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The ‘Economy of Communion’: a case study of business and civil society in partnership for change

01/08/2004

12 pages long

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Overview

The role of Northern-based civil society organisations has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. In particular, their principal role as ‘redistributive’ agencies working in the South has come under criticism, leading them to seek new ways of defining their part in eradicating poverty. One widely adopted strategy has been an increasing emphasis on advocacy for […]

Briefing note

Busan in a Nutshell: What next for the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation?

02/10/2012

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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Overview

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, established in Busan, South Korea in 2011, set the international standard on the principles of effective aid and good development to which all development actors should subscribe. These principles include: country leadership and ownership of development strategies; a focus on results that matter to the poor in developing […]

Research report

Missed Again: Making space for partnership in the typhoon Haiyan response

08/12/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This study is the second output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-government organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The report builds on findings from the 2013 report and provides evidence to demonstrate the extent to which partnership working took place in response to typhoon Haiyan […]

Journal article

Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

01/02/2005

11 pages long

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This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

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Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Case study

Five Critical Factors for Working Well in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

What are the critical factors in managing a good partnership? My experience coordinating the REE-CALL (Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Leadership and Learning) programme in Bangladesh over the past five years has taught me that no matter how big the programme, or how complex, success depends on five critical factors. Partnering for Impact […]

Journal article

Canterbury to Cameroon: a new partnership between faiths and the World Bank

01/08/2005

8 pages long

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The World Bank and world religions are two of the most powerful forces in the developing world. The Bank has access to vast financial resources, while faiths have vast social access and credibility. Partnership between the Bank and religious groups could have a significant impact on development efforts, but dialogue between them appears impotent. That […]

Journal article

Partnerships, learning, and development: a case study from Ghana

01/02/2006

12 pages long

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Decades of development practice suggest the fundamental importance of improving aid-delivery systems and stakeholder competence in order to improve the well-being of poor people. However, it is questionable whether the aid system is able to change its attitudes and values through such partnerships in a way that will do this. This paper suggests that for […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

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The term ‘partnership’ can be considered something of a Trojan Horse, disguising the reality of the complex relationships in imbalances of power and inequality, often expressed through the control of one ‘partner’ over the other. With particular reference to the experience of a small, UK-based NGO working in Uganda (Hives Save Lives – Africa), this […]

Journal article

Rethinking monitoring in a complex messy partnership in Brazil

01/11/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Since 1996, CTA-ZM, a local Brazilian NGO, has been developing better ways to understand its work on pro-poor institutional transformation in Minas Gerais. It operates within a ‘messy partnership’ which includes farmer trade unions, associations, social movements, and academic institutions. The combined challenge of institutional transformation and messy partnerships has made it clear that mainstream […]

Showing 318 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The ‘Economy of Communion’: a case study of business and civil society in partnership for change

01/08/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The role of Northern-based civil society organisations has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. In particular, their principal role as ‘redistributive’ agencies working in the South has come under criticism, leading them to seek new ways of defining their part in eradicating poverty. One widely adopted strategy has been an increasing emphasis on advocacy for […]

Briefing note

Busan in a Nutshell: What next for the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation?

02/10/2012

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, established in Busan, South Korea in 2011, set the international standard on the principles of effective aid and good development to which all development actors should subscribe. These principles include: country leadership and ownership of development strategies; a focus on results that matter to the poor in developing […]

Research report

Missed Again: Making space for partnership in the typhoon Haiyan response

08/12/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study is the second output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-government organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The report builds on findings from the 2013 report and provides evidence to demonstrate the extent to which partnership working took place in response to typhoon Haiyan […]

Journal article

Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Case study

Five Critical Factors for Working Well in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What are the critical factors in managing a good partnership? My experience coordinating the REE-CALL (Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Leadership and Learning) programme in Bangladesh over the past five years has taught me that no matter how big the programme, or how complex, success depends on five critical factors. Partnering for Impact […]

Journal article

Canterbury to Cameroon: a new partnership between faiths and the World Bank

01/08/2005

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Bank and world religions are two of the most powerful forces in the developing world. The Bank has access to vast financial resources, while faiths have vast social access and credibility. Partnership between the Bank and religious groups could have a significant impact on development efforts, but dialogue between them appears impotent. That […]

