Abstracts/Contents

Faith and economics in ‘development’: a bridge across the chasm? Wendy Tyndale

Human rights and religious backlash: the experience of a Bangladeshi NGO: Mohammad Rafi and A. M. R. Chowdhury

Spirituality: a development taboo: Kurt Alan Ver Beek

Moving beyond disparities: a yin–yang approach to gender and development: Edith Sizoo

Strengthening civil society: participatory action research in a militarised state: Amina Mama

The new urban poor: the Tobas indians: Luís César Bou

Social exclusion: what’s in a name? Fenella Porter

Women’s groups for whom? The colonisation of women’s groups in Papua New Guinea Gabrielle Appleford

Gender impact assessment in microfinance and microenterprise: why and how: Susan Johnson

Environment, advocacy, and community participation: MOPAWI in Honduras: Vicky Mancuso Brehm

Women and family poultry production in rural Africa: El Hadji Fallou Guèye

The development role of community banks in rural Nigeria: Charles Uchenna Onugu

Assessing nutritional status and functional ability of older adults in developing countries: Dorothy Chilima

Global Finance and Development Julius Court

Future Positive: International Cooperation in the Twenty-First Century: Michael Edwards

The Politics of Civil Society Building: European Private Aid agencies and Democratic Transitions in Central America: Kees Biekart

Civil Society and the Aid Industry: Alison Van Rooy (ed.)

Gender Works: Oxfam Experience in Policy and Practice: Fenella Porter, Ines Smyth and Caroline Sweetman (eds.)

Violence: Tim Allen and Jean Seaton (eds.)

Learning in Social Action: A Contribution to Understanding Informal Education: Griff Foley

Womean@Internet: Creating New Cultures in Cyberspace: Wendy Harcourt (ed.)