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Trends in UK NGOs: a research note

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

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

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

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

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

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

Global priorities against local context: protecting Bhutanese refugee children in Nepal

This paper explores how the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' (UNHCR) global priorities and strategies for refugee girls and boys are applied in long-term Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. It examines UNHCR's interventions to prevent and re ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 16:02

Are current aid strategies marginalising the already marginalised? Cases from Tanzania

Engaging with and assisting marginalised communities remains a major challenge for governments of developing countries, as many national development strategies tend in practice to further marginalise chronically poor communities. Development aid strateg ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-10-28 18:34

Communication is not enough

The main purpose of extension work is to assist and encourage learning, and current thinking on the way adults learn suggests that the social context in which the learning takes place and the attitudes of the target group are as integral to their learning ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:53

Meeting the demand for skilled and experienced humanitarian workers

The humanitarian aid sector faces a growing skills shortage, at a time when it aspires to expand the scale, quality, and impact of its response to humanitarian needs. Rapid staff turnover has been pinpointed as one of the major constraints on both staff c ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55