India and Participation
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- Participatory micro-planning experiment in Kerala
- 2013
- This assessment document encapsulates methods, procedures and obstacles faced while operationalising a micro-plan initiative. SAHAYI conducted an experiment in looking at successful collaborations between institutions of governance an...
- Triggers of citizen eruptions
- 2013
- The year 2011 witnessed a boom in eruptions by the citizens in India against issues such as corruption and nuclear power. So why have these age-old issues suddenly attracted citizens' attention? Do they represent the enduring angst/di...
- Paper drawing recommendations for transboundary conservation from the Kangchenjunga region
- K. Phuntsho; N. Chettri; K. P. Oli / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2012
- This paper draws recommendations for transboundary and participatory biodiversity conservation from the Kangchenjunga Conservation Landscape Initiative. This 'biodiversity hotspot' - shared by Bhutan, India and Nepal - is one of seven...
- How political processes affect the adoption of sustainable and equitable adaptation strategies to water-related stress and hazards
- N. S. Pradhan (ed); V. R. Khadgi (ed); L. Schipper (ed) / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, ICIMOD, 2012
- The Hindu Kush Himalayan region is predicted to be severely affected and socially vulnerable to climate change. This study delves into how political processes hinder or promote the adoption of sustainable and equitable adaptation stra...
- Women's empowerment in India: an analytical overview
- R. Upadhyay / Asia Foundation, 2010
- Women’s empowerment in India is heavily dependent on many different variables that include geographical location (urban/rural), educational status, social status (caste and class), and age. Policies on women’s empowerment ex...
- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- Understanding feminist movements
- S. Batliwala / Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2008
- How can an understanding of feminist movements in the current global context be achieved? This document presents 10 case studies from different regions of the world that have mobilized women to make a difference. Examples co...
- The court’s role in changing the political system
- Dembowski H. / Asia House, 2001
- This book deals with the concepts of good governance and related issues concerning the relationship between state and society, and specifically the viability of representative democracy. The question debated in current deve...
- Maximising the impact fo people's right to be heard
- C. Blaiser / Oxfam, 2009
- This paper from Oxfam focuses on how the "right to be heard" concept can strengthen public participation in policy making and accountability. Recommendations for those upporting poor and marginalised people to lobby ...
- Centre for Social Markets, India (CSM)
- The Centre for Social Markets (CSM) promotes a progressive social and environmental agenda by harnessing the power and potential of markets, entrepreneurs and other economic actors to do good. CSM's mission is to change the culture of markets and other social institutions to advance social justice, human rights and sustainable development. Such a culture change will not be possible with...
- Practice In Participation
- Participatory portal for community-based practices
- Strategic Foresight Group
- Strategic Foresight Group seeks to undertake forward-looking research in geopolitical, economic, technological and societal changes. Their research examines future trends and discontinuities in spaces where geopolitics intersects with business, economy, society, religion and technology.
- Indian Institute of Dalit Studies (IIDS)
- Dalit studies institution
- Kerala Research Programme on Local Development
- Developing scientific research capability in Kerala
- Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS)
- Indian research centre specialising in gender-based research
- Citizens and Governance Programme, Commonwealth Foundation
- Website of a research project evaluating governance programmes around the world
- Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices, India
- Indian based NGO aiming to promote participatory approaches in all spheres of development work. Supported by ActionAid India.
- Society for Participatory Research in Asia (PRIA)
- Non-profit voluntary development organization based in Delhi, India. For 17 years, PRIA has been promoting people-centred development initiatives within the perspective of participatory research. Strengthening popular knowledge, demystifying dominant concepts and promoting experiential learning and people's participation, have been the basis of supporting empowerment of the poor and the opressed i...
