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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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Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment

01/06/2008

8 pages long

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The world is at a critical point as humanity contemplates how its own activity is contributing to changes in the earth and atmosphere. Formidable challenges require raising fundamental questions and learning from unlikely sources. Drawing on field research conducted on the Zambian Copperbelt, this article explores how public conversations concerning differing views of reality can […]

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(Re-)building governance in post-conflict Africa: the role of the state and informal institutions

01/06/2008

7 pages long

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Development methods

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Post-conflict governance is an increasingly important aspect of foreign development assistance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the weakening and disintegration of the state undermine sustainable human development. A major challenge in post-conflict rebuilding in SSA concerns the incorporation of sub national non-state structures and informal institutions into the post-conflict governance apparatus. In order to tackle […]

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Could cognitive theory enhance development practice?

01/06/2008

6 pages long

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Development brings about changes in people’s lives and their ways of understanding and dealing with their world. It is possible to distinguish between two types of development intervention: (a) improvements in the external situation, chiefly through the provision of public goods; and (b) strengthening people’s inner capacities, an endeavour which depends on cognitive processes. The […]

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Mediators or partners? Practitioner perspectives on partnership

01/11/2008

11 pages long

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Partnership has become a key word in the jargon of international development. This article presents the results of research into the perspectives of Cambodian and Filipino NGO workers on their funding relationships. Largely confirming the negative literature about partnership, practitioners generally expressed a view that their relationships with funders are not consistent with the rhetoric […]

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Trade liberalisation, rural poverty, and the environment: global discussions and local cases

01/11/2008

11 pages long

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Much has been researched and said about the impacts of international trade liberalisation at the country level; but little is known about its social and environmental local-level impacts. Since national averages can mask the existence of winners and losers, national-level studies may be a poor guide to addressing the plight of the rural poor and […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

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

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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 […]

Journal article

Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The world is at a critical point as humanity contemplates how its own activity is contributing to changes in the earth and atmosphere. Formidable challenges require raising fundamental questions and learning from unlikely sources. Drawing on field research conducted on the Zambian Copperbelt, this article explores how public conversations concerning differing views of reality can […]

Journal article

(Re-)building governance in post-conflict Africa: the role of the state and informal institutions

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Post-conflict governance is an increasingly important aspect of foreign development assistance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the weakening and disintegration of the state undermine sustainable human development. A major challenge in post-conflict rebuilding in SSA concerns the incorporation of sub national non-state structures and informal institutions into the post-conflict governance apparatus. In order to tackle […]

Journal article

Could cognitive theory enhance development practice?

01/06/2008

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Development brings about changes in people’s lives and their ways of understanding and dealing with their world. It is possible to distinguish between two types of development intervention: (a) improvements in the external situation, chiefly through the provision of public goods; and (b) strengthening people’s inner capacities, an endeavour which depends on cognitive processes. The […]

Journal article

Mediators or partners? Practitioner perspectives on partnership

01/11/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Partnership has become a key word in the jargon of international development. This article presents the results of research into the perspectives of Cambodian and Filipino NGO workers on their funding relationships. Largely confirming the negative literature about partnership, practitioners generally expressed a view that their relationships with funders are not consistent with the rhetoric […]

Journal article

Trade liberalisation, rural poverty, and the environment: global discussions and local cases

01/11/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Much has been researched and said about the impacts of international trade liberalisation at the country level; but little is known about its social and environmental local-level impacts. Since national averages can mask the existence of winners and losers, national-level studies may be a poor guide to addressing the plight of the rural poor and […]

Showing 456 matching results from Policy & Practice

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 […]

Journal article

Insights from Zambian miners for rethinking development policy and the environment

01/06/2008

8 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The world is at a critical point as humanity contemplates how its own activity is contributing to changes in the earth and atmosphere. Formidable challenges require raising fundamental questions and learning from unlikely sources. Drawing on field research conducted on the Zambian Copperbelt, this article explores how public conversations concerning differing views of reality can […]

Journal article

(Re-)building governance in post-conflict Africa: the role of the state and informal institutions

01/06/2008

7 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Development methods

Overview

Post-conflict governance is an increasingly important aspect of foreign development assistance in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the weakening and disintegration of the state undermine sustainable human development. A major challenge in post-conflict rebuilding in SSA concerns the incorporation of sub national non-state structures and informal institutions into the post-conflict governance apparatus. In order to tackle […]

Journal article

Could cognitive theory enhance development practice?

01/06/2008

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Development brings about changes in people’s lives and their ways of understanding and dealing with their world. It is possible to distinguish between two types of development intervention: (a) improvements in the external situation, chiefly through the provision of public goods; and (b) strengthening people’s inner capacities, an endeavour which depends on cognitive processes. The […]

Journal article

Mediators or partners? Practitioner perspectives on partnership

01/11/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Partnership has become a key word in the jargon of international development. This article presents the results of research into the perspectives of Cambodian and Filipino NGO workers on their funding relationships. Largely confirming the negative literature about partnership, practitioners generally expressed a view that their relationships with funders are not consistent with the rhetoric […]

Journal article

Trade liberalisation, rural poverty, and the environment: global discussions and local cases

01/11/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Much has been researched and said about the impacts of international trade liberalisation at the country level; but little is known about its social and environmental local-level impacts. Since national averages can mask the existence of winners and losers, national-level studies may be a poor guide to addressing the plight of the rural poor and […]