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A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

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A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

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This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

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Bhutan: a review of its approach to sustainable development

01/04/2005

6 pages long

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The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has not only a unique national environment but provides researchers with an opportunity to observe effective development in a relatively uncomplicated and controlled system that is government-led rather than donor-driven. This paper reviews recent progress in Bhutan’s development and sees two inhibitors to this seemingly `ideal’ situation: first, internal tensions […]

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Using key informant monitoring in safe motherhood programming in Nepal

01/04/2005

14 pages long

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This article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve a sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services by addressing, among other things, constraints on access to such services. Data collected by community-based […]

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Using geographic information systems (gis) for gender and development

01/04/2005

7 pages long

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Using geographic information systems (gis) for gender and development

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This article discusses the burgeoning field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with a particular focus on the opportunities for its application as part of the international women and development agenda. We discuss recent theoretical developments in critical GIS and feminist theory which have created this opportunity, as well as the problems inherent in using GIS […]

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Attacking social exclusion: combining rehabilitative and preventive approaches to leprosy in Bangladesh

01/08/2005

9 pages long

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Based on primary research on the applicability of social exclusion frameworks to the experiences of people with leprosy in Bangladesh, this article compares two means of intervention: health education of society, and socio-economic rehabilitation of individual patients. These interventions commonly remain distinct, but it is concluded that only by integrating the two approaches can deep-seated […]

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Beyond PRA: experiments in facilitating local action in water management

01/08/2005

12 pages long

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As a tool both for research and for structuring community-level interaction, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is now well embedded in development practice. This paper, however, argues that in order to play an enabling role towards community action, facilitators need to offer much more than the traditional PRA approach. Based on work with groups of women […]

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Arms sales and development: making the critical connection

01/08/2005

7 pages long

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This Research Round-up summarises the findings of the 2004 Control Arms Report: Guns or Growth? Assessing the Impact of Arms Sales on Sustainable Development, published by Amnesty International, IANSA, and Oxfam International, in association with Ploughshares and Saferworld. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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What difference can they make? Assessing the social impact of corporate codes of practice

01/06/2005

7 pages long

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As retailers in the North increasingly adopt codes of practice containing social and/or environmental provisions in global supply chains, there is a need for rigorous assessment of their social impact. Moving beyond the rhetoric, it is important to establish the actual impact of such codes on poorer workers, their families, and other local stakeholders. This […]

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Managing ethical standards: When rhetoric meets reality

01/06/2005

10 pages long

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In the last two decades, the private sector has been placed under intensifying pressure to ensure it operates in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Companies have moved through various phases of response, starting with a ‘deny and defend’ position, moving to ‘paying penance’ through donations and philanthropy, and currently settling on risk management through […]

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Changes in the lives of the ultra poor: an exploratory study

01/02/2006

5 pages long

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This Research Roundup reports on the pilot phase of BRAC’s æChallenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor Programme’ (CFPR/TUP), which was initiated in three of the poorest districts of northern Bangladesh (Nilphamari, Rangpur, and Kurigram) in January 2002. The authors find a close link between the initial conditions of the programme participants and […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

Journal article

Bhutan: a review of its approach to sustainable development

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has not only a unique national environment but provides researchers with an opportunity to observe effective development in a relatively uncomplicated and controlled system that is government-led rather than donor-driven. This paper reviews recent progress in Bhutan’s development and sees two inhibitors to this seemingly `ideal’ situation: first, internal tensions […]

Journal article

Using key informant monitoring in safe motherhood programming in Nepal

01/04/2005

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve a sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services by addressing, among other things, constraints on access to such services. Data collected by community-based […]

Journal article

Using geographic information systems (gis) for gender and development

01/04/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using geographic information systems (gis) for gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the burgeoning field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with a particular focus on the opportunities for its application as part of the international women and development agenda. We discuss recent theoretical developments in critical GIS and feminist theory which have created this opportunity, as well as the problems inherent in using GIS […]

Journal article

Attacking social exclusion: combining rehabilitative and preventive approaches to leprosy in Bangladesh

01/08/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on primary research on the applicability of social exclusion frameworks to the experiences of people with leprosy in Bangladesh, this article compares two means of intervention: health education of society, and socio-economic rehabilitation of individual patients. These interventions commonly remain distinct, but it is concluded that only by integrating the two approaches can deep-seated […]

Journal article

Beyond PRA: experiments in facilitating local action in water management

01/08/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As a tool both for research and for structuring community-level interaction, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is now well embedded in development practice. This paper, however, argues that in order to play an enabling role towards community action, facilitators need to offer much more than the traditional PRA approach. Based on work with groups of women […]

