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What could Development Studies be?

01/11/2008

11 pages long

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Over the past 10-15 years there has been an expansion of interest in the subject of Development Studies (DS). There are now significantly more taught courses focused on DS, and research funds are booming. However, over the same period, DS has faced sustained critiques about its essential nature. This has led us to ask: what […]

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Making poverty mapping and monitoring participatory

01/08/2008

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The real experts on poverty are poor people, yet the incidence and trends in poverty are usually measured by the use of official economic indicators assumed by researchers to be relevant. Poor householders themselves distinguish between subsistence and cash income. In a ‘self-assessed poverty’ exercise, poor villagers in rural China specified and weighted key poverty […]

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No more adoption rates! Looking for empowerment in agricultural development programmes

01/08/2008

14 pages long

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The debate on empowerment encompasses an older discourse about the intrinsic value of empowerment, and a newer discourse about the instrumental benefits of empowerment; the concept of agency is useful in understanding this distinction. In agricultural development, empowerment efforts are often instrumentalist, viewed as an advanced form of participation that will improve project effectiveness, with […]

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Impact assessment of farmer institutional development and agricultural change: Soroti district, Uganda

01/08/2008

17 pages long

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This article is based on participatory development research conducted in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim of assessing the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument is that a combination of farmer empowerment and innovation through experiential learning in farmer field school (FFS) groups, changes in the opportunity structure through transformation […]

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Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities

01/08/2008

7 pages long

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Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities

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Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-value markets. We argue that risk-based approaches – current best practice for managing food safety in developed countries – […]

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Learning from experience in urban programming: the case of the SHAHAR project in Bangladesh

01/03/2009

13 pages long

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The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author’s involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key […]

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More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

01/03/2009

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More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

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This article reports on research into the impacts of micro-finance on gender roles, the extent to which socio-cultural factors influence these changes, and how such changes affect the well-being of rural Bogoso households in the Wassa West District of Ghana. Findings indicated that micro-finance has changed men’s and women’s control over decisions and resource allocations, […]

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Lessons from selected development policies and practices

01/05/2009

5 pages long

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This article identifies lessons learned from field research and related analysis, to address three fundamental aspects of development that are often overlooked: culture and governance, inclusive development, and market-based approaches. All three cases address issues of poverty and inequality. In addition, the critical role of institutions in governance and development is also highlighted. Finally, by […]

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The emergence of a fourth pillar in development aid

01/09/2009

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Development co-operation has traditionally been the playing field of governments, multilateral institutions, and established development NGOs. In the past decade, however, other actors in Northern countries (such as businesses, migrants’ organisations, professional groups, and schools) have shown active interest in development-related activities. Although they do not belong to the epistemic community of development specialists and […]

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Probiotics in Tanzania: a multi-partner development project

01/09/2009

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This article critically examines an HIV/AIDS development and research project in Mwanza, Tanzania. A group of women produce a type of probiotic yoghurt that has provided evidence of lowering the incidence of HIV infection. The yoghurt is consumed by the women, their family members, and local citizens living with HIV/AIDS; surplus is sold within the […]

Showing 461 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

What could Development Studies be?

01/11/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Over the past 10-15 years there has been an expansion of interest in the subject of Development Studies (DS). There are now significantly more taught courses focused on DS, and research funds are booming. However, over the same period, DS has faced sustained critiques about its essential nature. This has led us to ask: what […]

Journal article

Making poverty mapping and monitoring participatory

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The real experts on poverty are poor people, yet the incidence and trends in poverty are usually measured by the use of official economic indicators assumed by researchers to be relevant. Poor householders themselves distinguish between subsistence and cash income. In a ‘self-assessed poverty’ exercise, poor villagers in rural China specified and weighted key poverty […]

Journal article

No more adoption rates! Looking for empowerment in agricultural development programmes

01/08/2008

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The debate on empowerment encompasses an older discourse about the intrinsic value of empowerment, and a newer discourse about the instrumental benefits of empowerment; the concept of agency is useful in understanding this distinction. In agricultural development, empowerment efforts are often instrumentalist, viewed as an advanced form of participation that will improve project effectiveness, with […]

Journal article

Impact assessment of farmer institutional development and agricultural change: Soroti district, Uganda

01/08/2008

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on participatory development research conducted in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim of assessing the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument is that a combination of farmer empowerment and innovation through experiential learning in farmer field school (FFS) groups, changes in the opportunity structure through transformation […]

Journal article

Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities

01/08/2008

7 pages long

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Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities

Keywords

Overview

Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-value markets. We argue that risk-based approaches – current best practice for managing food safety in developed countries – […]

Journal article

Learning from experience in urban programming: the case of the SHAHAR project in Bangladesh

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author’s involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key […]

