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- Women's empowerment and micro-finance programmes: strategies for increasing impact
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The Small Enterprise Development Fund of the Department for International Development (DFID) of the British Government commissioned a literature review and held workshops, both co-ordinated by ActionAid UK, to assess the impact of micro-finance schemes on ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Web 2.0: a new chapter in development in practice?
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This brief paper outlines a range of facilities and new developments in web-based and Internet services. While many of the applications are being used for publishing, dialogue, research, and feedback in development, the question remains of how profoundly ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:03
- Social capital
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In parallel with, and as complement to, globalisation, ‘social capital’ has enjoyed a meteoric rise across the social sciences over the last two decades. Not surprisingly, it has been particularly prominent across development studies, not least through he ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Counting the cost of HIV and AIDS to civil-society organisations
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HIV threatens the survival of many civil-society organisations (CSOs) in Africa. While we know the range of potential costs to such groups, we lack a detailed picture of the extent of the impact. This article highlights important findings from exploratory ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:36
- Trends in UK NGOs: a research note
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This paper reports on some of the generic findings arising from research being undertaken in the UK, South Africa, and Uganda into the ways in which the management tools currently promoted by official donors are passed down the aid chain, through UK NGOs, ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10
- Civil War, Civil Peace
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Author: Yanacopulos, Helen and Joseph Hanlon (eds.) Publisher: Milton Keynes: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:48
- The Management of Non-governmental Development Organizations: An Introduction
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Author: Lewis, David Publisher: London: Routledge, 2001, ISBN: 0 415 2079 2, ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:50
- Non-Governmental Organisations -- Performance and Accountability: Beyond the Magic Bullet
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Author: Edwards, Michael and David Hulme (eds.) Issue: ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-09 13:28
- When Aid Is No Help: How Projects Fail And How They Could Succeed
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Author: Madeley, John Issue: Volume 1, Number ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:28
- The roles of, and relationships between, expatriates, volunteers, and local development workers
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This article reports on exploratory research based on interviews with expatriate and local aid workers employed by local and international NGOs in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Thematic analysis of the interviews found that personnel were placed in groups based ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-06 16:58
