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Family tracing: In whose interests?

01/11/1994

3 pages long

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This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that must be made at each stage to ensure the interests of each child are paramount, and are […]

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Redefining the roles of environmental NGOs in Africa

01/02/1995

10 pages long

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The article summarises issues identified in a study undertaken on behalf of the HIVOS Foundation of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Division, which included a field study of 45 environmental NGOs in seven African countries. This generated an institutional database to support the aid strategies of the agencies commissioning the […]

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Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

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The World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen in March 1995, will consider three closely inter-related themes: decreasing poverty, reducing unemployment, and enhancing social integration. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has been mobilising its worldwide network of scholars, activists, […]

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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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Family tracing: In whose interests?

01/11/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that must be made at each stage to ensure the interests of each child are paramount, and are […]

Journal article

Redefining the roles of environmental NGOs in Africa

01/02/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

The article summarises issues identified in a study undertaken on behalf of the HIVOS Foundation of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Division, which included a field study of 45 environmental NGOs in seven African countries. This generated an institutional database to support the aid strategies of the agencies commissioning the […]

Journal article

Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen in March 1995, will consider three closely inter-related themes: decreasing poverty, reducing unemployment, and enhancing social integration. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has been mobilising its worldwide network of scholars, activists, […]

Journal article

Household coping strategies in Kyrgyzstan

01/11/1995

4 pages long

Free access through journal website

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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

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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

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

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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

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Networks, support groups, and domestic violence

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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

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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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Family tracing: In whose interests?

01/11/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that must be made at each stage to ensure the interests of each child are paramount, and are […]

Journal article

Redefining the roles of environmental NGOs in Africa

01/02/1995

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article summarises issues identified in a study undertaken on behalf of the HIVOS Foundation of the Netherlands and the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs Development Division, which included a field study of 45 environmental NGOs in seven African countries. This generated an institutional database to support the aid strategies of the agencies commissioning the […]

Journal article

Social integration: approaches and issues

01/02/1995

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The World Summit for Social Development, to be held in Copenhagen in March 1995, will consider three closely inter-related themes: decreasing poverty, reducing unemployment, and enhancing social integration. With the support of the United Nations Development Programme, the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD) has been mobilising its worldwide network of scholars, activists, […]

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 […]