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Training for peace

01/11/1997

3 pages long

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This symposium, co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the South Africa Office of Oxfam, drew together individuals and organisations working in the areas of violence, conflict and peace-building. The author here recounts her work with the Independent Projects Trust (IPT) in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, providing training in […]

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Building Bridges in Southern Africa: Reconstruction, and Reconciliation in Times of Change Preface

01/11/1997

2 pages long

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This issue of Development in Practice contains twelve papers from the symposium, held in Johannesburg, South Africa 20-23 June 1996. The symposium, co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the South Africa Office of Oxfam, drew together individuals and organisations working in the areas of violence, conflict and peace-building. […]

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Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

01/11/1997

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Commercial sex and the single girl: women’s empowerment through economic development in Thailand

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The author presents the views of Thailand’s Population and Community Development Association (PDA – Thailand’s largest NGO) about how to provide women attracted to the commercial sex industry (CSI) with economically viable alternatives to this accepted (in Thailand) type of `manual labour’. Research has shown that poverty is the major factor cited by voluntary commercial […]

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Reconciliation in Zimbabwe: reality or illusion?

01/11/1997

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This symposium, co-hosted by the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation (CSVR) and the South Africa Office of Oxfam, drew together individuals and organisations working in the areas of violence, conflict and peace-building. Ingham-Thorpe describes how Mugabe’s policy of reconciliation in Zimbabwe left intact many oppressive and inequitable structures, for example the land-reform […]

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For better? For worse? Humanitarian aid in conflict

01/11/1997

12 pages long

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Humanitarian aid should be judged against international humanitarian law (IHL) which gives civilians certain rights, including protection in armed conflicts. Aid agencies should consider the various side-effects of their interventions in order to assess the net impact, and decide whether to work in any given situation. They have no responsibility to provide aid where the […]

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Relief agencies and moral standing in war: principles of humanity, neutrality, impartiality and solidarity

01/11/1997

11 pages long

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The article explores the moral difficulties for international humanitarian workers operating as third parties in the midst of war. The main part examines current usage of the terms `humanity’, `neutrality’, `impartiality’, and `solidarity’ as they are used in the discourse of humanitarian operations. The article then considers the psychological implications for relief workers of operating […]

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Land-use options for rural development

01/11/1997

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Focusing on the land-use issues pertaining to the ‘cultivable’ and ‘non-cultivable’ categories of land contrast to the third category of ‘cultivated’) in developing countries, an examination is presented of the technological criteria that have been used to determine land types and qualities. It is argued that deciding how much land should be used for what […]

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The use of matrix scoring to identify systematic issues in country-programme evaluation

01/11/1997

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Based on ‘The use of matrix scoring to identify systematic issues in country-programme evaluation’. The author describes and assesses the use of matrix-scoring as a participatory evaluation tool. Often used as part of the Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) arsenal of tools, here the author applies it specifically to evaluating the performance of the European Community/European […]

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Research Round-up

01/11/1997

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Based on ‘Understanding the informal sector using sub-sector analysis’. The author describes the sub-sector analysis method and applies it to tailors working in the informal sector in Kenya. The results of the analysis allow the author to discuss the factors which influence the success, or otherwise, of micro-enterprise in this sector; he also advocates the […]

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The humanitarian responsibilities of the United Nations Security Council: ensuring the security of the people

01/11/1997

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The United Nations Charter confers on the Security Council prime responsibility for maintaining international peace and security. Yet these very concepts are undergoing radical change. More than the absence of war, peace has come to mean harmony both within and among nations. It has acquired a dimension far larger than the original State-centred notion of […]

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