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Residents’ associations and information communication technologies: a suggested approach to international action-research

01/05/2001

6 pages long

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The North-South disparity in access to new information communication technologies is well known, but there is a need now to get beyond simply measuring and documenting that gap, and develop more sensitive indicators on how such technologies might be, and are being, used by popular organisations (such as residents’ associations) in order to give more […]

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Research Round-up

01/05/2002

6 pages long

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Based on ‘Local involvement in rural development: the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Ghana’. Ghana has a history of failed rural development projects and Tono seems well on its way to being one more. This paper analyses contrasting accounts of the success of a rural development project given by public officials who run it and the […]

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Achieving successful academic-practitioner research collaborations

01/08/2002

8 pages long

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The potential for academic-NGO collaboration is enormous, but such collaboration is far more difficult than it appears on the surface, even when collaborators share a commitment to, and values that support, a particular cause or issue. This paper looks at some of the factors that derail academic-practitioner collaboration. It then identifies five different models of […]

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Research Round-up

01/11/2003

6 pages long

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Based on ‘Rights-based approaches issues for NGOs’. A recent increase of publications, training courses, conferences, and policy statements on rights-based approaches shows the importance being attached to the concept by development professionals. Despite this, there is no universally agreed definition of what constitutes a rights-based approach, nor do the implications of adopting such an approach […]

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Can we measure civil society? A proposed methodology for international comparative research

01/06/2007

15 pages long

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In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the concept of civil society in development and governance circles. Broadly understood as the space in society where collective citizen action takes place, civil society has, in fact, proved an extremely difficult concept to define and operationalise. This article proposes a framework and methodology for measuring […]

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Using community indicators for evaluating research and development programmes: experiences from Malawi

01/08/2008

9 pages long

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Evaluations involving stakeholders include collaborative evaluation, participatory evaluation, development evaluation, and empowerment evaluation – distinguished by the degree and depth of involvement of local stakeholders or programme participants in the evaluation process. In community participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), communities agree programme objectives and develop local indicators for tracking and evaluating change. PM&E is not […]

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Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

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Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

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This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

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The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

01/07/2010

14 pages long

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The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

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Overview

Findings from a recent study on the impact of the economic crisis on informal workers in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa reveal that transmission of the crisis to the informal economy is hitting poor women hard. Women constitute the majority of the informal workforce in most developing countries, and predominate its poorest and most […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

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Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Research report

Mapping Risks to Future Government Petroleum Revenues in Kenya: A framework for prioritizing advocacy, research and capacity building

06/05/2016

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The loss of government revenue due to tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies has received significant attention in recent years in both developed and developing countries – it is widely accepted that the extractives sector is particularly vulnerable. Kenya has the opportunity to benefit from the lessons learned in other jurisdictions in order to maximize […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Residents’ associations and information communication technologies: a suggested approach to international action-research

01/05/2001

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The North-South disparity in access to new information communication technologies is well known, but there is a need now to get beyond simply measuring and documenting that gap, and develop more sensitive indicators on how such technologies might be, and are being, used by popular organisations (such as residents’ associations) in order to give more […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Local involvement in rural development: the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Ghana’. Ghana has a history of failed rural development projects and Tono seems well on its way to being one more. This paper analyses contrasting accounts of the success of a rural development project given by public officials who run it and the […]

Journal article

Achieving successful academic-practitioner research collaborations

01/08/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The potential for academic-NGO collaboration is enormous, but such collaboration is far more difficult than it appears on the surface, even when collaborators share a commitment to, and values that support, a particular cause or issue. This paper looks at some of the factors that derail academic-practitioner collaboration. It then identifies five different models of […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Rights-based approaches issues for NGOs’. A recent increase of publications, training courses, conferences, and policy statements on rights-based approaches shows the importance being attached to the concept by development professionals. Despite this, there is no universally agreed definition of what constitutes a rights-based approach, nor do the implications of adopting such an approach […]

Journal article

Can we measure civil society? A proposed methodology for international comparative research

01/06/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the concept of civil society in development and governance circles. Broadly understood as the space in society where collective citizen action takes place, civil society has, in fact, proved an extremely difficult concept to define and operationalise. This article proposes a framework and methodology for measuring […]

Journal article

Using community indicators for evaluating research and development programmes: experiences from Malawi

01/08/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Evaluations involving stakeholders include collaborative evaluation, participatory evaluation, development evaluation, and empowerment evaluation – distinguished by the degree and depth of involvement of local stakeholders or programme participants in the evaluation process. In community participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), communities agree programme objectives and develop local indicators for tracking and evaluating change. PM&E is not […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

