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African scholars and African Studies

01/11/2006

12 pages long

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This article focuses on the development of African Studies, principally in post-1945 Europe and North America, and its counterpart in post-independence Africa. African Studies enjoys an increasingly close connection with bilateral and multilateral development co-operation, providing research and researchers (along with their own conceptual frameworks and concerns) to assist in defining and providing direction for […]

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Meeting the challenges to scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa

01/04/2007

12 pages long

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AIDS-related morbidity and mortality not only affects individuals and their families, but is rapidly undermining African states’ capacity to develop. Stemming the impacts of the pandemic has therefore become a major concern. This calls for meeting the needs for care and support of those affected, and increasing the access of persons living with HIV/AIDS to […]

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Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations

01/08/2007

6 pages long

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Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations

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This article reflects on the vocabulary commonly used within development organisations to communicate about ‘gender and development’. It argues that the relevant terminology, though frequently used, remains problematic. Some terms are almost entirely absent, while others are used loosely and inappropriately – with the subtleties of carefully developed and much-debated concepts often lost. Terms such […]

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Reaching the Millennium Development Goals: equality and justice as well as results

01/06/2008

3 pages long

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Though less than expected, resources are available for simple, cheap interventions that can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. Results-based management has been the key to increasing access to education and health care, but it does little to change the political, social, and economic conditions that make people poor. Unless there is a better […]

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Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

01/08/2008

11 pages long

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The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective. There is, however, no certainty that this approach, which has been mainly project-based, will succeed in transforming agricultural research in developing countries […]

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Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

01/05/2009

10 pages long

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Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

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This article examines the impact of NGO professionalisation on the recruitment of NGO staff. Based on an in-depth survey of employees in 20 advocacy NGOs in Jordan, it demonstrates the gendered impact of professionalisation. The majority of NGO employees are highly educated women, often Western-educated, who work in NGOs primarily for career opportunities and because […]

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Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation

01/05/2009

11 pages long

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An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in […]

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Mobile phones and community development: a contact zone between media and citizenship

01/06/2009

13 pages long

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Mobile phones have already been used widely around the world for activism, social and economic development, and new cultural and communicative forms. Despite this widespread use of mobile phones, they remain a relatively un-theorised and un-discussed phenomenon in community and citizen’s media. This paper considers how mobile phones have been taken up by citizens to […]

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How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

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It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

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Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

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Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

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Journal article

African scholars and African Studies

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the development of African Studies, principally in post-1945 Europe and North America, and its counterpart in post-independence Africa. African Studies enjoys an increasingly close connection with bilateral and multilateral development co-operation, providing research and researchers (along with their own conceptual frameworks and concerns) to assist in defining and providing direction for […]

Journal article

Meeting the challenges to scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa

01/04/2007

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

AIDS-related morbidity and mortality not only affects individuals and their families, but is rapidly undermining African states’ capacity to develop. Stemming the impacts of the pandemic has therefore become a major concern. This calls for meeting the needs for care and support of those affected, and increasing the access of persons living with HIV/AIDS to […]

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Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations

01/08/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations

Keywords

Overview

This article reflects on the vocabulary commonly used within development organisations to communicate about ‘gender and development’. It argues that the relevant terminology, though frequently used, remains problematic. Some terms are almost entirely absent, while others are used loosely and inappropriately – with the subtleties of carefully developed and much-debated concepts often lost. Terms such […]

Journal article

Reaching the Millennium Development Goals: equality and justice as well as results

01/06/2008

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Though less than expected, resources are available for simple, cheap interventions that can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. Results-based management has been the key to increasing access to education and health care, but it does little to change the political, social, and economic conditions that make people poor. Unless there is a better […]

Journal article

Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective. There is, however, no certainty that this approach, which has been mainly project-based, will succeed in transforming agricultural research in developing countries […]

Journal article

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

01/05/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the impact of NGO professionalisation on the recruitment of NGO staff. Based on an in-depth survey of employees in 20 advocacy NGOs in Jordan, it demonstrates the gendered impact of professionalisation. The majority of NGO employees are highly educated women, often Western-educated, who work in NGOs primarily for career opportunities and because […]

