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Deterrents to immunisation in Somalia: A survey of mothers’ attitudes

01/03/1993

9 pages long

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As part of the global drive to achieve Universal Child Immunisation by 1990 (UCI 90), Somalia launched a national immunisation programme for women and children. While access to it improved, actual demand for immunisation remained low. This article reports the findings of a study to identify the factors influencing acceptance of immunisation in two Somali […]

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Alternatives to residential care for children

01/05/1994

3 pages long

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Institutional care for children separated from their family (for whatever reason) continues to be the first choice of governments of developing countries. The long-term consequences of institutionalisation can be severe and in 1991, Save the Children Fund (UK) (SCFUK) initiated a research programme to examine the experience SCF and its partners have had of working […]

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The NGO sector as an alternative delivery system for agricultural public services

01/05/1994

12 pages long

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In many less developed countries (LDCs) that are undergoing economic adjustment, the promotion of the agricultural sector is constrained by limitations on resources that include finance, and human and institutional capacity. The inability of the state to provide essential agricultural services (for example, agricultural extension and research) leaves a void that could be filled by […]

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New directions for pastoral development in Africa

01/11/1994

11 pages long

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The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range-management practice. The usefulness of terms such as ‘vegetation succession’s, ‘carrying capacity’s, and ‘desertification’s is being reassessed, particularly for the dry rangelands which are dominated by highly variable rainfall and episodic, chance events such as drought. […]

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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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Deterrents to immunisation in Somalia: A survey of mothers’ attitudes

01/03/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As part of the global drive to achieve Universal Child Immunisation by 1990 (UCI 90), Somalia launched a national immunisation programme for women and children. While access to it improved, actual demand for immunisation remained low. This article reports the findings of a study to identify the factors influencing acceptance of immunisation in two Somali […]

Journal article

Alternatives to residential care for children

01/05/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Institutional care for children separated from their family (for whatever reason) continues to be the first choice of governments of developing countries. The long-term consequences of institutionalisation can be severe and in 1991, Save the Children Fund (UK) (SCFUK) initiated a research programme to examine the experience SCF and its partners have had of working […]

Journal article

The NGO sector as an alternative delivery system for agricultural public services

01/05/1994

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In many less developed countries (LDCs) that are undergoing economic adjustment, the promotion of the agricultural sector is constrained by limitations on resources that include finance, and human and institutional capacity. The inability of the state to provide essential agricultural services (for example, agricultural extension and research) leaves a void that could be filled by […]

Journal article

New directions for pastoral development in Africa

01/11/1994

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range-management practice. The usefulness of terms such as ‘vegetation succession’s, ‘carrying capacity’s, and ‘desertification’s is being reassessed, particularly for the dry rangelands which are dominated by highly variable rainfall and episodic, chance events such as drought. […]

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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Deterrents to immunisation in Somalia: A survey of mothers’ attitudes

01/03/1993

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As part of the global drive to achieve Universal Child Immunisation by 1990 (UCI 90), Somalia launched a national immunisation programme for women and children. While access to it improved, actual demand for immunisation remained low. This article reports the findings of a study to identify the factors influencing acceptance of immunisation in two Somali […]

Journal article

Alternatives to residential care for children

01/05/1994

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Institutional care for children separated from their family (for whatever reason) continues to be the first choice of governments of developing countries. The long-term consequences of institutionalisation can be severe and in 1991, Save the Children Fund (UK) (SCFUK) initiated a research programme to examine the experience SCF and its partners have had of working […]

Journal article

The NGO sector as an alternative delivery system for agricultural public services

01/05/1994

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In many less developed countries (LDCs) that are undergoing economic adjustment, the promotion of the agricultural sector is constrained by limitations on resources that include finance, and human and institutional capacity. The inability of the state to provide essential agricultural services (for example, agricultural extension and research) leaves a void that could be filled by […]

Journal article

New directions for pastoral development in Africa

01/11/1994

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The last few years have seen a major rethinking of some of the hallowed assumptions of range ecology and range-management practice. The usefulness of terms such as ‘vegetation succession’s, ‘carrying capacity’s, and ‘desertification’s is being reassessed, particularly for the dry rangelands which are dominated by highly variable rainfall and episodic, chance events such as drought. […]

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 […]