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Land-use options for rural development

01/11/1997

5 pages long

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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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South African NGOs and the trials of transition

01/05/1997

10 pages long

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The post-election period in South Africa has been marked by trials for the NGO sector, in spite of its pivotal role in the anti-apartheid struggle. The article explores certain developments within the NGO sector, and between the NGOs and the government, to present tentative interpretations of these processes. A schematic background to the NGO sector […]

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Promoting women entrepreneurs in Lebanon: the experience of UNIFEM

01/02/1997

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Promoting women entrepreneurs in Lebanon: the experience of UNIFEM

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This article gives a personal perspective on a programme in which UNIFEM has been involved, which aimed to strengthen the capabilities of governmental and non-governmental organisations working on micro-enterprise, and to make the services they provide sensitive to gender concerns. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of […]

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A Safer Future: Reducing the human cost of war

01/01/1997

1 documents

128 pages long

Languages: English

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A Safer Future draws on Oxfam’s experience of working with communities caught up in armed conflict in many countries around the world and makes recommendations for urgent action by governments that would reduce the risk of war and protect civilian lives. It looks specifically at changes in international policies and pre-emptive action by the international […]

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Mali: A prospect of peace?

01/01/1997

3 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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Most people in the industrialised world have heard of Timbuktu, even if they could not find this ancient centre of civilisation on the map. In fact, it is in Mali, a West African country which is rapidly coming to terms with the modern world. In 1991 the people of Mali overthrew a military dictatorship; democratic […]

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Book

El Salvador: Peace on trial

01/01/1997

4 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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When the war in El Salvador came to an end with the signing of the Peace Accords in Chapultepec, Mexico, in January 1992, there were many unresolved issues facing the country. This book in Oxfam’s Country Profile series gives an account of the history of El Salvador, and the inequalities and political corruption in Salvadoran […]

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Empowerment and survival

01/11/1996

10 pages long

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This two-part article explores the experience of living and working for poverty-focused NGOs in a civil war whose roots lay in the chronically inequitable distribution of power and access to resources. Based on 12 years’ work in Central America, the article reflects on the demands and constraints placed on international aid workers in the context […]

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Depoliticising development: the uses and abuses of participation

01/02/1996

10 pages long

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Participation must be seen as political. There are always tensions underlying issues such as who is involved, how, and on whose terms. While participation has the potential to challenge patterns of dominance, it may also be the means through which existing power relations are entrenched and reproduced. The arenas in which people perceive their interests […]

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Book

Nepal: New Horizons?

01/01/1996

5 documents

64 pages long

Languages: English

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In the Western imagination, Nepal is a remote paradise, a mysterious and unspoilt preserve of traditional values and culture. Yet Nepal is a complex and rapidly changing society. This book examines the reality of life in a country which has seen major political upheavals in recent years.

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Sudan: A nation in the balance

01/01/1996

4 documents

65 pages long

Languages: English

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Sudan, the largest country in Africa, has known only ten years of peace since achieving independence in 1956. Internal conflicts have devastated the economy and disrupted communities: hundreds of thousands of people and their livestock have been displaced; traditional values and customs have broken down. How do people manage to survive in such circumstances?

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