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Projects with People: The Practice of Participation in Rural Development

Author: Oakley, Peter et al. Issue: Volume 2, ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 12:58

Characteristics and strategies favouring sustained food access during Guinea's food-price crisis

This study examines household food-access status in rural areas of Guinea, a poor, net food-importing West African state, during the height of the food-price crisis. Linking a household's food-access status with specific household characteristics and st ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2011-08-16 09:29

Fostering rural sense of place: the missing piece in Uturu, Nigeria

This article argues that the absence of a sense of place in rural Nigeria impedes development. It uses the case of Uturu to show that understanding the relationships people share with natural features and phenomena around them is important in their deve ...

Abstract - dwardle - 2013-04-30 12:10

Participatory methodologies and product development process: the experience of Mixtec craftswomen in Mexico

This work presents a product development methodology for use with indigenous rural workers. It is based on the revival of cultural and social values, with a focus on the conservation of natural resources. Illustrated by the case of Mixtec craftswomen in M ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00

A critique of design methodologies appropriate to private sector activity in development

In the corporate world, design has received increasing attention over the last 50 years and is now firmly embedded within almost all aspects of corporate activity. This article explores the role of design in development. Design is widely used and understo ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:47

NGOs and income generation projects: lessons from the Joint Funding Scheme

A visit to a number of small enterprise and income generation projects supported under the ODA's Joint Funding Scheme in Zimbabwe and Kenya has raised a series of key points which have wider implications for practitioners and donors. The paper discusses e ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

Land-use options for rural development

Focusing on the land-use issues pertaining to the 'cultivable' and 'non-cultivable' categories of land contrast to the third category of 'cultivated') in developing countries, an examination is presented of the technological criteria that have been used t ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57

Gender impact assessment in microfinance and microenterprise: why and how

The author provides a matrix examining gender-based financial, economic, social/cultural, and political/legal obstacles to women benefiting from microfinance and enterprise. She goes on to discuss how impact assessment work can be approached in the light ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05

Orchard development sets the tone of tribal development

Inadequate household income due to degraded resources and limited opportunities has led to migration, malnutrition, and poor quality of life among tribals in India. These problems have been effectively tackled by enabling people to re-build their resource ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:08

Development NGOs and Labor Unions: Terms of Engagement