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- Contracting out agricultural public services: the NGO sector as an alternative delivery system
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In many less developed countries (LDCs) that are undergoing economic adjustment the promotion of the agricultural sector is constrained by resource limitations that include finance, and human and institutional capacity. The inability of the state to provi ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Macro debates at the Micro-Credit Summit
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The Summit, held in February 1997 in Washington DC, involved participation from governments, UN agencies, corporations, NGOs and credit practitioners. The author reviews the discussion, much of it concerning the importance of distinguishing between develo ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh
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This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive li ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- 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
- Collective Action and Urban Poverty Alleviation: Community Organizations and the Struggle for Shelter in Manila
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Author: Shatkin, Gavin Publisher: Aldershot: Ashgate, 2007, ISBN: 978-0-7546-4 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-22 08:51
- Non-Governmental Organisations and the State in Asia: Rethinking Roles in Sustainable Agriculture
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Author: Farrington, John et al. Issue: Volume ...
Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:25
- A confluence of Fair Trade and organic agriculture in southern India
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Although the confluence of Fair Trade and organic agriculture has become a salient phenomenon, they contradict each other at the production level: Fair Trade focuses on specific products, while organic agriculture targets production units. This article ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-22 16:37
- Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia
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‘Orphans’ became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of ‘orphans and vulnerable children’ (OVC), dominates much of the policy for pro ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2012-06-13 16:03
- Operationalising participatory research and farmer-to-farmer extension: the Kamayoq in Peru
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While rural poverty is endemic in the Andean region, structural adjustment programmes have led to a dismemberment of agricultural research and extension services so that they are unable to serve the needs of smallholder farmers. The NGO Practical Action h ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:00
- Partnering for sustainability: business-NGO alliances in the coffee industry
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The movement to promote sustainably produced coffee is one of many efforts aimed at linking social responsibility and market capitalism. In the wake of a worldwide coffee crisis in which prices have fallen to levels that do not support small-scale product ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:50
