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Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector

01/02/1996

9 pages long

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Overview

Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) emerged in the context of working with rural communities in developing countries. But the principles of participation and of action-oriented research are equally valid for development work in the urban sector, and in industrialised countries. This article describes the use of participatory appraisal techniques in disadvantaged […]

Journal article

A review of university libraries in Africa

01/02/1996

4 pages long

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Overview

Against a background of reduced government funding of African universities, the International African Institute in London co-ordinated a study in 1995 to evaluate university libraries, in terms of their sustainability, now that many survive on (usually short-term) funding from donors. Through structured interviews and questionnaires, the researchers discovered libraries are becoming marginalised and decentralised within […]

Journal article

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

19/09/2024

21 pages long

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‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

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Public space and youth

Overview

This paper addresses girls and young women’s experiences of spatial forms of judgement in the public spaces of their local areas. It posits the feminist question: what is the relationship between judgement, gender, youth, and the material realities that make up the public realm? Findings are derived from two seven-week long peer research projects on public space […]

Briefing paper

Never Again: Building resilient health systems and learning from the Ebola crisis

16/04/2015

4 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

It took the threat of a global health crisis to illustrate the failings of Africa’s health systems. Resilient health systems, free at the point of use, are evidently a global public good. They are essential for the provision of universal health coverage and for a prompt response to outbreaks of disease. Resilient health systems require […]

Journal article

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

19/09/2024

17 pages long

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Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

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Overview

Research documenting the re-configurations of ‘public–private’ boundaries encountered by migrant domestic workers has observed how they often create a sense of ‘home’ in public spaces in destination countries. Migrant workers’ occupation of, and interactions in, public spaces such as parks, malls, restaurants, and churches in effect create ‘private spheres’ where they can relax and be […]

Research report

Empty Promises Down the Line? A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

10/09/2020

2 documents

109 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This community based human rights impact assessment highlights the social, environmental, cultural, and human rights risks of the East African Crude Oil pipeline for communities located along the proposed pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania. Co-researched and produced by Global Rights Alert (“GRA”), Civic Response on Environment and Development (“CRED”), Northern Coalition for Extractives and […]

Research report

Scoping Study: Emergency cash transfer programming in the WASH and shelter sectors

01/12/2014

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The dialogue on cash transfer programming has progressed beyond initial debates about whether distributing cash and vouchers is a valid response modality at all, to a general acceptance of their added value in appropriate contexts. Beyond the livelihoods and food security sectors, cash transfer programming is increasingly being considered as a response to emergency shelter and WASH needs through […]

Journal article

The informal pharmaceuticals market in the Democratic Republic of Congo

01/05/1998

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

In 1996 UNRISD sponsored a survey, using questionnaires, interviews and participant research, into the parallel pharmaceutical market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire). The author describes `typical’ purchasers and vendors, the quality of products sold and bought, and the levels of regulation possible/needed in such a market, and challenges policy makers to develop […]

Journal article

Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

01/05/1998

14 pages long

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Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

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Overview

Drawing on recent research, it has been explored how far and in what ways UK NGOs have tried to incorporate gender into the policies and procedures of their international development work, and how far a formal recognition of gender issues is shaping the way each organization functions. The strengths and weaknesses of different strategies are […]

Journal article

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

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Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

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Overview

This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector

01/02/1996

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) emerged in the context of working with rural communities in developing countries. But the principles of participation and of action-oriented research are equally valid for development work in the urban sector, and in industrialised countries. This article describes the use of participatory appraisal techniques in disadvantaged […]

Journal article

A review of university libraries in Africa

01/02/1996

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Against a background of reduced government funding of African universities, the International African Institute in London co-ordinated a study in 1995 to evaluate university libraries, in terms of their sustainability, now that many survive on (usually short-term) funding from donors. Through structured interviews and questionnaires, the researchers discovered libraries are becoming marginalised and decentralised within […]

Journal article

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

Keywords

Public space and youth

Overview

This paper addresses girls and young women’s experiences of spatial forms of judgement in the public spaces of their local areas. It posits the feminist question: what is the relationship between judgement, gender, youth, and the material realities that make up the public realm? Findings are derived from two seven-week long peer research projects on public space […]

Briefing paper

Never Again: Building resilient health systems and learning from the Ebola crisis

16/04/2015

4 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

It took the threat of a global health crisis to illustrate the failings of Africa’s health systems. Resilient health systems, free at the point of use, are evidently a global public good. They are essential for the provision of universal health coverage and for a prompt response to outbreaks of disease. Resilient health systems require […]

Journal article

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

19/09/2024

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

Keywords

Overview

Research documenting the re-configurations of ‘public–private’ boundaries encountered by migrant domestic workers has observed how they often create a sense of ‘home’ in public spaces in destination countries. Migrant workers’ occupation of, and interactions in, public spaces such as parks, malls, restaurants, and churches in effect create ‘private spheres’ where they can relax and be […]

Research report

Empty Promises Down the Line? A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

10/09/2020

2 documents

109 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This community based human rights impact assessment highlights the social, environmental, cultural, and human rights risks of the East African Crude Oil pipeline for communities located along the proposed pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania. Co-researched and produced by Global Rights Alert (“GRA”), Civic Response on Environment and Development (“CRED”), Northern Coalition for Extractives and […]

