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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 […]

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New forms of environmental governance? A case study of Costa Rican environmental NGOs

01/06/2008

11 pages long

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Increasingly development theorists and practitioners view NGOs as catalysts of sustainable development. NGOs have been regarded as champions of democratisation and promoters of new ways of engaging in politics, with considerable influence on the development of civil society and new partnerships in environmental and social advocacy. This article analyses the ways in which Costa Rican […]

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An innovative approach to building stronger coalitions: the Net-Map Toolbox

01/01/2009

2 pages long

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A common challenge faces development organisations, from the highest policy-making circles to local, grassroots organisations: how to work with other groups to build stronger partnerships and achieve consensus on goals? This article describes the Net-Map Toolbox, a new tool which builds and expands upon existing social-networking approaches. The article highlights the experience of using the […]

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Health and hygiene behaviour change: bottom-up meets top-down in Tibet

01/05/2009

6 pages long

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The Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) has been working in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China since 1998 to increase the income and assets of rural Tibetans. From the beginning, TPAF recognised that high morbidity and mortality were a constraint on efforts of rural Tibetans to improve livelihoods. Early interventions to […]

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Learning from innovation: implications of an integrated development project in Chiapas, Mexico

01/05/2009

9 pages long

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This is a case study of an integral local development project combining elements of agro-ecology, fair trade, and risk-conservative finance, operated in partnership between a grassroots organisation and a promoter organisation. We conclude that insurance is a key element in the transition from a traditional rural household economic unit to a family enterprise. We reflect […]

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Developing small production and marketing enterprises: mushroom contract farming in Bangladesh

01/09/2009

10 pages long

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This article presents a case study of an activity implemented under the FAO component of the Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation Project, funded by UNDP in Bangladesh. In Mymensingh city the project is linking poor urban dwellers with a niche market for oyster mushroom. This small enterprise activity appears to be sustainable, in that […]

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Rebel voices and radio actors: in pursuit of dialogue and debate in northern Uganda

01/06/2009

11 pages long

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This paper seeks to understand the restrictions media actors face in their day-to-day work in Acholiland, northern Uganda, and identify the strategies they adopt to maintain a space for dialogue and debate. Two case studies reveal that it is difficult to see how media actors in this conflict environment can play a significant role in […]

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Listening to the rice grow’: the local–expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

01/02/2010

14 pages long

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Generally speaking, NGO studies have focused their attention on the organisational unit and its role in shaping development outcomes. With few exceptions, the analysis of development partnerships, in which NGOs play a crucial role, has largely been confined to examination of ‘donors’ and ‘receivers’ and not the dynamics within organisational settings. This article is concerned […]

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Eco-regional conservation and development in Madagascar: a review of USAID-funded efforts in two priority landscapes

01/05/2010

15 pages long

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The need for eco-regional or landscape-scale conservation and development has been widely recognised in Madagascar, yet implementation remains problematic. The approach was initially driven by biodiversity-conservation concerns, without enough emphasis on sustainable development, especially agriculture. Current challenges include consensus building for eco-regional visions, strengthening partnerships with government institutions, and negotiating land-use trade-offs within focal landscapes. […]

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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 […]

Showing 316 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

New forms of environmental governance? A case study of Costa Rican environmental NGOs

01/06/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Increasingly development theorists and practitioners view NGOs as catalysts of sustainable development. NGOs have been regarded as champions of democratisation and promoters of new ways of engaging in politics, with considerable influence on the development of civil society and new partnerships in environmental and social advocacy. This article analyses the ways in which Costa Rican […]

Journal article

An innovative approach to building stronger coalitions: the Net-Map Toolbox

01/01/2009

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A common challenge faces development organisations, from the highest policy-making circles to local, grassroots organisations: how to work with other groups to build stronger partnerships and achieve consensus on goals? This article describes the Net-Map Toolbox, a new tool which builds and expands upon existing social-networking approaches. The article highlights the experience of using the […]

Journal article

Health and hygiene behaviour change: bottom-up meets top-down in Tibet

01/05/2009

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) has been working in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China since 1998 to increase the income and assets of rural Tibetans. From the beginning, TPAF recognised that high morbidity and mortality were a constraint on efforts of rural Tibetans to improve livelihoods. Early interventions to […]

Journal article

Learning from innovation: implications of an integrated development project in Chiapas, Mexico

01/05/2009

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study of an integral local development project combining elements of agro-ecology, fair trade, and risk-conservative finance, operated in partnership between a grassroots organisation and a promoter organisation. We conclude that insurance is a key element in the transition from a traditional rural household economic unit to a family enterprise. We reflect […]

