India and Participation
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- Evaluating Indian self help groups
- R. B. Swain; A. Varghese / Collegium for Development Studies, University of Uppsala, 2008
- Manual on school sanitation and hygiene eduation (SSH) deals with aspects needed to bring about changes in hygiene behaviour of students and, through these students, in the community at large.Manual aimed at: those who could make an impact ...
- Food security in India: the case for an integrated approach
- A. Mukherjee / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2008
- This paper examines the debate which surrounds the uni-sectoral versus inter-sectoral, or integrated, approach as a strategy for food security and poverty alleviation. Looking at the issues surrounding the debate through a ...
- Exploring food insecurity in India through the eyes of those who suffer it
- A. Mukherjee / United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, 2007
- This paper examines food insecurity within contemporary India at the micro level. It focuses on the temporal dimension of food insecurity in terms of seasonality and inter-month variations in food consumed, and in the variety, palate ...
- Why farmers in India are making their own decisions on biotechnology
- R. Herring / Center for the Advanced Study of India, University of Pennsylvania, 2008
- This article examines the biotechnology debate in India focusing on transgenic seeds. The author presents the rifts and battles in this sector, highlighting the influence of farmers, journalists, environmental activists, government of...
- Children's participation in transport planning and policy: Ghana, South Africa and India
- M. Mashiri; S. Dube; D. Buiten / Commonwealth Youth and Development, 2007
- Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earning an income, supporting or inhibi...
- Participatory forest management in South Asia: lessons from Nepal, India and Bhutan
- J. Statz; R. Kotru; H. Beukeboom / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2007
- Community participation in natural resource management and ecosystem conservation has been widely practised during the last two decades in countries of the Himalayan region, particularly in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. However, success a...
- The contemporary role of village councils in India
- K., A. Pur; M. Moore / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
- ‘Customary village councils’ (CVCs) are widespread in rural India but are generally believed to be disappearing institutions of a pre-democratic, hierarchical socio-political order. This paper questions this assumpti...
- What can poor people teach us about development?: lessons from PPAs in India
- S. Viswanathan; R. Srivastava / Asian Development Bank, 2007
- Since the late 1990s, policy makers, donors, NGOs and researchers have become increasingly interested in participatory poverty assessments (PPAs) and participatory evaluation of development initiatives for the poor. This synthesis rep...
- How can India reach its child mortality, gender equality and hunger eradications MDG’s?
- N. Jones; M. Lyytikainen; M. Mukherjee / Young Lives, 2007
- This paper evaluates an attempt in Andhara Pradesh to improve the outreach, quality and accountability of education, health and early childhood development services. The project specifically aims to involve parents closely with their ...
- Community-led drought risk reduction: lessons from South Asia
- Duryog Nivaran: South Asia Network for Disaster Risk Reduction, 2006
- Recent development in South Asia has led to a rapid increase in exploitation of rivers and groundwater, causing considerable stress on these water sources. This paper outlines the threat that drought poses to vulnerable comm...
- 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...
