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Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

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This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

Journal article

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

01/02/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

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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 […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

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Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

Journal article

Money, power, and donor-NGO partnerships

01/05/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

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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

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

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

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This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Journal article

Public-private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state’s role in education in India

01/06/2010

14 pages long

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This contribution examines the Government of India’s proposed public-private partnership (PPP) strategies in education in its Tenth and Eleventh Five Year Plans. The analysis aims to ascertain the state’s role as financier, manager, and regulator of education in view of the proposed PPP strategies. The analysis shows that strategies strongly link PPPs in education with […]

Journal article

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

01/02/2011

7 pages long

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This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate-NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution, which has been enabled by India’s unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popular construction of this model as a ‘win-win’ for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes […]

Showing 324 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

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 […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Journal article

Public-private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state’s role in education in India

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This contribution examines the Government of India’s proposed public-private partnership (PPP) strategies in education in its Tenth and Eleventh Five Year Plans. The analysis aims to ascertain the state’s role as financier, manager, and regulator of education in view of the proposed PPP strategies. The analysis shows that strategies strongly link PPPs in education with […]

Journal article

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

01/02/2011

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate-NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution, which has been enabled by India’s unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popular construction of this model as a ‘win-win’ for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes […]

Showing 324 matching results from Policy & Practice

Discussion paper

An Ecological Approach to Partnership

01/11/2015

1 documents

21 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This learning paper explores insights and questions on partnerships from the perspective of the Oxfam Australia (OAU)-led program in South Africa. It examines four issues: power, contestation, trust and adaptive practice. It also presents an emergent partnership model drawing on this learning.

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 […]

Research report

Missed Opportunities: The case for strengthening national and local partnership-based humanitarian responses

03/11/2013

2 documents

28 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

This study is the first output of a research project commissioned by five UK-based international humanitarian non-governmental organisations (INGOs) – ActionAid, CAFOD, Christian Aid, Oxfam GB and Tearfund. The main purpose of the project was to look at the current and future potential of partnerships with national non-governmental organisations (NNGOs) in humanitarian response, based on […]

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

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Partnership Recommendations

17/09/2021

3 documents

1 pages long

Languages: English, French, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

This is a set of recommendations produced by Mohamud Birik Adan, Protection Manager at KAALO, as part of the Resource Pack on Community-Based Protection. The document discusses capacity strengthening and partnerships.

Journal article

Public-private partnerships or privatisation? Questioning the state’s role in education in India

01/06/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This contribution examines the Government of India’s proposed public-private partnership (PPP) strategies in education in its Tenth and Eleventh Five Year Plans. The analysis aims to ascertain the state’s role as financier, manager, and regulator of education in view of the proposed PPP strategies. The analysis shows that strategies strongly link PPPs in education with […]

Journal article

Micro-insurance through corporate-NGO partnerships in West Bengal: opportunities and constraints

01/02/2011

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Practical Note examines the nascent micro-insurance sector in West Bengal, paying particular attention to the corporate-NGO partnership model for micro-insurance distribution, which has been enabled by India’s unique regulatory framework. We challenge the popular construction of this model as a ‘win-win’ for all parties by analysing conflicting understandings of micro-insurance schemes and their purposes […]