Journal article

Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation

01/05/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in […]

Journal article

Mobile phones and community development: a contact zone between media and citizenship

01/06/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mobile phones have already been used widely around the world for activism, social and economic development, and new cultural and communicative forms. Despite this widespread use of mobile phones, they remain a relatively un-theorised and un-discussed phenomenon in community and citizen’s media. This paper considers how mobile phones have been taken up by citizens to […]

Journal article

How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

Journal article

Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]

Showing 439 matching results from Policy & Practice

Journal article

African scholars and African Studies

01/11/2006

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

This article focuses on the development of African Studies, principally in post-1945 Europe and North America, and its counterpart in post-independence Africa. African Studies enjoys an increasingly close connection with bilateral and multilateral development co-operation, providing research and researchers (along with their own conceptual frameworks and concerns) to assist in defining and providing direction for […]

Journal article

Meeting the challenges to scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa

01/04/2007

12 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

AIDS-related morbidity and mortality not only affects individuals and their families, but is rapidly undermining African states’ capacity to develop. Stemming the impacts of the pandemic has therefore become a major concern. This calls for meeting the needs for care and support of those affected, and increasing the access of persons living with HIV/AIDS to […]

Journal article

Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations

01/08/2007

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations

Keywords

Overview

This article reflects on the vocabulary commonly used within development organisations to communicate about ‘gender and development’. It argues that the relevant terminology, though frequently used, remains problematic. Some terms are almost entirely absent, while others are used loosely and inappropriately – with the subtleties of carefully developed and much-debated concepts often lost. Terms such […]

Journal article

Reaching the Millennium Development Goals: equality and justice as well as results

01/06/2008

3 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Though less than expected, resources are available for simple, cheap interventions that can accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals. Results-based management has been the key to increasing access to education and health care, but it does little to change the political, social, and economic conditions that make people poor. Unless there is a better […]

Journal article

Strategies for out-scaling participatory research approaches for sustaining agricultural research impacts

01/08/2008

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more relevant and effective. There is, however, no certainty that this approach, which has been mainly project-based, will succeed in transforming agricultural research in developing countries […]

Journal article

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

01/05/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

Women and NGO professionalisation: a case study of Jordan

Keywords

Overview

This article examines the impact of NGO professionalisation on the recruitment of NGO staff. Based on an in-depth survey of employees in 20 advocacy NGOs in Jordan, it demonstrates the gendered impact of professionalisation. The majority of NGO employees are highly educated women, often Western-educated, who work in NGOs primarily for career opportunities and because […]

Journal article

Who will guard the guardians? Amartya Sen’s contribution to development evaluation

01/05/2009

11 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

An Action Learning process integrated with Sen’s Capability Approach can support development agencies to formulate interventions that enhance freedom. The authors show that putting this approach into practice has important implications for the manner in which ‘development’ is undertaken as an ideological project. It may help to examine and challenge those who hold power in […]

Journal article

Mobile phones and community development: a contact zone between media and citizenship

01/06/2009

13 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Mobile phones have already been used widely around the world for activism, social and economic development, and new cultural and communicative forms. Despite this widespread use of mobile phones, they remain a relatively un-theorised and un-discussed phenomenon in community and citizen’s media. This paper considers how mobile phones have been taken up by citizens to […]

Journal article

How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus

01/08/2010

6 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

It is very motivating to see vulnerable people becoming strong advocates for their own rights and persuading their government to act; or to see passionate young economists influencing the state and effecting positive change for tens of thousands of poor households. It is impressive to see dedicated work by a national NGO to build successful […]

Journal article

Service delivery on the cheap? Community-based workers in development interventions

01/02/2011

17 pages long

Free access through journal website

Keywords

Overview

Within current neo-liberal approaches to development, models of community-driven development assume that community-based workers (CBWs) are key actors in improved and accessible service delivery. We argue that use of CBWs is under-theorised and seems to be based largely on untested assumptions about community participation and responsibility. Drawing on case studies on potable-water management and home-based […]