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- Working with local NGOs: WaterAid's drinking water and sanitation programme in Nepal
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This paper describes the evolution of WaterAid's programme of work in Nepal, based on the author's experiences while working as WaterAid's Representative Engineer in Nepal from January 1987 to April 1991. It examines how WaterAid's philosophy of working i ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53
- Participation in social forestry re-examined: a case study from Bangladesh
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There has recently been unprecedented enthusiasm in Bangladesh for Social Forestry (SF). SF projects have been launched with the goal of involving local communities in managing forest resources. Proponents claim that SF has opened new scope for people's p ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- Urban children's work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh
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The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka
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Author: Kabeer, Naila Publisher: London: Verso, 2002, ISBN: 1 85984 206 2, 320 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Livelihoods-based impact assessment in the rice–wheat farming system of South Asia
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This article reports on an ex-ante impact study in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of South Asia. The study, guided by a livelihoods approach, developed a spatial-mapping methodology based on secondary data for 18 variables which served as indicators of the fi ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2010-11-09 12:26
- Practical innovations for strengthening Community-Led Total Sanitation: selected experience from Asia
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While Community-Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) is a relative success in a growing number of countries, there are also difficulties in assuring all community members can build and use toilets. This paper draws on experiences of IRC International Water and S ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-05-14 17:03
- Participatory technology development in agricultural mechanisation in Nepal: how it happened and lessons learned
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International Wheat and Maize Improvement Center (CIMMYT) projects on new resource-conservation technologies (RCTs) in the Indo-Gangetic Plains of Nepal aimed to strengthen equity of access, poverty reduction, and gender orientation in current rural mecha ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- Participatory rural appraisal for a vibrant co-operative sector
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Cooperatives in general are considered to be in crisis, dominated by self-centered and short-sighted outsiders seeking power. The Primary Agricultural Cooperatives (PACs) in India, which were considered to be the nucleus of rural life, have lost their val ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- An innovative community-based waste disposal scheme in Hyderabad
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The author highlights a community participation scheme in Hyderabad, India, which allowed informal sector workers, organised by the Municipality, to take steps towards a more cost-effective and ecocentric method of waste management. This article also appe ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:59
- Implementing and evaluating microcredit in Bangladesh
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Microcredit has been introduced to rural communities in Bangladesh as a means of economic and social development, but there are increasing doubts about its effectiveness and suggestions that it causes domestic abuse. A review of various studies indicates ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08
