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Household coping strategies in Kyrgyzstan

01/11/1995

4 pages long

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The author considers the coping strategies used by the newly poor households of the now-independent nation-state Kyrgyzstan. Like other former members of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has fared badly economically since the disintegration of both the Union and complex economic links with it. In 1994, Save the Children Fund (SCF) carried out research into these […]

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Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector

01/02/1996

9 pages long

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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 […]

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A review of university libraries in Africa

01/02/1996

4 pages long

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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 […]

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Urban women’s informal savings and credit systems in Zambia

01/05/1996

9 pages long

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Research round up. Also includes ‘Urban management and public-service provision in Chittagong, Nairobi, and Sao Paulo’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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NGOs and the State: a case study from Uganda

01/08/1996

8 pages long

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An analysis is presented of research carried out in 1995, focusing on programmes funded by an NGO, Oxfam, as the basis of a case study of the Ugandan health sector. The involvement of NGOs in service provision for the state in Uganda is discussed together with the changing trends in aid distribution and what they […]

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Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

01/11/1996

18 pages long

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Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

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Research round up. Also includes ‘Rehabilitation: a bridge between relief and development’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Feedback

01/02/1997

7 pages long

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Feedback on ‘Questioning the critics: the case of BRAC and other credit programmes in Bangladesh (plus reply from Ben Rogaly)’. Drawing from the experiences of BRAC in Bangladesh, the author highlights some of the major areas of controversy around micro-credit organisations, specifically criticising points made by Ben Rogaly (in Development in Practice 6(2)). Arguing that […]

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Junto con los ninos: street children in Mexico

01/02/1997

11 pages long

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A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight in cities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions of poverty. The article looks at the experience of street […]

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Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

4 pages long

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Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

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The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

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Technological change among peasants in Central Argentina

01/02/1998

9 pages long

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Drawing on a case-study from Central Argentina, this article suggests that researchers can be too cautious about introducing technologies of which farmers have no previous experience. In particular, it challenges the notion that the only technology appropriate to peasant conditions is that which is rooted in traditional ideas and culture. Under certain circumstances, externally supplied […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Household coping strategies in Kyrgyzstan

01/11/1995

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author considers the coping strategies used by the newly poor households of the now-independent nation-state Kyrgyzstan. Like other former members of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has fared badly economically since the disintegration of both the Union and complex economic links with it. In 1994, Save the Children Fund (SCF) carried out research into these […]

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

Urban women’s informal savings and credit systems in Zambia

01/05/1996

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Also includes ‘Urban management and public-service provision in Chittagong, Nairobi, and Sao Paulo’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

NGOs and the State: a case study from Uganda

01/08/1996

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An analysis is presented of research carried out in 1995, focusing on programmes funded by an NGO, Oxfam, as the basis of a case study of the Ugandan health sector. The involvement of NGOs in service provision for the state in Uganda is discussed together with the changing trends in aid distribution and what they […]

Journal article

Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

01/11/1996

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Also includes ‘Rehabilitation: a bridge between relief and development’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Feedback

01/02/1997

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Feedback on ‘Questioning the critics: the case of BRAC and other credit programmes in Bangladesh (plus reply from Ben Rogaly)’. Drawing from the experiences of BRAC in Bangladesh, the author highlights some of the major areas of controversy around micro-credit organisations, specifically criticising points made by Ben Rogaly (in Development in Practice 6(2)). Arguing that […]

Journal article

Junto con los ninos: street children in Mexico

01/02/1997

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight in cities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions of poverty. The article looks at the experience of street […]

Journal article

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

Journal article

Technological change among peasants in Central Argentina

01/02/1998

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on a case-study from Central Argentina, this article suggests that researchers can be too cautious about introducing technologies of which farmers have no previous experience. In particular, it challenges the notion that the only technology appropriate to peasant conditions is that which is rooted in traditional ideas and culture. Under certain circumstances, externally supplied […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Household coping strategies in Kyrgyzstan

01/11/1995

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The author considers the coping strategies used by the newly poor households of the now-independent nation-state Kyrgyzstan. Like other former members of the Soviet Union, Kyrgyzstan has fared badly economically since the disintegration of both the Union and complex economic links with it. In 1994, Save the Children Fund (SCF) carried out research into these […]

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

Urban women’s informal savings and credit systems in Zambia

01/05/1996

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Also includes ‘Urban management and public-service provision in Chittagong, Nairobi, and Sao Paulo’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

NGOs and the State: a case study from Uganda

01/08/1996

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An analysis is presented of research carried out in 1995, focusing on programmes funded by an NGO, Oxfam, as the basis of a case study of the Ugandan health sector. The involvement of NGOs in service provision for the state in Uganda is discussed together with the changing trends in aid distribution and what they […]

Journal article

Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

01/11/1996

18 pages long

Free access through journal website

Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

Keywords

Overview

Research round up. Also includes ‘Rehabilitation: a bridge between relief and development’. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

Feedback

01/02/1997

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Feedback on ‘Questioning the critics: the case of BRAC and other credit programmes in Bangladesh (plus reply from Ben Rogaly)’. Drawing from the experiences of BRAC in Bangladesh, the author highlights some of the major areas of controversy around micro-credit organisations, specifically criticising points made by Ben Rogaly (in Development in Practice 6(2)). Arguing that […]

Journal article

Junto con los ninos: street children in Mexico

01/02/1997

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A notable absentee from the ten-point action plan set out by the 1990 World Summit for Children was the issue of street children. Yet such children are a common sight in cities of the developing world, and live in some of the most extreme conditions of poverty. The article looks at the experience of street […]

Journal article

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

Keywords

Overview

The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

Journal article

Technological change among peasants in Central Argentina

01/02/1998

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Drawing on a case-study from Central Argentina, this article suggests that researchers can be too cautious about introducing technologies of which farmers have no previous experience. In particular, it challenges the notion that the only technology appropriate to peasant conditions is that which is rooted in traditional ideas and culture. Under certain circumstances, externally supplied […]