Journal article

Partnerships, learning, and development: a case study from Ghana

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Decades of development practice suggest the fundamental importance of improving aid-delivery systems and stakeholder competence in order to improve the well-being of poor people. However, it is questionable whether the aid system is able to change its attitudes and values through such partnerships in a way that will do this. This paper suggests that for […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The term ‘partnership’ can be considered something of a Trojan Horse, disguising the reality of the complex relationships in imbalances of power and inequality, often expressed through the control of one ‘partner’ over the other. With particular reference to the experience of a small, UK-based NGO working in Uganda (Hives Save Lives – Africa), this […]

Journal article

Rethinking monitoring in a complex messy partnership in Brazil

01/11/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since 1996, CTA-ZM, a local Brazilian NGO, has been developing better ways to understand its work on pro-poor institutional transformation in Minas Gerais. It operates within a ‘messy partnership’ which includes farmer trade unions, associations, social movements, and academic institutions. The combined challenge of institutional transformation and messy partnerships has made it clear that mainstream […]

Showing 318 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

The ‘Economy of Communion’: a case study of business and civil society in partnership for change

01/08/2004

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The role of Northern-based civil society organisations has undergone dramatic changes in recent years. In particular, their principal role as ‘redistributive’ agencies working in the South has come under criticism, leading them to seek new ways of defining their part in eradicating poverty. One widely adopted strategy has been an increasing emphasis on advocacy for […]

Briefing note

Busan in a Nutshell: What next for the Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation?

02/10/2012

4 documents

14 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

The Global Partnership for Effective Development Cooperation, established in Busan, South Korea in 2011, set the international standard on the principles of effective aid and good development to which all development actors should subscribe. These principles include: country leadership and ownership of development strategies; a focus on results that matter to the poor in developing […]

Research report

Missed Again: Making space for partnership in the typhoon Haiyan response

08/12/2014

1 documents

44 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This study is the second output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-government organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The report builds on findings from the 2013 report and provides evidence to demonstrate the extent to which partnership working took place in response to typhoon Haiyan […]

Journal article

Redefining community-state partnership in natural resource management: a case from India

01/02/2005

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the role of the state in the Joint Forest Management (JFM) programme in the northern province of Haryana in India. In the past two decades, significant developments pertaining to institutional reforms in promoting community-state partnerships in protecting and managing forests have been undertaken in the province. By reviewing the experiences in management […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Case study

Five Critical Factors for Working Well in Partnerships

31/05/2016

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

What are the critical factors in managing a good partnership? My experience coordinating the REE-CALL (Resilience through Economic Empowerment, Climate Change Adaptation, Leadership and Learning) programme in Bangladesh over the past five years has taught me that no matter how big the programme, or how complex, success depends on five critical factors. Partnering for Impact […]

Journal article

Canterbury to Cameroon: a new partnership between faiths and the World Bank

01/08/2005

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Bank and world religions are two of the most powerful forces in the developing world. The Bank has access to vast financial resources, while faiths have vast social access and credibility. Partnership between the Bank and religious groups could have a significant impact on development efforts, but dialogue between them appears impotent. That […]

Journal article

Partnerships, learning, and development: a case study from Ghana

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Decades of development practice suggest the fundamental importance of improving aid-delivery systems and stakeholder competence in order to improve the well-being of poor people. However, it is questionable whether the aid system is able to change its attitudes and values through such partnerships in a way that will do this. This paper suggests that for […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The term ‘partnership’ can be considered something of a Trojan Horse, disguising the reality of the complex relationships in imbalances of power and inequality, often expressed through the control of one ‘partner’ over the other. With particular reference to the experience of a small, UK-based NGO working in Uganda (Hives Save Lives – Africa), this […]

Journal article

Rethinking monitoring in a complex messy partnership in Brazil

01/11/2010

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Since 1996, CTA-ZM, a local Brazilian NGO, has been developing better ways to understand its work on pro-poor institutional transformation in Minas Gerais. It operates within a ‘messy partnership’ which includes farmer trade unions, associations, social movements, and academic institutions. The combined challenge of institutional transformation and messy partnerships has made it clear that mainstream […]