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More effective natural resource management through democratically elected, decentralised government structures in Uganda

01/08/2001

11 pages long

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Scaling up agroforestry adoption requires technical innovations that are adapted to the environment, demand driven, require low capital and labour inputs, and provide tangible benefits in a short time. The basic inputs, usually information and germplasm, need to be available. To reach out to millions of rural poor who require the products and services of […]

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Lowering the ladder: regulatory frameworks for sustainable development

01/05/2001

11 pages long

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A major proportion of urban housing in developing countries, and also in some European countries, is developed outside officially sanctioned processes. This is less a reflection of a global desire to break the law than of the existence of inappropriate planning regulations, standards, and administrative procedures. Many countries have inherited or imported their regulatory frameworks […]

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A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

01/02/2002

5 pages long

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A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

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This secondary source study was conducted on behalf of UNICEF in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to establish what information was available about acid violence with a view to informing potential interventions to prevent attacks. The study showed that young women are the main survivors who, having repelled advances by men, have acid thrown at […]

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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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Development methods

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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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

More effective natural resource management through democratically elected, decentralised government structures in Uganda

01/08/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Scaling up agroforestry adoption requires technical innovations that are adapted to the environment, demand driven, require low capital and labour inputs, and provide tangible benefits in a short time. The basic inputs, usually information and germplasm, need to be available. To reach out to millions of rural poor who require the products and services of […]

Journal article

Lowering the ladder: regulatory frameworks for sustainable development

01/05/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A major proportion of urban housing in developing countries, and also in some European countries, is developed outside officially sanctioned processes. This is less a reflection of a global desire to break the law than of the existence of inappropriate planning regulations, standards, and administrative procedures. Many countries have inherited or imported their regulatory frameworks […]

Journal article

A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

01/02/2002

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

This secondary source study was conducted on behalf of UNICEF in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to establish what information was available about acid violence with a view to informing potential interventions to prevent attacks. The study showed that young women are the main survivors who, having repelled advances by men, have acid thrown at […]

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 […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

More effective natural resource management through democratically elected, decentralised government structures in Uganda

01/08/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Scaling up agroforestry adoption requires technical innovations that are adapted to the environment, demand driven, require low capital and labour inputs, and provide tangible benefits in a short time. The basic inputs, usually information and germplasm, need to be available. To reach out to millions of rural poor who require the products and services of […]

Journal article

Lowering the ladder: regulatory frameworks for sustainable development

01/05/2001

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

A major proportion of urban housing in developing countries, and also in some European countries, is developed outside officially sanctioned processes. This is less a reflection of a global desire to break the law than of the existence of inappropriate planning regulations, standards, and administrative procedures. Many countries have inherited or imported their regulatory frameworks […]

Journal article

A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

01/02/2002

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

A situational assessment study of acid violence in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

This secondary source study was conducted on behalf of UNICEF in Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, to establish what information was available about acid violence with a view to informing potential interventions to prevent attacks. The study showed that young women are the main survivors who, having repelled advances by men, have acid thrown at […]

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 […]