Narrow down by keywords: Social sector
Results
- Small enterprise opportunities in municipal solid waste management
-
Urban and industrial growth in developing countries makes the provision of adequate waste management services vital. Public sector-private sector partnerships (the authors describe potential structures for these partnerships) offer one way to manage this ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- The potential role of food aid in mitigating the impacts of HIV/AIDS: the case of Zambia
-
Needs assessments of adults and children in households affected by HIV/AIDS in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa indicate that food provision is a critical support area which has been neglected in mitigation interventions. This paper looks at practical opt ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement
-
Edited by: Eade, Deborah Edited by: Leather, Alan ...
Book - admin - 2009-12-21 14:50
- Women, Population and Global Crisis: A Political-Economic Perspective
-
Author: Banderage, Asoka Issue: Volume 7, Nu ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-07 09:23
- How people can influence government policy – stories from the Caucasus
-
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 ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-05 14:06
- Playing broken telephone: assessing faith-inspired health care provision in Africa
-
In the literature on the religious contribution to health and development, it is commonly stated that faith-inspired institutions (FIIs) provide from 30 to 70 per cent of all health care provision in Africa. This article tracks the sources of such state ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-07-12 13:53
- A peasant farmers' literacy programme
-
Literacy gives people a framework for critical thinking and informed action. A number of peasant farmers' organisations have developed in the wake of economic restructuring in Honduras, Central America. The authors describe and assess the Literacy Program ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Participatory appraisal in the UK urban health sector: keeping faith with perceived needs
-
Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) and Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) emerged in the context of working with rural communities in developing countries. But the principles of participation and of action-oriented research are equally valid for development wor ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56
- Endangering women's health for profit: health and safety in Mexico's maquilodoras
-
Since the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was agreed, thousands of maquiladoras (assembly plants) have sprung up along the Mexican side of the Mexico/US border. Around a million workers are subject to violations of their human, labour, and hea ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:02
- Struggle for sustainable human and environmental well-being on the Mexican coast of Oaxaca
-
In May 2000 a group from Ashoka, a US-based charitable foundation that gives grants to 'social entrepreneurs', or innovators for the common good, visited a number of projects for sustainable development on the coast of Oaxaca in southern Mexico. The autho ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
