning for change: the art of assessing the impact of advocacy work

01/08/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The field of advocacy work is growing and changing rapidly and there is much to be done in exploring not only how best to carry out effective advocacy, but also how best to use the tools of monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment (M&E/IA) to promote learning, improve accountability, and assess the value of advocacy. […]

Journal article

The role of Ministries of Finance in implementing the ‘Three Ones’

01/08/2006

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Ministries of Finance (MoF) cannot ignore the major challenge to development posed by HIV/AIDS. To tackle the epidemic a new comprehensive and consistent approach is required: HIV/AIDS must be mainstreamed. This paper investigates the instruments MoF do, can, and should employ in order to be proactive and effective in mainstreaming HIV/AIDS through supporting the implementation […]

Journal article

Learning from experience in urban programming: the case of the SHAHAR project in Bangladesh

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author’s involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key […]

Journal article

A gender perspective on HIV treatment in Malawi: a multi-method approach

01/03/2006

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

A gender perspective on HIV treatment in Malawi: a multi-method approach

Keywords

Overview

In this article, we use a synthesis of findings from four studies we have conducted to argue that gender issues influence people’s access to HIV testing and counselling services, as well as their access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) services. Gender issues also influence the costs, including opportunity costs, of using and adhering to HIV treatment. […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women, Communities and Mining: The gender impacts of mining and the role of gender impact assessment

01/12/2009

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report informs mining company staff of the potential gender impacts of mining projects and introduces some tools and approaches that they can use to conduct a gender impact assessment of these projects. These tools should be of particular interest to community relations advisors as they are designed to help incorporate gender into community assessment […]

Case study

Youth Involvement in JOHAP Partner Responses to HIV and AIDS

16/10/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Organisations working with HIV and AIDS are showing a growing understanding of the importance of involving young people in projects. Their participation as full, active and competent partners in program design, decisions, implementation, monitoring and evaluation is valued and sought. JOHAP undertook a case study project in order to understand better and to share successes and challenges […]

Showing 80 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Community involvement in constructing village health buildings in Uganda and Sierra Leone

01/11/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

What opportunities are there, within Primary Health Care (PHC) programmes, for village communities to participate in the process of conceiving, constructing, and maintaining their own health facilities? This article looks at three PHC projects in Sierra Leone and Uganda, involving NGOs, governments, and host communities in the construction of health buildings. From these case studies, […]

Journal article

The need for reliable systems: gendered work in Oxfam’s Uganda programme

01/02/1999

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper looks at a Gender Review conducted for Oxfam GB of their programme in Uganda. The Review found that the programme lacked a coherent strategy and gender work was invariably considered an add-on rather than an integrated part of development planning. They advocate developing a strategy for social change, including monitoring and evaluation mechanisms, […]

Journal article

On-farm testing and dissemination of agroforestry among slash-and-burn farmers in Nagaland, India

01/08/2001

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper describes the structure and impacts of a development project in Nagaland, India. The project was a large-scale experiment in participatory development that emphasised local technology based on farmer-led testing of agroforestry, where farmers themselves select agroforestry technologies, implement the field tests and assume responsibility for disseminating the results locally. This assessment suggests that […]

Journal article

Learning for change: the art of assessing the impact of advocacy work

01/08/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The field of advocacy work is growing and changing rapidly and there is much to be done in exploring not only how best to carry out effective advocacy, but also how best to use the tools of monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment (M&E/IA) to promote learning, improve accountability, and assess the value of advocacy. […]

Journal article

The role of Ministries of Finance in implementing the ‘Three Ones’

01/08/2006

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Ministries of Finance (MoF) cannot ignore the major challenge to development posed by HIV/AIDS. To tackle the epidemic a new comprehensive and consistent approach is required: HIV/AIDS must be mainstreamed. This paper investigates the instruments MoF do, can, and should employ in order to be proactive and effective in mainstreaming HIV/AIDS through supporting the implementation […]

Journal article

Learning from experience in urban programming: the case of the SHAHAR project in Bangladesh

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author’s involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key […]

Journal article

A gender perspective on HIV treatment in Malawi: a multi-method approach

01/03/2006

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

A gender perspective on HIV treatment in Malawi: a multi-method approach

Keywords

Overview

In this article, we use a synthesis of findings from four studies we have conducted to argue that gender issues influence people’s access to HIV testing and counselling services, as well as their access to antiretroviral therapy (ART) services. Gender issues also influence the costs, including opportunity costs, of using and adhering to HIV treatment. […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Women, Communities and Mining: The gender impacts of mining and the role of gender impact assessment

01/12/2009

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This report informs mining company staff of the potential gender impacts of mining projects and introduces some tools and approaches that they can use to conduct a gender impact assessment of these projects. These tools should be of particular interest to community relations advisors as they are designed to help incorporate gender into community assessment […]

Case study

Youth Involvement in JOHAP Partner Responses to HIV and AIDS

16/10/2007

1 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Organisations working with HIV and AIDS are showing a growing understanding of the importance of involving young people in projects. Their participation as full, active and competent partners in program design, decisions, implementation, monitoring and evaluation is valued and sought. JOHAP undertook a case study project in order to understand better and to share successes and challenges […]