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Are consortia a good way forward?

31/05/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

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This paper seeks to highlight the challenges that can be experienced when managing consortia and to propose possible solutions. Consortia are becoming increasingly commonplace and have distinct differences from the usual partnerships. Consequently, there is a need for clear guidelines on how to manage them. Oxfam faces challenges in this regard because its traditional ways […]

Journal article

Participatory rural appraisal for a vibrant co-operative sector

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Cooperatives in general are considered to be in crisis, dominated by self-centred and short-sighted outsiders seeking power. The Primary Agricultural Cooperatives (PACs) in India, which were considered to be the nucleus of rural life, have lost their values and character and appear to have nothing to do with the people whom they were intended to […]

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Institutionalising the concept of environmental planning and management (EPM): successes and challenges in Dar es Salaam

01/05/2001

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

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With reference to Dar es Salaam, this paper examines experience to date with the concept of urban environmental planning and management (EPM), an approach promoted by the UN agencies concerned with human settlements (UNCHS) and environment (UNEP) to enhance the capacity of local governments to manage rapid urban growth and development in partnership with key […]

Journal article

Supporting NGO partners affected by HIV/AIDS

01/06/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS is not just about adapting NGO programmes, but involves adapting partnerships. Working in a context of high HIV/AIDS prevalence has a considerable organisational impact on implementing NGOs. As staff, or relatives of staff, fall sick there is more time off work, declining work performance, increased medical costs, and extra training and recruitment […]

Journal article

In whose name? The accountability of corporate social responsibility

01/06/2005

13 pages long

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Stakeholder dialogue, participation, and partnership have become mainstream concepts in international development policy, in particular in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, the accountability of multi-stakeholder initiatives on CSR to their intended beneficiaries in the global South is increasingly questioned. This paper looks at how the agendas of some initiatives in the areas […]

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Corporate citizenship: Creating social capacity in developing countries

01/06/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

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A corporation has only limited ability to create social capital through philanthropic activity, and, in the context of a decline in official aid, the corporate sector is increasingly assuming a de facto developmental role. The presence of social capital assists communities in moving towards sustainable development and may contribute to the business case for corporate-community […]

Journal article

Partnering for sustainability: Business-NGO alliances in the coffee industry

01/06/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The movement to promote coffee produced in a sustainable way is one of many efforts aimed at linking social responsibility and market capitalism. In the wake of a worldwide coffee crisis in which prices have fallen to levels that do not support small-scale production or provide living wages for plantation workers, non-profit certifying and labelling […]

Journal article

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 […]

Journal article

Transnational peace building: bringing salt and light to Colombia and the USA

01/08/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

In 2003, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), an international relief and development NGO, began a peace-building initiative in Colombia. It facilitated the formation of a partnership between peace-sanctuary churches in Colombia and six communities of faith in the US Midwest, co-ordinated by LWR staff. This partnership, called ‘Sal y Luz’ (Salt and Light), has the goal […]

Journal article

‘But you can’t compare Malawi and Ireland!’ – shifting boundaries in a globalised world

01/05/2010

12 pages long

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Overview

Although global influences – in the form of international finance coupled with discourses of partnership, participation, good governance, and democracy – exercise an increasing influence on national and local governance arrangements worldwide, comparative studies across the traditional South/North divide remain extremely rare. Drawing on findings from a comparative study of Malawi’s PRSP and Ireland’s national […]

Showing 309 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Are consortia a good way forward?

31/05/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to highlight the challenges that can be experienced when managing consortia and to propose possible solutions. Consortia are becoming increasingly commonplace and have distinct differences from the usual partnerships. Consequently, there is a need for clear guidelines on how to manage them. Oxfam faces challenges in this regard because its traditional ways […]

Journal article

Participatory rural appraisal for a vibrant co-operative sector

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Cooperatives in general are considered to be in crisis, dominated by self-centred and short-sighted outsiders seeking power. The Primary Agricultural Cooperatives (PACs) in India, which were considered to be the nucleus of rural life, have lost their values and character and appear to have nothing to do with the people whom they were intended to […]

Journal article

Institutionalising the concept of environmental planning and management (EPM): successes and challenges in Dar es Salaam

01/05/2001

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

With reference to Dar es Salaam, this paper examines experience to date with the concept of urban environmental planning and management (EPM), an approach promoted by the UN agencies concerned with human settlements (UNCHS) and environment (UNEP) to enhance the capacity of local governments to manage rapid urban growth and development in partnership with key […]

Journal article

Supporting NGO partners affected by HIV/AIDS

01/06/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS is not just about adapting NGO programmes, but involves adapting partnerships. Working in a context of high HIV/AIDS prevalence has a considerable organisational impact on implementing NGOs. As staff, or relatives of staff, fall sick there is more time off work, declining work performance, increased medical costs, and extra training and recruitment […]

Journal article

In whose name? The accountability of corporate social responsibility

01/06/2005

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Stakeholder dialogue, participation, and partnership have become mainstream concepts in international development policy, in particular in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, the accountability of multi-stakeholder initiatives on CSR to their intended beneficiaries in the global South is increasingly questioned. This paper looks at how the agendas of some initiatives in the areas […]

