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Journal article

Madrasas as partners in education provision: the South Asian experience

01/06/2010

13 pages long

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Madrasas, Islamic schools, are prominent non-state education providers in South Asia, especially for hard-to-reach children in Muslim communities. Recent attention on madrasas has, however, focused on their alleged links with militancy, overshadowing analysis of their role as education providers. Based on a comparative analysis of the state-led madrasa-modernisation programmes in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, which […]

Journal article

Working effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states

01/06/2010

8 pages long

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This viewpoint uses evaluation reports from Nepal, Afghanistan, and Yemen in order to learn lessons about how donors and governments can work more effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states. The evaluation framework draws on the Development Assistance Committee principles for good international engagement in fragile states. The analysis concludes that a […]

Issue briefing

Development Cooperation in Crisis

01/11/2016

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

At a time of great need, aid and other forms of development cooperation are at risk from current global political and economic trends that threaten international development commitments. In November 2016, representatives from donor countries and developing countries will meet at the second High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) […]

Journal article

Bridging gaps: collaboration between research and operational organisations

01/08/2004

8 pages long

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There are large potential synergies from collaboration between a research and an operational organisation, such as an NGO, but explicit collaborations between them are not common. This Practical Note examines the institutional partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CARE-USA, as a concrete illustration of the difficulties and potential benefits of such […]

Journal article

Capacity building: who builds whose capacity?

01/08/2007

9 pages long

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This article focuses on the role that development NGOs play in capacity building, arguing that many conventional NGO practices are ultimately about retaining power, rather than empowering their partners. This leads to tunnel vision and to upward rather than downward or horizontal accountability, based on the assumption that the transfer of resources is a one-way […]

Education resource

Data Power: A computing resource for 9-13 year olds

21/12/2016

17 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

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Overview

Energise your computing lessons and delve into data from across the world. Data Power supports learners to strengthen their data handling skills and consider how data can be used to improve lives. Learners take on an investigative role by collecting, analysing and visualising data about the lives of children in different countries. Consider what data […]

Journal article

Whose terms? Observations on ‘development management’ in an English city

01/02/1999

5 pages long

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Using the example of a project in Sheffield intended to promote user-involvement and participation in planning healthcare services, the author criticises the failure of the project to actually provide any forum for user-participation. The structures used to set up these partnerships are often too prescriptive, he argues, setting out a framework in which consultation may […]

Case study

Integrated Prevention and Care: Including men in care

06/06/2005

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

Centre for Positive Care (CPC) was founded in 1993, working with the communities of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province of South Africa, providing information on STIs, HIV and AIDS, and teaching about safer sex and distributing condoms. Some critical factors led to the expansion of CPC: the rapid rise in the number of people […]

Evaluation report

Empowering Poor Women and Men in Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities in Mindanao (EMBRACE Project): End-of-Project Evaluation Report

01/09/2019

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This evaluation assessed the achievements of the extension phase of the EMBRACE project, which focused on improving the livelihood and social status of vulnerable poor women and establishing partnerships between farmers and local government units for climate adaptive farming. The study involved key informant interviews, focus group discussions, a case study and a survey of […]

Book

Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords

01/11/2010

1 documents

333 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Writing from diverse locations, contributors critically examine some of the key terms in current development discourse. Why should language matter to those who are doing development? Surely, there are more urgent things to do than sit around mulling over semantics? But language does matter. Whether emptied of their original meaning, essentially vacuous, or hotly contested, […]

Showing 320 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Madrasas as partners in education provision: the South Asian experience

01/06/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Madrasas, Islamic schools, are prominent non-state education providers in South Asia, especially for hard-to-reach children in Muslim communities. Recent attention on madrasas has, however, focused on their alleged links with militancy, overshadowing analysis of their role as education providers. Based on a comparative analysis of the state-led madrasa-modernisation programmes in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, which […]

Journal article

Working effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states

01/06/2010

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This viewpoint uses evaluation reports from Nepal, Afghanistan, and Yemen in order to learn lessons about how donors and governments can work more effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states. The evaluation framework draws on the Development Assistance Committee principles for good international engagement in fragile states. The analysis concludes that a […]

Issue briefing

Development Cooperation in Crisis

01/11/2016

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At a time of great need, aid and other forms of development cooperation are at risk from current global political and economic trends that threaten international development commitments. In November 2016, representatives from donor countries and developing countries will meet at the second High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) […]

Journal article

Bridging gaps: collaboration between research and operational organisations

01/08/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

There are large potential synergies from collaboration between a research and an operational organisation, such as an NGO, but explicit collaborations between them are not common. This Practical Note examines the institutional partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CARE-USA, as a concrete illustration of the difficulties and potential benefits of such […]

Journal article

Capacity building: who builds whose capacity?

