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Advocacy research and the World Bank: propositions for discussion

01/11/2003

8 pages long

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This essay is organised in terms of several propositions for discussion that link advocacy and research dilemmas. Whether researchers can make a difference to the World Bank requires a broader assessment of whether the campaigns they work with are having an impact. While there have been some spectacular successes in terms of halting or redirecting […]

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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 […]

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Combining worker and user interests in the health sector: trade unions and NGOs

01/02/2004

14 pages long

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This paper examines the relationship between workers in the health sector and users of health services as seen through two case studies of trade unions and NGOs working together, one in Malaysia and the other in South Africa. Despite a history of tensions between these two types of organisation, when they work together effectively the […]

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Organising citizenship at Local 890’s Citizenship Project: unleashing innovation through an affiliate organisation

01/02/2004

15 pages long

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This article considers the problems of organisational survival, innovation, and inter-organisational partnerships for unions and for immigrant community-based organisations. The analysis focuses on the Citizenship Project, a project for assisting and organising Mexican immigrants, launched in 1995 by Teamsters Local 890 in response to the assault on immigrant rights in California. It concludes that new […]

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Implementing ILO Child Labour Convention 182: lessons from Honduras

01/02/2004

12 pages long

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This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Honduras. It highlights key lessons learned from a joint Save the Children Fund-UK and Ministry of Labour project. These lessons are of relevance to similar projects addressing the application of child labour legislation and to projects focusing on institutional […]

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Veterinary services in the Horn of Africa: where are we now?

01/02/2005

9 pages long

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Pastoralists are marginalised in the Horn of Africa and receive inadequate veterinary services. Under economic structural adjustment programmes, public veterinary services became increasingly ineffective and, in response, community-based NGO programmes were established in some pastoral areas. While these programmes were often considered to be effective, with few exceptions they were small in scale, isolated from […]

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Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

01/02/2005

7 pages long

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Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

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Since March 2000, in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Montreal and other units at Montreal universities, McGill’s Centre for Developing-Area Studies has carried out an action-research programme on gender and human security issues in the context of war and reconstruction. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers and activists has been working locally with women refugees, […]

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A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

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A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

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This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

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Trust, accountability, and face-to-face interaction in North-South NGO relations

01/02/2005

6 pages long

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This paper examines the excesses of the `audit culture’ in relation to North-South development NGO partnerships. It argues that the focus on documentation needs to be reduced, and greater faith placed on personal interaction and judgement between Northern and Southern development NGO partners. In some circumstances, this is a strategy that can encourage more rigorous […]

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Business economic impacts: The new frontier for corporate accountability

01/06/2005

9 pages long

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Economic issues associated with poverty are complex and require holistic responses in order to realise the goals of sustainable development. While business alone may have significant economic impacts, the link between business-level behaviour and macro-level development aspirations is unclear. By developing a sound grasp of how companies understand and manage these impacts, we are better […]

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Journal article

Advocacy research and the World Bank: propositions for discussion

01/11/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This essay is organised in terms of several propositions for discussion that link advocacy and research dilemmas. Whether researchers can make a difference to the World Bank requires a broader assessment of whether the campaigns they work with are having an impact. While there have been some spectacular successes in terms of halting or redirecting […]

Journal article

Bridging gaps: collaboration between research and operational organisations

01/08/2004

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

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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

Combining worker and user interests in the health sector: trade unions and NGOs

01/02/2004

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This paper examines the relationship between workers in the health sector and users of health services as seen through two case studies of trade unions and NGOs working together, one in Malaysia and the other in South Africa. Despite a history of tensions between these two types of organisation, when they work together effectively the […]

Journal article

Organising citizenship at Local 890’s Citizenship Project: unleashing innovation through an affiliate organisation

01/02/2004

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article considers the problems of organisational survival, innovation, and inter-organisational partnerships for unions and for immigrant community-based organisations. The analysis focuses on the Citizenship Project, a project for assisting and organising Mexican immigrants, launched in 1995 by Teamsters Local 890 in response to the assault on immigrant rights in California. It concludes that new […]

Journal article

Implementing ILO Child Labour Convention 182: lessons from Honduras

01/02/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Honduras. It highlights key lessons learned from a joint Save the Children Fund-UK and Ministry of Labour project. These lessons are of relevance to similar projects addressing the application of child labour legislation and to projects focusing on institutional […]

Journal article

Veterinary services in the Horn of Africa: where are we now?

