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Participatory content creation: voice, communication, and development

01/06/2009

12 pages long

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This article uses the example of a mobile mixed-media platform – a converted three-wheeled auto-rickshaw – in Sri Lanka in order to explore whether and how content-creation activities can enable marginalised communities to have a voice. It draws upon research into participatory content-creation activities conducted in 15 locations across India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. […]

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Giving voice: instigating debate on issues of citizenship, participation, and accountability

01/06/2009

10 pages long

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While there is a near unanimity on the need for participation, there is as yet no such agreement on the type and degree of participation to be adopted in projects. One thing that has never been doubted is the fact that local people have not been accorded their rightful recognition and respect by most intervention […]

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Women and globalisation: challenges and opportunities facing construction workers in contemporary India

01/02/2010

14 pages long

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Women and globalisation: challenges and opportunities facing construction workers in contemporary India

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This article identifies the opportunities and constraints faced by female construction workers in urban India, citing empirical research conducted in the city of Ahmedabad. The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) conducted three surveys in 1998, 2003, and 2007 to learn more about the needs and priorities of construction workers in the context of economic globalisation. While […]

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What has the World Development Report 2008 to say about Indian agriculture?

01/02/2010

7 pages long

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It has been two years since the World Bank launched its World Development Report (WDR) 2008. The Report made a number of observations, based on research papers and reports contributed by various economists and scholars. This review essay assesses the prospects and problems associated with Indian agriculture in the light of the Report. This article […]

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Listening to the rice grow’: the local–expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

01/02/2010

14 pages long

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Generally speaking, NGO studies have focused their attention on the organisational unit and its role in shaping development outcomes. With few exceptions, the analysis of development partnerships, in which NGOs play a crucial role, has largely been confined to examination of ‘donors’ and ‘receivers’ and not the dynamics within organisational settings. This article is concerned […]

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Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

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Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

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Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

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ICTs and decision making: findings from the Poverty Assessor

01/04/2010

10 pages long

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Pro-poor decision making depends on an understanding of the complexities and inter-relationships between household livelihood, demographic, and economic factors. This article describes the design and implementation of the Poverty Assessor, a software programme to assist practitioners, policy makers, and researchers in visualising the direct impacts on poverty of specific livelihood factors and events among populations […]

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Analysing wellbeing: a framework for development practice

01/04/2010

15 pages long

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This article presents a framework for analysing wellbeing in development practice, drawing on the work of the Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group (WeD). Wellbeing is viewed as a social process with material, relational, and subjective dimensions. Wellbeing may be assessed at individual and collective levels, but at base is something that happens in relationship […]

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Evaluating competitiveness impacts of regulatory reforms in the Brazilian cashew industry

01/08/2010

14 pages long

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This work evaluates regulatory impacts on the Brazilian cashew industry through the pilot use of CIBER, a value-chain-based approach, to identify and measure regulatory constraints and to enact regulatory reforms in donor-funded development projects. Drawing from secondary sources complemented by primary field research, all the CIBER-suggested steps are followed. The results reveal that tax and […]

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Qualitative methods for assessing conditional cash-transfer programmes: the case of Panama

01/08/2010

12 pages long

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Governments in Latin America and elsewhere have implemented conditional cash-transfer programmes to improve standards of living in populations defined as vulnerable and excluded from the benefits of development, in order to improve access to education and health services, and to improve human capital. Qualitative research conducted among three indigenous groups in Panama provides lessons for […]

Showing 461 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Participatory content creation: voice, communication, and development

01/06/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article uses the example of a mobile mixed-media platform – a converted three-wheeled auto-rickshaw – in Sri Lanka in order to explore whether and how content-creation activities can enable marginalised communities to have a voice. It draws upon research into participatory content-creation activities conducted in 15 locations across India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Giving voice: instigating debate on issues of citizenship, participation, and accountability

01/06/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While there is a near unanimity on the need for participation, there is as yet no such agreement on the type and degree of participation to be adopted in projects. One thing that has never been doubted is the fact that local people have not been accorded their rightful recognition and respect by most intervention […]

Journal article

Women and globalisation: challenges and opportunities facing construction workers in contemporary India

01/02/2010

14 pages long

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Women and globalisation: challenges and opportunities facing construction workers in contemporary India

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Overview

This article identifies the opportunities and constraints faced by female construction workers in urban India, citing empirical research conducted in the city of Ahmedabad. The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) conducted three surveys in 1998, 2003, and 2007 to learn more about the needs and priorities of construction workers in the context of economic globalisation. While […]

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What has the World Development Report 2008 to say about Indian agriculture?