Journal article

Developing small production and marketing enterprises: mushroom contract farming in Bangladesh

01/09/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents a case study of an activity implemented under the FAO component of the Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation Project, funded by UNDP in Bangladesh. In Mymensingh city the project is linking poor urban dwellers with a niche market for oyster mushroom. This small enterprise activity appears to be sustainable, in that […]

Journal article

Rebel voices and radio actors: in pursuit of dialogue and debate in northern Uganda

01/06/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to understand the restrictions media actors face in their day-to-day work in Acholiland, northern Uganda, and identify the strategies they adopt to maintain a space for dialogue and debate. Two case studies reveal that it is difficult to see how media actors in this conflict environment can play a significant role in […]

Journal article

Listening to the rice grow’: the local–expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

01/02/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Generally speaking, NGO studies have focused their attention on the organisational unit and its role in shaping development outcomes. With few exceptions, the analysis of development partnerships, in which NGOs play a crucial role, has largely been confined to examination of ‘donors’ and ‘receivers’ and not the dynamics within organisational settings. This article is concerned […]

Journal article

Eco-regional conservation and development in Madagascar: a review of USAID-funded efforts in two priority landscapes

01/05/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The need for eco-regional or landscape-scale conservation and development has been widely recognised in Madagascar, yet implementation remains problematic. The approach was initially driven by biodiversity-conservation concerns, without enough emphasis on sustainable development, especially agriculture. Current challenges include consensus building for eco-regional visions, strengthening partnerships with government institutions, and negotiating land-use trade-offs within focal landscapes. […]

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 […]

Showing 316 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

New forms of environmental governance? A case study of Costa Rican environmental NGOs

01/06/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Increasingly development theorists and practitioners view NGOs as catalysts of sustainable development. NGOs have been regarded as champions of democratisation and promoters of new ways of engaging in politics, with considerable influence on the development of civil society and new partnerships in environmental and social advocacy. This article analyses the ways in which Costa Rican […]

Journal article

An innovative approach to building stronger coalitions: the Net-Map Toolbox

01/01/2009

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A common challenge faces development organisations, from the highest policy-making circles to local, grassroots organisations: how to work with other groups to build stronger partnerships and achieve consensus on goals? This article describes the Net-Map Toolbox, a new tool which builds and expands upon existing social-networking approaches. The article highlights the experience of using the […]

Journal article

Health and hygiene behaviour change: bottom-up meets top-down in Tibet

01/05/2009

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) has been working in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China since 1998 to increase the income and assets of rural Tibetans. From the beginning, TPAF recognised that high morbidity and mortality were a constraint on efforts of rural Tibetans to improve livelihoods. Early interventions to […]

Journal article

Learning from innovation: implications of an integrated development project in Chiapas, Mexico

01/05/2009

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This is a case study of an integral local development project combining elements of agro-ecology, fair trade, and risk-conservative finance, operated in partnership between a grassroots organisation and a promoter organisation. We conclude that insurance is a key element in the transition from a traditional rural household economic unit to a family enterprise. We reflect […]

Journal article

Developing small production and marketing enterprises: mushroom contract farming in Bangladesh

01/09/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents a case study of an activity implemented under the FAO component of the Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation Project, funded by UNDP in Bangladesh. In Mymensingh city the project is linking poor urban dwellers with a niche market for oyster mushroom. This small enterprise activity appears to be sustainable, in that […]

Journal article

Rebel voices and radio actors: in pursuit of dialogue and debate in northern Uganda

01/06/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper seeks to understand the restrictions media actors face in their day-to-day work in Acholiland, northern Uganda, and identify the strategies they adopt to maintain a space for dialogue and debate. Two case studies reveal that it is difficult to see how media actors in this conflict environment can play a significant role in […]

Journal article

Listening to the rice grow’: the local–expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

01/02/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Generally speaking, NGO studies have focused their attention on the organisational unit and its role in shaping development outcomes. With few exceptions, the analysis of development partnerships, in which NGOs play a crucial role, has largely been confined to examination of ‘donors’ and ‘receivers’ and not the dynamics within organisational settings. This article is concerned […]

Journal article

Eco-regional conservation and development in Madagascar: a review of USAID-funded efforts in two priority landscapes

01/05/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The need for eco-regional or landscape-scale conservation and development has been widely recognised in Madagascar, yet implementation remains problematic. The approach was initially driven by biodiversity-conservation concerns, without enough emphasis on sustainable development, especially agriculture. Current challenges include consensus building for eco-regional visions, strengthening partnerships with government institutions, and negotiating land-use trade-offs within focal landscapes. […]

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 […]