Journal article

More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

01/03/2009

13 pages long

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More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on research into the impacts of micro-finance on gender roles, the extent to which socio-cultural factors influence these changes, and how such changes affect the well-being of rural Bogoso households in the Wassa West District of Ghana. Findings indicated that micro-finance has changed men’s and women’s control over decisions and resource allocations, […]

Journal article

Lessons from selected development policies and practices

01/05/2009

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article identifies lessons learned from field research and related analysis, to address three fundamental aspects of development that are often overlooked: culture and governance, inclusive development, and market-based approaches. All three cases address issues of poverty and inequality. In addition, the critical role of institutions in governance and development is also highlighted. Finally, by […]

Journal article

The emergence of a fourth pillar in development aid

01/09/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Development co-operation has traditionally been the playing field of governments, multilateral institutions, and established development NGOs. In the past decade, however, other actors in Northern countries (such as businesses, migrants’ organisations, professional groups, and schools) have shown active interest in development-related activities. Although they do not belong to the epistemic community of development specialists and […]

Journal article

Probiotics in Tanzania: a multi-partner development project

01/09/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article critically examines an HIV/AIDS development and research project in Mwanza, Tanzania. A group of women produce a type of probiotic yoghurt that has provided evidence of lowering the incidence of HIV infection. The yoghurt is consumed by the women, their family members, and local citizens living with HIV/AIDS; surplus is sold within the […]

Showing 461 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

What could Development Studies be?

01/11/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Over the past 10-15 years there has been an expansion of interest in the subject of Development Studies (DS). There are now significantly more taught courses focused on DS, and research funds are booming. However, over the same period, DS has faced sustained critiques about its essential nature. This has led us to ask: what […]

Journal article

Making poverty mapping and monitoring participatory

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The real experts on poverty are poor people, yet the incidence and trends in poverty are usually measured by the use of official economic indicators assumed by researchers to be relevant. Poor householders themselves distinguish between subsistence and cash income. In a ‘self-assessed poverty’ exercise, poor villagers in rural China specified and weighted key poverty […]

Journal article

No more adoption rates! Looking for empowerment in agricultural development programmes

01/08/2008

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The debate on empowerment encompasses an older discourse about the intrinsic value of empowerment, and a newer discourse about the instrumental benefits of empowerment; the concept of agency is useful in understanding this distinction. In agricultural development, empowerment efforts are often instrumentalist, viewed as an advanced form of participation that will improve project effectiveness, with […]

Journal article

Impact assessment of farmer institutional development and agricultural change: Soroti district, Uganda

01/08/2008

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article is based on participatory development research conducted in Soroti district of Uganda with the aim of assessing the impact of agricultural development among poor farmers. The central argument is that a combination of farmer empowerment and innovation through experiential learning in farmer field school (FFS) groups, changes in the opportunity structure through transformation […]

Journal article

Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities

01/08/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities

Keywords

Overview

Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-value markets. We argue that risk-based approaches – current best practice for managing food safety in developed countries – […]

Journal article

Learning from experience in urban programming: the case of the SHAHAR project in Bangladesh

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The article offers a reflective analysis of various problems encountered and lessons learned in implementing a programme to improve the livelihood security of the urban poor in secondary cities of Bangladesh. The study is based on the author’s involvement as an external action-research partner, and a review of relevant secondary literature. A number of key […]

Journal article

More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

01/03/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

More money, new household cultural dynamics: women in micro-finance in Ghana

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on research into the impacts of micro-finance on gender roles, the extent to which socio-cultural factors influence these changes, and how such changes affect the well-being of rural Bogoso households in the Wassa West District of Ghana. Findings indicated that micro-finance has changed men’s and women’s control over decisions and resource allocations, […]

Journal article

Lessons from selected development policies and practices

01/05/2009

5 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article identifies lessons learned from field research and related analysis, to address three fundamental aspects of development that are often overlooked: culture and governance, inclusive development, and market-based approaches. All three cases address issues of poverty and inequality. In addition, the critical role of institutions in governance and development is also highlighted. Finally, by […]

Journal article

The emergence of a fourth pillar in development aid

01/09/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Development co-operation has traditionally been the playing field of governments, multilateral institutions, and established development NGOs. In the past decade, however, other actors in Northern countries (such as businesses, migrants’ organisations, professional groups, and schools) have shown active interest in development-related activities. Although they do not belong to the epistemic community of development specialists and […]

Journal article

Probiotics in Tanzania: a multi-partner development project

01/09/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article critically examines an HIV/AIDS development and research project in Mwanza, Tanzania. A group of women produce a type of probiotic yoghurt that has provided evidence of lowering the incidence of HIV infection. The yoghurt is consumed by the women, their family members, and local citizens living with HIV/AIDS; surplus is sold within the […]