Journal article

Arms sales and development: making the critical connection

01/08/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

This Research Round-up summarises the findings of the 2004 Control Arms Report: Guns or Growth? Assessing the Impact of Arms Sales on Sustainable Development, published by Amnesty International, IANSA, and Oxfam International, in association with Ploughshares and Saferworld. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

What difference can they make? Assessing the social impact of corporate codes of practice

01/06/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As retailers in the North increasingly adopt codes of practice containing social and/or environmental provisions in global supply chains, there is a need for rigorous assessment of their social impact. Moving beyond the rhetoric, it is important to establish the actual impact of such codes on poorer workers, their families, and other local stakeholders. This […]

Journal article

Managing ethical standards: When rhetoric meets reality

01/06/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the last two decades, the private sector has been placed under intensifying pressure to ensure it operates in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Companies have moved through various phases of response, starting with a ‘deny and defend’ position, moving to ‘paying penance’ through donations and philanthropy, and currently settling on risk management through […]

Journal article

Changes in the lives of the ultra poor: an exploratory study

01/02/2006

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Research Roundup reports on the pilot phase of BRAC’s æChallenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor Programme’ (CFPR/TUP), which was initiated in three of the poorest districts of northern Bangladesh (Nilphamari, Rangpur, and Kurigram) in January 2002. The authors find a close link between the initial conditions of the programme participants and […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

01/02/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

A multidisciplinary NGO: the interface of home economics with gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This paper analyses the trends and major themes in the fields of home economics (HE) and gender and development (GAD) focusing on different regions of the world and on change over the course of recent history. The interface of these two fields of education and practice are encompassed by the work of an NGO, the […]

Journal article

Bhutan: a review of its approach to sustainable development

01/04/2005

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The Royal Kingdom of Bhutan has not only a unique national environment but provides researchers with an opportunity to observe effective development in a relatively uncomplicated and controlled system that is government-led rather than donor-driven. This paper reviews recent progress in Bhutan’s development and sees two inhibitors to this seemingly `ideal’ situation: first, internal tensions […]

Journal article

Using key informant monitoring in safe motherhood programming in Nepal

01/04/2005

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the methodology and application of the Key Informant Monitoring (KIM) tool as used by the Nepal Safer Motherhood Project (NSMP). NSMP aims to achieve a sustained increase in the uptake of midwifery and essential obstetric care services by addressing, among other things, constraints on access to such services. Data collected by community-based […]

Journal article

Using geographic information systems (gis) for gender and development

01/04/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Using geographic information systems (gis) for gender and development

Keywords

Overview

This article discusses the burgeoning field of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), with a particular focus on the opportunities for its application as part of the international women and development agenda. We discuss recent theoretical developments in critical GIS and feminist theory which have created this opportunity, as well as the problems inherent in using GIS […]

Journal article

Attacking social exclusion: combining rehabilitative and preventive approaches to leprosy in Bangladesh

01/08/2005

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Based on primary research on the applicability of social exclusion frameworks to the experiences of people with leprosy in Bangladesh, this article compares two means of intervention: health education of society, and socio-economic rehabilitation of individual patients. These interventions commonly remain distinct, but it is concluded that only by integrating the two approaches can deep-seated […]

Journal article

Beyond PRA: experiments in facilitating local action in water management

01/08/2005

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As a tool both for research and for structuring community-level interaction, Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is now well embedded in development practice. This paper, however, argues that in order to play an enabling role towards community action, facilitators need to offer much more than the traditional PRA approach. Based on work with groups of women […]

Journal article

Arms sales and development: making the critical connection

01/08/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Research Round-up summarises the findings of the 2004 Control Arms Report: Guns or Growth? Assessing the Impact of Arms Sales on Sustainable Development, published by Amnesty International, IANSA, and Oxfam International, in association with Ploughshares and Saferworld. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

Journal article

What difference can they make? Assessing the social impact of corporate codes of practice

01/06/2005

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

As retailers in the North increasingly adopt codes of practice containing social and/or environmental provisions in global supply chains, there is a need for rigorous assessment of their social impact. Moving beyond the rhetoric, it is important to establish the actual impact of such codes on poorer workers, their families, and other local stakeholders. This […]

Journal article

Managing ethical standards: When rhetoric meets reality

01/06/2005

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

In the last two decades, the private sector has been placed under intensifying pressure to ensure it operates in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. Companies have moved through various phases of response, starting with a ‘deny and defend’ position, moving to ‘paying penance’ through donations and philanthropy, and currently settling on risk management through […]

Journal article

Changes in the lives of the ultra poor: an exploratory study

01/02/2006

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This Research Roundup reports on the pilot phase of BRAC’s æChallenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction/Targeting the Ultra Poor Programme’ (CFPR/TUP), which was initiated in three of the poorest districts of northern Bangladesh (Nilphamari, Rangpur, and Kurigram) in January 2002. The authors find a close link between the initial conditions of the programme participants and […]