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Matching services with local preferences: managing primary education services in a rural district of India

01/02/1999

10 pages long

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In India, the pressing concern in education is with bringing in at least 32 million children estimated to be out of school, to meet the goal of Universal Elementary Education (UEE). Support for decentralisation of public services is widespread because of the equity and efficiency benefits associated with it. In particular, decentralisation is seen to […]

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Guest editors’ introduction: development management in practice

01/02/1999

2 pages long

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The theme running through this special issue is `development management in practice’. As the focus is on the practice of development management, we include contributions which in some way illustrate success, failure, good practice, new insights, and research needed better to understand the management of development. The terms management and development (and their combination) are […]

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Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries

01/02/2000

6 pages long

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This paper reports on the findings of a five-year collaborative research programme between the Public Health Nutrition Unit (PHNU) of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and HelpAge International (HAI) that was conducted in India, Tanzania, and Malawi with the broad objective of providing simple and easy tools for assessing nutritional vulnerability […]

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Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras

01/02/2000

5 pages long

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MOPAWI is an NGO in La Mosquitia, Honduras, working with indigenous communities in the region to create ecological sustainability and to strengthen technical knowledge and resource management. This paper presents the findings of research into how MOPAWI has `created linkages among the grassroots, the state, and ultimately the international level of politics in practice.’ The […]

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Spirituality: a development taboo

01/02/2000

13 pages long

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Spirituality is central to many of the daily decisions people in the ‘South’ make about their own and their community’s development, including that of whether or not to participate in risky but potentially beneficial social action. Despite its importance, development literature and development practices have systematically avoided the topic of spirituality. This avoidance results in […]

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Development-induced forced migration: a practical example

01/05/2000

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Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself to lead to the resettlement recommended by agencies such as the World Bank. This article is hosted […]

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Urban children’s work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

12 pages long

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The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases in workforce entry and in some cases led to a reduction in […]

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Northern NGO advocacy: perceptions, reality, and the challenge

01/08/2000

8 pages long

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This article reports the results of and conclusions from a survey of Northern NGOs conducted during 1998 and 1999 for the purposes of testing generalised criticisms of Northern NGO advocacy and providing benchmarks for further research on the policy impact of the Washington Advocacy office of Oxfam International. Based on the survey findings, the author […]

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NGOs: fragmented dreams

01/08/2000

12 pages long

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Development NGOs are in crisis. They are losing their capacity to engage in critical analysis and propose global solutions; to react to or seize the political initiative; or to situate themselves on the cutting edge of those social and political processes in which new approaches and potential solutions might be found. While some NGOs have […]

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Impact assessment: seeing the wood and the trees

01/08/2000

13 pages long

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This paper summarises the results of a joint action-research project undertaken by a number of international and local NGOs, which involved case studies in four countries in Africa, three in South Asia, one in Latin America, and one in the UK. The paper seeks to situate the discussion of impact assessment in the context of […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Matching services with local preferences: managing primary education services in a rural district of India

01/02/1999

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In India, the pressing concern in education is with bringing in at least 32 million children estimated to be out of school, to meet the goal of Universal Elementary Education (UEE). Support for decentralisation of public services is widespread because of the equity and efficiency benefits associated with it. In particular, decentralisation is seen to […]

Journal article

Guest editors’ introduction: development management in practice

01/02/1999

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The theme running through this special issue is `development management in practice’. As the focus is on the practice of development management, we include contributions which in some way illustrate success, failure, good practice, new insights, and research needed better to understand the management of development. The terms management and development (and their combination) are […]

Journal article

Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries

01/02/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on the findings of a five-year collaborative research programme between the Public Health Nutrition Unit (PHNU) of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and HelpAge International (HAI) that was conducted in India, Tanzania, and Malawi with the broad objective of providing simple and easy tools for assessing nutritional vulnerability […]

Journal article

Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras

01/02/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

MOPAWI is an NGO in La Mosquitia, Honduras, working with indigenous communities in the region to create ecological sustainability and to strengthen technical knowledge and resource management. This paper presents the findings of research into how MOPAWI has `created linkages among the grassroots, the state, and ultimately the international level of politics in practice.’ The […]

Journal article

Spirituality: a development taboo

01/02/2000

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Spirituality is central to many of the daily decisions people in the ‘South’ make about their own and their community’s development, including that of whether or not to participate in risky but potentially beneficial social action. Despite its importance, development literature and development practices have systematically avoided the topic of spirituality. This avoidance results in […]