01/08/2007

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the role that development NGOs play in capacity building, arguing that many conventional NGO practices are ultimately about retaining power, rather than empowering their partners. This leads to tunnel vision and to upward rather than downward or horizontal accountability, based on the assumption that the transfer of resources is a one-way […]

Education resource

Data Power: A computing resource for 9-13 year olds

21/12/2016

17 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

Energise your computing lessons and delve into data from across the world. Data Power supports learners to strengthen their data handling skills and consider how data can be used to improve lives. Learners take on an investigative role by collecting, analysing and visualising data about the lives of children in different countries. Consider what data […]

Journal article

Whose terms? Observations on ‘development management’ in an English city

01/02/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Using the example of a project in Sheffield intended to promote user-involvement and participation in planning healthcare services, the author criticises the failure of the project to actually provide any forum for user-participation. The structures used to set up these partnerships are often too prescriptive, he argues, setting out a framework in which consultation may […]

Case study

Integrated Prevention and Care: Including men in care

06/06/2005

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Centre for Positive Care (CPC) was founded in 1993, working with the communities of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province of South Africa, providing information on STIs, HIV and AIDS, and teaching about safer sex and distributing condoms. Some critical factors led to the expansion of CPC: the rapid rise in the number of people […]

Evaluation report

Empowering Poor Women and Men in Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities in Mindanao (EMBRACE Project): End-of-Project Evaluation Report

01/09/2019

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation assessed the achievements of the extension phase of the EMBRACE project, which focused on improving the livelihood and social status of vulnerable poor women and establishing partnerships between farmers and local government units for climate adaptive farming. The study involved key informant interviews, focus group discussions, a case study and a survey of […]

Book

Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords

01/11/2010

1 documents

333 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Writing from diverse locations, contributors critically examine some of the key terms in current development discourse. Why should language matter to those who are doing development? Surely, there are more urgent things to do than sit around mulling over semantics? But language does matter. Whether emptied of their original meaning, essentially vacuous, or hotly contested, […]

Showing 320 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Madrasas as partners in education provision: the South Asian experience

01/06/2010

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Madrasas, Islamic schools, are prominent non-state education providers in South Asia, especially for hard-to-reach children in Muslim communities. Recent attention on madrasas has, however, focused on their alleged links with militancy, overshadowing analysis of their role as education providers. Based on a comparative analysis of the state-led madrasa-modernisation programmes in Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan, which […]

Journal article

Working effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states

01/06/2010

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This viewpoint uses evaluation reports from Nepal, Afghanistan, and Yemen in order to learn lessons about how donors and governments can work more effectively with non-state actors to deliver education in fragile states. The evaluation framework draws on the Development Assistance Committee principles for good international engagement in fragile states. The analysis concludes that a […]

Issue briefing

Development Cooperation in Crisis

01/11/2016

1 documents

7 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

At a time of great need, aid and other forms of development cooperation are at risk from current global political and economic trends that threaten international development commitments. In November 2016, representatives from donor countries and developing countries will meet at the second High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation (GPEDC) […]

Journal article

Bridging gaps: collaboration between research and operational organisations

01/08/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

There are large potential synergies from collaboration between a research and an operational organisation, such as an NGO, but explicit collaborations between them are not common. This Practical Note examines the institutional partnership between the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and CARE-USA, as a concrete illustration of the difficulties and potential benefits of such […]

Journal article

Capacity building: who builds whose capacity?

01/08/2007

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the role that development NGOs play in capacity building, arguing that many conventional NGO practices are ultimately about retaining power, rather than empowering their partners. This leads to tunnel vision and to upward rather than downward or horizontal accountability, based on the assumption that the transfer of resources is a one-way […]

Education resource

Data Power: A computing resource for 9-13 year olds

21/12/2016

17 documents

Languages: English, Welsh

Keywords

Overview

Energise your computing lessons and delve into data from across the world. Data Power supports learners to strengthen their data handling skills and consider how data can be used to improve lives. Learners take on an investigative role by collecting, analysing and visualising data about the lives of children in different countries. Consider what data […]

Journal article

Whose terms? Observations on ‘development management’ in an English city

01/02/1999

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Using the example of a project in Sheffield intended to promote user-involvement and participation in planning healthcare services, the author criticises the failure of the project to actually provide any forum for user-participation. The structures used to set up these partnerships are often too prescriptive, he argues, setting out a framework in which consultation may […]

Case study

Integrated Prevention and Care: Including men in care

06/06/2005

1 documents

20 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

Centre for Positive Care (CPC) was founded in 1993, working with the communities of the Vhembe district in Limpopo Province of South Africa, providing information on STIs, HIV and AIDS, and teaching about safer sex and distributing condoms. Some critical factors led to the expansion of CPC: the rapid rise in the number of people […]

Evaluation report

Empowering Poor Women and Men in Building Resilient and Adaptive Communities in Mindanao (EMBRACE Project): End-of-Project Evaluation Report

01/09/2019

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This evaluation assessed the achievements of the extension phase of the EMBRACE project, which focused on improving the livelihood and social status of vulnerable poor women and establishing partnerships between farmers and local government units for climate adaptive farming. The study involved key informant interviews, focus group discussions, a case study and a survey of […]

Book

Deconstructing Development Discourse: Buzzwords and Fuzzwords

01/11/2010

1 documents

333 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Writing from diverse locations, contributors critically examine some of the key terms in current development discourse. Why should language matter to those who are doing development? Surely, there are more urgent things to do than sit around mulling over semantics? But language does matter. Whether emptied of their original meaning, essentially vacuous, or hotly contested, […]