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Orchard development sets the tone of tribal development

01/02/2002

7 pages long

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Inadequate household income due to degraded resources and limited opportunities has led to migration, malnutrition, and poor quality of life among tribal’s in India. These problems have been effectively tackled by enabling people to re-build their resource base, and by strengthening local action through Gram Vikas Mandals (village development forums) and developing human resources at […]

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Who cares? The personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh

01/05/2002

15 pages long

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This article highlights the personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh. The paper draws on field research with the front-line workers of four NGOs, their clients, immediate superiors, and senior management. Fieldworkers face personal problems such as job insecurity, financial hardships, difficulties with accommodation, and family dislocation. These problems differ according to gender, […]

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Practical Notes

01/11/2002

5 pages long

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Based on ‘Institutional evolution and the impact of training and communication in Joint Forest Management’. In 1999, with a view to strengthening the JFM arrangement, the Gujarat State Forest Department, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation, initiated a nodal agency called the JFM cell. Its mandate is to assist in strengthening and expanding JFM […]

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Organisational learning in NGOs: an example of an intervention based on the work of Chris Argyris

01/08/2002

12 pages long

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The research work of Harvard professor Chris Argyris gave rise to much of what is today called organisational learning, an approach subsequently promulgated by Peter Senge and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first section of this paper argues the relevance of organisational learning to NGOs, despite its origins in the study […]

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Humanitarian principles and organisational culture: everyday practice in Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland

01/08/2002

11 pages long

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Organisational principles or value standards are considered crucial for maintaining quality in humanitarian assistance. Research among staff members of Médecins Sans Frontiéres-Holland (MSF-H) showed that fieldworkers construct their own interpretations of principles and priorities in response to demands placed on them in the field. Organisational principles are important for the performance and the well-being of […]

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Mainstreaming disaster mitigation: challenges to organisational learning in NGOs

01/08/2002

7 pages long

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This paper discusses the implications for organisational learning of recent research on NGO activity in natural disaster mitigation and preparedness. It identifies several institutional and other barriers to NGO learning. However, personal networks in NGOs are often strong, and determined and well-placed individuals can push significant innovations through. Greater emphasis on this human factor may […]

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Making the organisation learn: demystification and management action

01/08/2002

17 pages long

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The learning organisation (LO) is both a concept and a particular methodology within the larger domain of organisational development (OD). To fully appreciate the premises of LO, it is necessary to fall back on the main premises of OD, beginning with the view of the organisation as an open system. Many of the established concepts […]

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Feedback

01/11/2003

3 pages long

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Based on ‘Microfinance, empowerment, and Sudra women in India’. In their article ‘Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India’, published in the November 2002 issue of Development in Practice, Fiona Leach and Shashikala Sitaram (henceforth LS) report the results of their research on an NGO project undertaken in the Karnataka State of South India-an […]

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Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

01/11/2003

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Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

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Development projects are under pressure to deliver positive gender changes. This paper provides a practical example of how one project in Tanzania attempted to meet this demand. It details how a conventional technical project developed its own understanding of what it is to be gender sensitive, and identified gender concerns that it might address. The […]

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From clients to citizens: Asset-based Community Development as a strategy for community-driven development

01/11/2003

13 pages long

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In this paper, Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) is presented as an alternative to needs-based approaches to development. Following an overview of the principles and practice of ABCD, four major elements of ABCD are examined in light of the current literature on relevant research and practice. This involves exploring the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry; […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Orchard development sets the tone of tribal development

01/02/2002

7 pages long

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Keywords

Overview

Inadequate household income due to degraded resources and limited opportunities has led to migration, malnutrition, and poor quality of life among tribal’s in India. These problems have been effectively tackled by enabling people to re-build their resource base, and by strengthening local action through Gram Vikas Mandals (village development forums) and developing human resources at […]

Journal article

Who cares? The personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh

01/05/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This article highlights the personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh. The paper draws on field research with the front-line workers of four NGOs, their clients, immediate superiors, and senior management. Fieldworkers face personal problems such as job insecurity, financial hardships, difficulties with accommodation, and family dislocation. These problems differ according to gender, […]

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Practical Notes

01/11/2002

5 pages long

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Development methods

Overview

Based on ‘Institutional evolution and the impact of training and communication in Joint Forest Management’. In 1999, with a view to strengthening the JFM arrangement, the Gujarat State Forest Department, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation, initiated a nodal agency called the JFM cell. Its mandate is to assist in strengthening and expanding JFM […]

Journal article

Organisational learning in NGOs: an example of an intervention based on the work of Chris Argyris

01/08/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The research work of Harvard professor Chris Argyris gave rise to much of what is today called organisational learning, an approach subsequently promulgated by Peter Senge and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first section of this paper argues the relevance of organisational learning to NGOs, despite its origins in the study […]

Journal article

Humanitarian principles and organisational culture: everyday practice in Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland

01/08/2002

11 pages long

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Keywords

Overview

Organisational principles or value standards are considered crucial for maintaining quality in humanitarian assistance. Research among staff members of Médecins Sans Frontiéres-Holland (MSF-H) showed that fieldworkers construct their own interpretations of principles and priorities in response to demands placed on them in the field. Organisational principles are important for the performance and the well-being of […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming disaster mitigation: challenges to organisational learning in NGOs

