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Civil society and reconciliation in Southern Africa

01/06/2007

16 pages long

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This article presents some of the key findings of the Southern African Reconciliation Project (SARP). The SARP was a collaborative research project involving five Southern African NGOs in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It examined how the concept of reconciliation was understood in political and community contexts in Southern Africa and investigated the […]

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Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC’s Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh

01/06/2007

13 pages long

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Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC’s Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh

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This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive livelihood support and productive assets to the extreme poor. Based on field research in the rural north-west, the […]

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Community-managed rice banks: lessons from Laos

01/06/2007

9 pages long

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Rice banks are increasingly used in South-East Asia as a means of addressing seasonal food crises facing poor communities. Despite general agreement about the effectiveness of community-managed rice banks in improving food security, there has been almost no research into their effectiveness in reaching the poorest, or the prospects of sustainability linked to regular repayments […]

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The Capacity-building Paradox: using friendship to build capacity in the South

01/06/2007

14 pages long

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This article proposes a theoretical framework, the Capacity-building Paradox, which defines individual relationship work as the basis for capacity building. It explains why capacity building has hitherto been largely unsuccessful. ‘Relationship work’ is central to the functions of practitioners. It consists of both ‘dependent work’ and ‘friendship work’, the latter synonymous with capacity building. To […]

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Development, racism, and discrimination in the Dominican Republic

01/11/2007

13 pages long

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From an analysis of recent empirical research in the Dominican Republic, this article addresses the ways in which racism underpins elements of governance, and explores organisational and individual responses to racialised discrimination initiated by the state. The context is timely, given the steady rise in reported racist and violent attacks against people presumed to be […]

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Resistance as creation: a new sociability in Argentina

01/11/2007

9 pages long

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While everyday forms of resistance are not new in Argentina, the spontaneity that characterised the insurrection on 19 and 20 December 2001 was unprecedented. It showed how the absence of leadership, co-ordination, and promise might open the doors to powerful forms of mobilisation and radical practices in direct democracy. The author suggests that in challenging […]

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Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

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HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

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NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

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Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

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Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?

01/03/2008

11 pages long

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This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, a series of papers have been published that are critical of such participatory methods, arguing particularly that they […]

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Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi

01/06/2008

8 pages long

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This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 14 of the 32 sites in the programme. The findings pointed to a mix of intrinsic motivations, namely a deep concern for […]

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Journal article

Civil society and reconciliation in Southern Africa

01/06/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents some of the key findings of the Southern African Reconciliation Project (SARP). The SARP was a collaborative research project involving five Southern African NGOs in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It examined how the concept of reconciliation was understood in political and community contexts in Southern Africa and investigated the […]

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Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC’s Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh

01/06/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC’s Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive livelihood support and productive assets to the extreme poor. Based on field research in the rural north-west, the […]

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Community-managed rice banks: lessons from Laos

01/06/2007

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Rice banks are increasingly used in South-East Asia as a means of addressing seasonal food crises facing poor communities. Despite general agreement about the effectiveness of community-managed rice banks in improving food security, there has been almost no research into their effectiveness in reaching the poorest, or the prospects of sustainability linked to regular repayments […]

Journal article

The Capacity-building Paradox: using friendship to build capacity in the South

01/06/2007

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article proposes a theoretical framework, the Capacity-building Paradox, which defines individual relationship work as the basis for capacity building. It explains why capacity building has hitherto been largely unsuccessful. ‘Relationship work’ is central to the functions of practitioners. It consists of both ‘dependent work’ and ‘friendship work’, the latter synonymous with capacity building. To […]

Journal article

Development, racism, and discrimination in the Dominican Republic

01/11/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

From an analysis of recent empirical research in the Dominican Republic, this article addresses the ways in which racism underpins elements of governance, and explores organisational and individual responses to racialised discrimination initiated by the state. The context is timely, given the steady rise in reported racist and violent attacks against people presumed to be […]

Journal article

Resistance as creation: a new sociability in Argentina

01/11/2007

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While everyday forms of resistance are not new in Argentina, the spontaneity that characterised the insurrection on 19 and 20 December 2001 was unprecedented. It showed how the absence of leadership, co-ordination, and promise might open the doors to powerful forms of mobilisation and radical practices in direct democracy. The author suggests that in challenging […]

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Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

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NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

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Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

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Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, a series of papers have been published that are critical of such participatory methods, arguing particularly that they […]

Journal article

Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 14 of the 32 sites in the programme. The findings pointed to a mix of intrinsic motivations, namely a deep concern for […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Civil society and reconciliation in Southern Africa

01/06/2007

16 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents some of the key findings of the Southern African Reconciliation Project (SARP). The SARP was a collaborative research project involving five Southern African NGOs in Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe. It examined how the concept of reconciliation was understood in political and community contexts in Southern Africa and investigated the […]

Journal article

Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC’s Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh

01/06/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC’s Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh

Keywords

Overview

This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive livelihood support and productive assets to the extreme poor. Based on field research in the rural north-west, the […]

Journal article

Community-managed rice banks: lessons from Laos

01/06/2007

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Rice banks are increasingly used in South-East Asia as a means of addressing seasonal food crises facing poor communities. Despite general agreement about the effectiveness of community-managed rice banks in improving food security, there has been almost no research into their effectiveness in reaching the poorest, or the prospects of sustainability linked to regular repayments […]

Journal article

The Capacity-building Paradox: using friendship to build capacity in the South

01/06/2007

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article proposes a theoretical framework, the Capacity-building Paradox, which defines individual relationship work as the basis for capacity building. It explains why capacity building has hitherto been largely unsuccessful. ‘Relationship work’ is central to the functions of practitioners. It consists of both ‘dependent work’ and ‘friendship work’, the latter synonymous with capacity building. To […]

Journal article

Development, racism, and discrimination in the Dominican Republic

01/11/2007

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

From an analysis of recent empirical research in the Dominican Republic, this article addresses the ways in which racism underpins elements of governance, and explores organisational and individual responses to racialised discrimination initiated by the state. The context is timely, given the steady rise in reported racist and violent attacks against people presumed to be […]

Journal article

Resistance as creation: a new sociability in Argentina

01/11/2007

9 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While everyday forms of resistance are not new in Argentina, the spontaneity that characterised the insurrection on 19 and 20 December 2001 was unprecedented. It showed how the absence of leadership, co-ordination, and promise might open the doors to powerful forms of mobilisation and radical practices in direct democracy. The author suggests that in challenging […]

Journal article

Counting the costs of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations

01/03/2008

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory research in Malawi. Respondents perceived that overall performance in the four CSOs studied declined by […]

Journal article

NGO-government partnerships for scaling up: sexuality education in Mexico

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in developing countries need effective programmes to advance public policies and improve social welfare. NGOs often have well-tested programmes and research outcomes that are relevant to such needs, yet the scaling up of pilot programmes to national level is difficult to achieve and frequently unsuccessful. This article presents a case of successful scaling up […]

Journal article

Community sustainable-development indicators: a useful participatory technique or another dead end?

01/03/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article undertakes a critical re-evaluation of a DFID-funded project in South Africa which ran between 1998 and 2001. The evaluation sought to test whether the development of community-led indicators would improve governance. Since the project ended, a series of papers have been published that are critical of such participatory methods, arguing particularly that they […]

Journal article

Factors and motivations contributing to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article reports on a study to explore the factors and motivations that contribute to community volunteers’ participation in a nursery feeding project in Malawi. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with community volunteers in 14 of the 32 sites in the programme. The findings pointed to a mix of intrinsic motivations, namely a deep concern for […]