Journal article

Corporate citizenship: Creating social capacity in developing countries

01/06/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A corporation has only limited ability to create social capital through philanthropic activity, and, in the context of a decline in official aid, the corporate sector is increasingly assuming a de facto developmental role. The presence of social capital assists communities in moving towards sustainable development and may contribute to the business case for corporate-community […]

Journal article

Partnering for sustainability: Business-NGO alliances in the coffee industry

01/06/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The movement to promote coffee produced in a sustainable way is one of many efforts aimed at linking social responsibility and market capitalism. In the wake of a worldwide coffee crisis in which prices have fallen to levels that do not support small-scale production or provide living wages for plantation workers, non-profit certifying and labelling […]

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

Transnational peace building: bringing salt and light to Colombia and the USA

01/08/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 2003, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), an international relief and development NGO, began a peace-building initiative in Colombia. It facilitated the formation of a partnership between peace-sanctuary churches in Colombia and six communities of faith in the US Midwest, co-ordinated by LWR staff. This partnership, called ‘Sal y Luz’ (Salt and Light), has the goal […]

Journal article

‘But you can’t compare Malawi and Ireland!’ – shifting boundaries in a globalised world

01/05/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Although global influences – in the form of international finance coupled with discourses of partnership, participation, good governance, and democracy – exercise an increasing influence on national and local governance arrangements worldwide, comparative studies across the traditional South/North divide remain extremely rare. Drawing on findings from a comparative study of Malawi’s PRSP and Ireland’s national […]

Showing 309 matching results from Policy & Practice

Case study

Are consortia a good way forward?

31/05/2016

1 documents

9 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to highlight the challenges that can be experienced when managing consortia and to propose possible solutions. Consortia are becoming increasingly commonplace and have distinct differences from the usual partnerships. Consequently, there is a need for clear guidelines on how to manage them. Oxfam faces challenges in this regard because its traditional ways […]

Journal article

Participatory rural appraisal for a vibrant co-operative sector

01/02/1994

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Cooperatives in general are considered to be in crisis, dominated by self-centred and short-sighted outsiders seeking power. The Primary Agricultural Cooperatives (PACs) in India, which were considered to be the nucleus of rural life, have lost their values and character and appear to have nothing to do with the people whom they were intended to […]

Journal article

Institutionalising the concept of environmental planning and management (EPM): successes and challenges in Dar es Salaam

01/05/2001

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

With reference to Dar es Salaam, this paper examines experience to date with the concept of urban environmental planning and management (EPM), an approach promoted by the UN agencies concerned with human settlements (UNCHS) and environment (UNEP) to enhance the capacity of local governments to manage rapid urban growth and development in partnership with key […]

Journal article

Supporting NGO partners affected by HIV/AIDS

01/06/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mainstreaming of HIV/AIDS is not just about adapting NGO programmes, but involves adapting partnerships. Working in a context of high HIV/AIDS prevalence has a considerable organisational impact on implementing NGOs. As staff, or relatives of staff, fall sick there is more time off work, declining work performance, increased medical costs, and extra training and recruitment […]

Journal article

In whose name? The accountability of corporate social responsibility

01/06/2005

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Stakeholder dialogue, participation, and partnership have become mainstream concepts in international development policy, in particular in the field of corporate social responsibility (CSR). However, the accountability of multi-stakeholder initiatives on CSR to their intended beneficiaries in the global South is increasingly questioned. This paper looks at how the agendas of some initiatives in the areas […]

Journal article

Corporate citizenship: Creating social capacity in developing countries

01/06/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A corporation has only limited ability to create social capital through philanthropic activity, and, in the context of a decline in official aid, the corporate sector is increasingly assuming a de facto developmental role. The presence of social capital assists communities in moving towards sustainable development and may contribute to the business case for corporate-community […]

Journal article

Partnering for sustainability: Business-NGO alliances in the coffee industry

01/06/2005

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The movement to promote coffee produced in a sustainable way is one of many efforts aimed at linking social responsibility and market capitalism. In the wake of a worldwide coffee crisis in which prices have fallen to levels that do not support small-scale production or provide living wages for plantation workers, non-profit certifying and labelling […]

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

Transnational peace building: bringing salt and light to Colombia and the USA

01/08/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 2003, Lutheran World Relief (LWR), an international relief and development NGO, began a peace-building initiative in Colombia. It facilitated the formation of a partnership between peace-sanctuary churches in Colombia and six communities of faith in the US Midwest, co-ordinated by LWR staff. This partnership, called ‘Sal y Luz’ (Salt and Light), has the goal […]

Journal article

‘But you can’t compare Malawi and Ireland!’ – shifting boundaries in a globalised world

01/05/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Although global influences – in the form of international finance coupled with discourses of partnership, participation, good governance, and democracy – exercise an increasing influence on national and local governance arrangements worldwide, comparative studies across the traditional South/North divide remain extremely rare. Drawing on findings from a comparative study of Malawi’s PRSP and Ireland’s national […]