01/08/2002

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the implications for organisational learning of recent research on NGO activity in natural disaster mitigation and preparedness. It identifies several institutional and other barriers to NGO learning. However, personal networks in NGOs are often strong, and determined and well-placed individuals can push significant innovations through. Greater emphasis on this human factor may […]

Journal article

Making the organisation learn: demystification and management action

01/08/2002

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The learning organisation (LO) is both a concept and a particular methodology within the larger domain of organisational development (OD). To fully appreciate the premises of LO, it is necessary to fall back on the main premises of OD, beginning with the view of the organisation as an open system. Many of the established concepts […]

Journal article

Feedback

01/11/2003

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Microfinance, empowerment, and Sudra women in India’. In their article ‘Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India’, published in the November 2002 issue of Development in Practice, Fiona Leach and Shashikala Sitaram (henceforth LS) report the results of their research on an NGO project undertaken in the Karnataka State of South India-an […]

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Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

01/11/2003

15 pages long

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Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Development projects are under pressure to deliver positive gender changes. This paper provides a practical example of how one project in Tanzania attempted to meet this demand. It details how a conventional technical project developed its own understanding of what it is to be gender sensitive, and identified gender concerns that it might address. The […]

Journal article

From clients to citizens: Asset-based Community Development as a strategy for community-driven development

01/11/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In this paper, Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) is presented as an alternative to needs-based approaches to development. Following an overview of the principles and practice of ABCD, four major elements of ABCD are examined in light of the current literature on relevant research and practice. This involves exploring the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry; […]

Showing 455 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Orchard development sets the tone of tribal development

01/02/2002

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Inadequate household income due to degraded resources and limited opportunities has led to migration, malnutrition, and poor quality of life among tribal’s in India. These problems have been effectively tackled by enabling people to re-build their resource base, and by strengthening local action through Gram Vikas Mandals (village development forums) and developing human resources at […]

Journal article

Who cares? The personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh

01/05/2002

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article highlights the personal and professional problems of NGO fieldworkers in Bangladesh. The paper draws on field research with the front-line workers of four NGOs, their clients, immediate superiors, and senior management. Fieldworkers face personal problems such as job insecurity, financial hardships, difficulties with accommodation, and family dislocation. These problems differ according to gender, […]

Journal article

Practical Notes

01/11/2002

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Based on ‘Institutional evolution and the impact of training and communication in Joint Forest Management’. In 1999, with a view to strengthening the JFM arrangement, the Gujarat State Forest Department, in collaboration with the Aga Khan Foundation, initiated a nodal agency called the JFM cell. Its mandate is to assist in strengthening and expanding JFM […]

Journal article

Organisational learning in NGOs: an example of an intervention based on the work of Chris Argyris

01/08/2002

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The research work of Harvard professor Chris Argyris gave rise to much of what is today called organisational learning, an approach subsequently promulgated by Peter Senge and his team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The first section of this paper argues the relevance of organisational learning to NGOs, despite its origins in the study […]

Journal article

Humanitarian principles and organisational culture: everyday practice in Médecins Sans Frontières-Holland

01/08/2002

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Organisational principles or value standards are considered crucial for maintaining quality in humanitarian assistance. Research among staff members of Médecins Sans Frontiéres-Holland (MSF-H) showed that fieldworkers construct their own interpretations of principles and priorities in response to demands placed on them in the field. Organisational principles are important for the performance and the well-being of […]

Journal article

Mainstreaming disaster mitigation: challenges to organisational learning in NGOs

01/08/2002

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This paper discusses the implications for organisational learning of recent research on NGO activity in natural disaster mitigation and preparedness. It identifies several institutional and other barriers to NGO learning. However, personal networks in NGOs are often strong, and determined and well-placed individuals can push significant innovations through. Greater emphasis on this human factor may […]

Journal article

Making the organisation learn: demystification and management action

01/08/2002

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The learning organisation (LO) is both a concept and a particular methodology within the larger domain of organisational development (OD). To fully appreciate the premises of LO, it is necessary to fall back on the main premises of OD, beginning with the view of the organisation as an open system. Many of the established concepts […]

Journal article

Feedback

01/11/2003

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on ‘Microfinance, empowerment, and Sudra women in India’. In their article ‘Microfinance and women’s empowerment: a lesson from India’, published in the November 2002 issue of Development in Practice, Fiona Leach and Shashikala Sitaram (henceforth LS) report the results of their research on an NGO project undertaken in the Karnataka State of South India-an […]

Journal article

Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

01/11/2003

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Measuring the invisibles: gender mainstreaming and monitoring experience from a dairy development project in Tanzania

Keywords

Overview

Development projects are under pressure to deliver positive gender changes. This paper provides a practical example of how one project in Tanzania attempted to meet this demand. It details how a conventional technical project developed its own understanding of what it is to be gender sensitive, and identified gender concerns that it might address. The […]

Journal article

From clients to citizens: Asset-based Community Development as a strategy for community-driven development

01/11/2003

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In this paper, Asset-based Community Development (ABCD) is presented as an alternative to needs-based approaches to development. Following an overview of the principles and practice of ABCD, four major elements of ABCD are examined in light of the current literature on relevant research and practice. This involves exploring the theory and practice of appreciative inquiry; […]