01/07/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

Keywords

Overview

Findings from a recent study on the impact of the economic crisis on informal workers in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa reveal that transmission of the crisis to the informal economy is hitting poor women hard. Women constitute the majority of the informal workforce in most developing countries, and predominate its poorest and most […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Research report

Mapping Risks to Future Government Petroleum Revenues in Kenya: A framework for prioritizing advocacy, research and capacity building

06/05/2016

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The loss of government revenue due to tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies has received significant attention in recent years in both developed and developing countries – it is widely accepted that the extractives sector is particularly vulnerable. Kenya has the opportunity to benefit from the lessons learned in other jurisdictions in order to maximize […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Residents’ associations and information communication technologies: a suggested approach to international action-research

01/05/2001

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The North-South disparity in access to new information communication technologies is well known, but there is a need now to get beyond simply measuring and documenting that gap, and develop more sensitive indicators on how such technologies might be, and are being, used by popular organisations (such as residents’ associations) in order to give more […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/05/2002

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Local involvement in rural development: the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Ghana’. Ghana has a history of failed rural development projects and Tono seems well on its way to being one more. This paper analyses contrasting accounts of the success of a rural development project given by public officials who run it and the […]

Journal article

Achieving successful academic-practitioner research collaborations

01/08/2002

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The potential for academic-NGO collaboration is enormous, but such collaboration is far more difficult than it appears on the surface, even when collaborators share a commitment to, and values that support, a particular cause or issue. This paper looks at some of the factors that derail academic-practitioner collaboration. It then identifies five different models of […]

Journal article

Research Round-up

01/11/2003

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Rights-based approaches issues for NGOs’. A recent increase of publications, training courses, conferences, and policy statements on rights-based approaches shows the importance being attached to the concept by development professionals. Despite this, there is no universally agreed definition of what constitutes a rights-based approach, nor do the implications of adopting such an approach […]

Journal article

Can we measure civil society? A proposed methodology for international comparative research

01/06/2007

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In recent years, there has been renewed interest in the concept of civil society in development and governance circles. Broadly understood as the space in society where collective citizen action takes place, civil society has, in fact, proved an extremely difficult concept to define and operationalise. This article proposes a framework and methodology for measuring […]

Journal article

Using community indicators for evaluating research and development programmes: experiences from Malawi

01/08/2008

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Evaluations involving stakeholders include collaborative evaluation, participatory evaluation, development evaluation, and empowerment evaluation – distinguished by the degree and depth of involvement of local stakeholders or programme participants in the evaluation process. In community participatory monitoring and evaluation (PM&E), communities agree programme objectives and develop local indicators for tracking and evaluating change. PM&E is not […]

Journal article

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

01/07/2000

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transitions and boundaries: research into the impact of paid work on young women’s lives in Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This paper explores the economic and social impact of the growing participation of young urban women in the workforce in Amman, Jordan. The writer argues that there is a new ‘stage’ in women’s life-course in Jordan: single, employed adulthood. This is expanding young women’s horizons, and challenging relationships between women and men, and between different […]

Journal article

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

01/07/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

The effects of the global economic crisis on women in the informal economy: research findings from WIEGO and the Inclusive Cities partners

Keywords

Overview

Findings from a recent study on the impact of the economic crisis on informal workers in Asia, Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa reveal that transmission of the crisis to the informal economy is hitting poor women hard. Women constitute the majority of the informal workforce in most developing countries, and predominate its poorest and most […]

Guidelines and toolkits

Researching Human Interest Stories

27/03/2019

2 documents

4 pages long

Languages: English, Spanish

Keywords

Overview

Human interest stories or case studies aim to highlight a specific development issue from one person’s (or group of people’s) perspective. They are useful as qualitative background to monitoring and evaluation, for organisational learning and programme learning, for campaigns and media communications, and for funding and marketing departments looking for story leads. Their power lies […]

Research report

Mapping Risks to Future Government Petroleum Revenues in Kenya: A framework for prioritizing advocacy, research and capacity building

06/05/2016

1 documents

22 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The loss of government revenue due to tax avoidance strategies by multinational companies has received significant attention in recent years in both developed and developing countries – it is widely accepted that the extractives sector is particularly vulnerable. Kenya has the opportunity to benefit from the lessons learned in other jurisdictions in order to maximize […]