Journal article

Development-induced forced migration: a practical example

01/05/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself to lead to the resettlement recommended by agencies such as the World Bank. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Urban children’s work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases in workforce entry and in some cases led to a reduction in […]

Journal article

Northern NGO advocacy: perceptions, reality, and the challenge

01/08/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports the results of and conclusions from a survey of Northern NGOs conducted during 1998 and 1999 for the purposes of testing generalised criticisms of Northern NGO advocacy and providing benchmarks for further research on the policy impact of the Washington Advocacy office of Oxfam International. Based on the survey findings, the author […]

Journal article

NGOs: fragmented dreams

01/08/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Development NGOs are in crisis. They are losing their capacity to engage in critical analysis and propose global solutions; to react to or seize the political initiative; or to situate themselves on the cutting edge of those social and political processes in which new approaches and potential solutions might be found. While some NGOs have […]

Journal article

Impact assessment: seeing the wood and the trees

01/08/2000

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper summarises the results of a joint action-research project undertaken by a number of international and local NGOs, which involved case studies in four countries in Africa, three in South Asia, one in Latin America, and one in the UK. The paper seeks to situate the discussion of impact assessment in the context of […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Matching services with local preferences: managing primary education services in a rural district of India

01/02/1999

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In India, the pressing concern in education is with bringing in at least 32 million children estimated to be out of school, to meet the goal of Universal Elementary Education (UEE). Support for decentralisation of public services is widespread because of the equity and efficiency benefits associated with it. In particular, decentralisation is seen to […]

Journal article

Guest editors’ introduction: development management in practice

01/02/1999

2 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The theme running through this special issue is `development management in practice’. As the focus is on the practice of development management, we include contributions which in some way illustrate success, failure, good practice, new insights, and research needed better to understand the management of development. The terms management and development (and their combination) are […]

Journal article

Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries

01/02/2000

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper reports on the findings of a five-year collaborative research programme between the Public Health Nutrition Unit (PHNU) of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and HelpAge International (HAI) that was conducted in India, Tanzania, and Malawi with the broad objective of providing simple and easy tools for assessing nutritional vulnerability […]

Journal article

Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras

01/02/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

MOPAWI is an NGO in La Mosquitia, Honduras, working with indigenous communities in the region to create ecological sustainability and to strengthen technical knowledge and resource management. This paper presents the findings of research into how MOPAWI has `created linkages among the grassroots, the state, and ultimately the international level of politics in practice.’ The […]

Journal article

Spirituality: a development taboo

01/02/2000

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Spirituality is central to many of the daily decisions people in the ‘South’ make about their own and their community’s development, including that of whether or not to participate in risky but potentially beneficial social action. Despite its importance, development literature and development practices have systematically avoided the topic of spirituality. This avoidance results in […]

Journal article

Development-induced forced migration: a practical example

01/05/2000

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on primary research, this paper describes the negative human, occupational, and environmental impacts of the Kiraz Dere dam project in Turkey, concluding that financial compensation for people who are displaced by such projects is unlikely in itself to lead to the resettlement recommended by agencies such as the World Bank. This article is hosted […]

Journal article

Urban children’s work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh

01/11/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases in workforce entry and in some cases led to a reduction in […]

Journal article

Northern NGO advocacy: perceptions, reality, and the challenge

01/08/2000

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports the results of and conclusions from a survey of Northern NGOs conducted during 1998 and 1999 for the purposes of testing generalised criticisms of Northern NGO advocacy and providing benchmarks for further research on the policy impact of the Washington Advocacy office of Oxfam International. Based on the survey findings, the author […]

Journal article

NGOs: fragmented dreams

01/08/2000

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Development NGOs are in crisis. They are losing their capacity to engage in critical analysis and propose global solutions; to react to or seize the political initiative; or to situate themselves on the cutting edge of those social and political processes in which new approaches and potential solutions might be found. While some NGOs have […]

Journal article

Impact assessment: seeing the wood and the trees

01/08/2000

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper summarises the results of a joint action-research project undertaken by a number of international and local NGOs, which involved case studies in four countries in Africa, three in South Asia, one in Latin America, and one in the UK. The paper seeks to situate the discussion of impact assessment in the context of […]