Research report

Scoping Study: Emergency cash transfer programming in the WASH and shelter sectors

01/12/2014

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The dialogue on cash transfer programming has progressed beyond initial debates about whether distributing cash and vouchers is a valid response modality at all, to a general acceptance of their added value in appropriate contexts. Beyond the livelihoods and food security sectors, cash transfer programming is increasingly being considered as a response to emergency shelter and WASH needs through […]

Journal article

The informal pharmaceuticals market in the Democratic Republic of Congo

01/05/1998

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 1996 UNRISD sponsored a survey, using questionnaires, interviews and participant research, into the parallel pharmaceutical market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire). The author describes `typical’ purchasers and vendors, the quality of products sold and bought, and the levels of regulation possible/needed in such a market, and challenges policy makers to develop […]

Journal article

Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

01/05/1998

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on recent research, it has been explored how far and in what ways UK NGOs have tried to incorporate gender into the policies and procedures of their international development work, and how far a formal recognition of gender issues is shaping the way each organization functions. The strengths and weaknesses of different strategies are […]

Journal article

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]

Showing 467 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector

01/02/1996

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) emerged in the context of working with rural communities in developing countries. But the principles of participation and of action-oriented research are equally valid for development work in the urban sector, and in industrialised countries. This article describes the use of participatory appraisal techniques in disadvantaged […]

Journal article

A review of university libraries in Africa

01/02/1996

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Against a background of reduced government funding of African universities, the International African Institute in London co-ordinated a study in 1995 to evaluate university libraries, in terms of their sustainability, now that many survive on (usually short-term) funding from donors. Through structured interviews and questionnaires, the researchers discovered libraries are becoming marginalised and decentralised within […]

Journal article

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

19/09/2024

21 pages long

Free access through journal website

‘There’s Nowhere For Us’: Spatial and scalar experiences of judgement amongst young women in the UK

Keywords

Public space and youth

Overview

This paper addresses girls and young women’s experiences of spatial forms of judgement in the public spaces of their local areas. It posits the feminist question: what is the relationship between judgement, gender, youth, and the material realities that make up the public realm? Findings are derived from two seven-week long peer research projects on public space […]

Briefing paper

Never Again: Building resilient health systems and learning from the Ebola crisis

16/04/2015

4 documents

40 pages long

Languages: English, French

Keywords

Overview

It took the threat of a global health crisis to illustrate the failings of Africa’s health systems. Resilient health systems, free at the point of use, are evidently a global public good. They are essential for the provision of universal health coverage and for a prompt response to outbreaks of disease. Resilient health systems require […]

Journal article

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

19/09/2024

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engendering Migrant Counterpublics: Fun, care, solidarity, and resistance among Ethiopian domestic workers in Lebanon

Keywords

Overview

Research documenting the re-configurations of ‘public–private’ boundaries encountered by migrant domestic workers has observed how they often create a sense of ‘home’ in public spaces in destination countries. Migrant workers’ occupation of, and interactions in, public spaces such as parks, malls, restaurants, and churches in effect create ‘private spheres’ where they can relax and be […]

Research report

Empty Promises Down the Line? A Human Rights Impact Assessment of the East African Crude Oil Pipeline

10/09/2020

2 documents

109 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

This community based human rights impact assessment highlights the social, environmental, cultural, and human rights risks of the East African Crude Oil pipeline for communities located along the proposed pipeline corridor in Uganda and Tanzania. Co-researched and produced by Global Rights Alert (“GRA”), Civic Response on Environment and Development (“CRED”), Northern Coalition for Extractives and […]

Research report

Scoping Study: Emergency cash transfer programming in the WASH and shelter sectors

01/12/2014

1 documents

48 pages long

Languages: English

Keywords

Overview

The dialogue on cash transfer programming has progressed beyond initial debates about whether distributing cash and vouchers is a valid response modality at all, to a general acceptance of their added value in appropriate contexts. Beyond the livelihoods and food security sectors, cash transfer programming is increasingly being considered as a response to emergency shelter and WASH needs through […]

Journal article

The informal pharmaceuticals market in the Democratic Republic of Congo

01/05/1998

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In 1996 UNRISD sponsored a survey, using questionnaires, interviews and participant research, into the parallel pharmaceutical market in the Democratic Republic of Congo (then Zaire). The author describes `typical’ purchasers and vendors, the quality of products sold and bought, and the levels of regulation possible/needed in such a market, and challenges policy makers to develop […]

Journal article

Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

01/05/1998

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Institutionalizing gender in UK NGOs

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on recent research, it has been explored how far and in what ways UK NGOs have tried to incorporate gender into the policies and procedures of their international development work, and how far a formal recognition of gender issues is shaping the way each organization functions. The strengths and weaknesses of different strategies are […]

Journal article

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

20/03/2018

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Transgender employment and entrepreneurialism in Vietnam

Keywords

Overview

This article shares insights from research into the economic opportunities and obstacles that Vietnamese transgender men and women face in a fast-growing economy mainly composed of small and medium-sized enterprises. The findings demonstrate that gender norms lead to economic inequality between trans men and women. They also show that small businesses and entrepreneurship play an […]