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Pastoralists are marginalised in the Horn of Africa and receive inadequate veterinary services. Under economic structural adjustment programmes, public veterinary services became increasingly ineffective and, in response, community-based NGO programmes were established in some pastoral areas. While these programmes were often considered to be effective, with few exceptions they were small in scale, isolated from […]

Journal article

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

Keywords

Overview

Since March 2000, in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Montreal and other units at Montreal universities, McGill’s Centre for Developing-Area Studies has carried out an action-research programme on gender and human security issues in the context of war and reconstruction. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers and activists has been working locally with women refugees, […]

Journal article

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

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Trust, accountability, and face-to-face interaction in North-South NGO relations

01/02/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the excesses of the `audit culture’ in relation to North-South development NGO partnerships. It argues that the focus on documentation needs to be reduced, and greater faith placed on personal interaction and judgement between Northern and Southern development NGO partners. In some circumstances, this is a strategy that can encourage more rigorous […]

Journal article

Business economic impacts: The new frontier for corporate accountability

01/06/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Economic issues associated with poverty are complex and require holistic responses in order to realise the goals of sustainable development. While business alone may have significant economic impacts, the link between business-level behaviour and macro-level development aspirations is unclear. By developing a sound grasp of how companies understand and manage these impacts, we are better […]

Showing 313 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Advocacy research and the World Bank: propositions for discussion

01/11/2003

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This essay is organised in terms of several propositions for discussion that link advocacy and research dilemmas. Whether researchers can make a difference to the World Bank requires a broader assessment of whether the campaigns they work with are having an impact. While there have been some spectacular successes in terms of halting or redirecting […]

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

Combining worker and user interests in the health sector: trade unions and NGOs

01/02/2004

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the relationship between workers in the health sector and users of health services as seen through two case studies of trade unions and NGOs working together, one in Malaysia and the other in South Africa. Despite a history of tensions between these two types of organisation, when they work together effectively the […]

Journal article

Organising citizenship at Local 890’s Citizenship Project: unleashing innovation through an affiliate organisation

01/02/2004

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article considers the problems of organisational survival, innovation, and inter-organisational partnerships for unions and for immigrant community-based organisations. The analysis focuses on the Citizenship Project, a project for assisting and organising Mexican immigrants, launched in 1995 by Teamsters Local 890 in response to the assault on immigrant rights in California. It concludes that new […]

Journal article

Implementing ILO Child Labour Convention 182: lessons from Honduras

01/02/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article explores the implementation of Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour in Honduras. It highlights key lessons learned from a joint Save the Children Fund-UK and Ministry of Labour project. These lessons are of relevance to similar projects addressing the application of child labour legislation and to projects focusing on institutional […]

Journal article

Veterinary services in the Horn of Africa: where are we now?

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Pastoralists are marginalised in the Horn of Africa and receive inadequate veterinary services. Under economic structural adjustment programmes, public veterinary services became increasingly ineffective and, in response, community-based NGO programmes were established in some pastoral areas. While these programmes were often considered to be effective, with few exceptions they were small in scale, isolated from […]

Journal article

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

01/02/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Gender and human security issues: building a programme of action-research

Keywords

Overview

Since March 2000, in partnership with the Women’s Centre of Montreal and other units at Montreal universities, McGill’s Centre for Developing-Area Studies has carried out an action-research programme on gender and human security issues in the context of war and reconstruction. Our interdisciplinary team of researchers and activists has been working locally with women refugees, […]

Journal article

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

Journal article

Trust, accountability, and face-to-face interaction in North-South NGO relations

01/02/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper examines the excesses of the `audit culture’ in relation to North-South development NGO partnerships. It argues that the focus on documentation needs to be reduced, and greater faith placed on personal interaction and judgement between Northern and Southern development NGO partners. In some circumstances, this is a strategy that can encourage more rigorous […]

Journal article

Business economic impacts: The new frontier for corporate accountability

01/06/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Economic issues associated with poverty are complex and require holistic responses in order to realise the goals of sustainable development. While business alone may have significant economic impacts, the link between business-level behaviour and macro-level development aspirations is unclear. By developing a sound grasp of how companies understand and manage these impacts, we are better […]