01/02/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It has been two years since the World Bank launched its World Development Report (WDR) 2008. The Report made a number of observations, based on research papers and reports contributed by various economists and scholars. This review essay assesses the prospects and problems associated with Indian agriculture in the light of the Report. This article […]

Journal article

Listening to the rice grow’: the local–expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

01/02/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Generally speaking, NGO studies have focused their attention on the organisational unit and its role in shaping development outcomes. With few exceptions, the analysis of development partnerships, in which NGOs play a crucial role, has largely been confined to examination of ‘donors’ and ‘receivers’ and not the dynamics within organisational settings. This article is concerned […]

Journal article

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

ICTs and decision making: findings from the Poverty Assessor

01/04/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Pro-poor decision making depends on an understanding of the complexities and inter-relationships between household livelihood, demographic, and economic factors. This article describes the design and implementation of the Poverty Assessor, a software programme to assist practitioners, policy makers, and researchers in visualising the direct impacts on poverty of specific livelihood factors and events among populations […]

Journal article

Analysing wellbeing: a framework for development practice

01/04/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents a framework for analysing wellbeing in development practice, drawing on the work of the Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group (WeD). Wellbeing is viewed as a social process with material, relational, and subjective dimensions. Wellbeing may be assessed at individual and collective levels, but at base is something that happens in relationship […]

Journal article

Evaluating competitiveness impacts of regulatory reforms in the Brazilian cashew industry

01/08/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This work evaluates regulatory impacts on the Brazilian cashew industry through the pilot use of CIBER, a value-chain-based approach, to identify and measure regulatory constraints and to enact regulatory reforms in donor-funded development projects. Drawing from secondary sources complemented by primary field research, all the CIBER-suggested steps are followed. The results reveal that tax and […]

Journal article

Qualitative methods for assessing conditional cash-transfer programmes: the case of Panama

01/08/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in Latin America and elsewhere have implemented conditional cash-transfer programmes to improve standards of living in populations defined as vulnerable and excluded from the benefits of development, in order to improve access to education and health services, and to improve human capital. Qualitative research conducted among three indigenous groups in Panama provides lessons for […]

Showing 461 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

Participatory content creation: voice, communication, and development

01/06/2009

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article uses the example of a mobile mixed-media platform – a converted three-wheeled auto-rickshaw – in Sri Lanka in order to explore whether and how content-creation activities can enable marginalised communities to have a voice. It draws upon research into participatory content-creation activities conducted in 15 locations across India, Indonesia, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. […]

Journal article

Giving voice: instigating debate on issues of citizenship, participation, and accountability

01/06/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

While there is a near unanimity on the need for participation, there is as yet no such agreement on the type and degree of participation to be adopted in projects. One thing that has never been doubted is the fact that local people have not been accorded their rightful recognition and respect by most intervention […]

Journal article

Women and globalisation: challenges and opportunities facing construction workers in contemporary India

01/02/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and globalisation: challenges and opportunities facing construction workers in contemporary India

Keywords

Overview

This article identifies the opportunities and constraints faced by female construction workers in urban India, citing empirical research conducted in the city of Ahmedabad. The Self-Employed Women’s Association (SEWA) conducted three surveys in 1998, 2003, and 2007 to learn more about the needs and priorities of construction workers in the context of economic globalisation. While […]

Journal article

What has the World Development Report 2008 to say about Indian agriculture?

01/02/2010

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It has been two years since the World Bank launched its World Development Report (WDR) 2008. The Report made a number of observations, based on research papers and reports contributed by various economists and scholars. This review essay assesses the prospects and problems associated with Indian agriculture in the light of the Report. This article […]

Journal article

Listening to the rice grow’: the local–expat interface in Lao-based international NGOs

01/02/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Generally speaking, NGO studies have focused their attention on the organisational unit and its role in shaping development outcomes. With few exceptions, the analysis of development partnerships, in which NGOs play a crucial role, has largely been confined to examination of ‘donors’ and ‘receivers’ and not the dynamics within organisational settings. This article is concerned […]

Journal article

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

01/02/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Combining sanitation and women’s participation in water supply: an example from Rajasthan

Keywords

Overview

Water supply and sanitation provision are key elements in progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Women’s participation is considered integral to the sustainability of the projects created to meet these two MDGs. Bringing feminist and geographic critiques to bear on gendered approaches to improving sanitation coverage, the research reported on in this article indicates […]

Journal article

ICTs and decision making: findings from the Poverty Assessor

01/04/2010

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Pro-poor decision making depends on an understanding of the complexities and inter-relationships between household livelihood, demographic, and economic factors. This article describes the design and implementation of the Poverty Assessor, a software programme to assist practitioners, policy makers, and researchers in visualising the direct impacts on poverty of specific livelihood factors and events among populations […]

Journal article

Analysing wellbeing: a framework for development practice

01/04/2010

15 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article presents a framework for analysing wellbeing in development practice, drawing on the work of the Wellbeing in Developing Countries Research Group (WeD). Wellbeing is viewed as a social process with material, relational, and subjective dimensions. Wellbeing may be assessed at individual and collective levels, but at base is something that happens in relationship […]

Journal article

Evaluating competitiveness impacts of regulatory reforms in the Brazilian cashew industry

01/08/2010

14 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This work evaluates regulatory impacts on the Brazilian cashew industry through the pilot use of CIBER, a value-chain-based approach, to identify and measure regulatory constraints and to enact regulatory reforms in donor-funded development projects. Drawing from secondary sources complemented by primary field research, all the CIBER-suggested steps are followed. The results reveal that tax and […]

Journal article

Qualitative methods for assessing conditional cash-transfer programmes: the case of Panama

01/08/2010

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Governments in Latin America and elsewhere have implemented conditional cash-transfer programmes to improve standards of living in populations defined as vulnerable and excluded from the benefits of development, in order to improve access to education and health services, and to improve human capital. Qualitative research conducted among three indigenous groups in Panama provides lessons for […]