- Strengthening community radio initiatives
- R. Mainali; Y. Chapagain; B. Subba / Nepal Forum of Environmental Journalists, 2009
- The success of a community radio depends on the consistent, honest and cooperative behaviour of those involved in running it. This manual constitutes valuable information for strengthening community radio initiatives in Nepal, bu...
- Participatory activities on sexual and reproductive health with young people
- International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2008
- This toolkit is a result of team work between sexual and reproductive health practitioners working with young people in Zambia, Malawi Zimbabwe and Uganda. It is written for anyone who wants to facilitate participatory learning activi...
- Participatory farming management methods and their uses
- P. Dorward; D. Shepherd; M. Galpin / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- Central to the use of Participatory Farming Management (PFM) methods is the understanding that the farmer is the decision maker and that he or she takes the risks associated with change, not the advisor or researcher. PFM methods shou...
- Tools for conducting participatory discussions on gender equity in Bangladesh
- AFM. Amir Uddin; A. Khanom; M. Boss; et al. / Intercooperation Bangladesh, 2009
- These guidelines have been prepared as a tool for conducting participatory discussion and analysis on the social position and condition of men and women within the context of the Union Parishad (UP) regional structure in Banglade...
- Caritas Europa
- Caritas Europa brings together 48 organisations that are active in 44 European countries. It is one of the seven regions of Caritas Internationalis, a confederation of 162 Catholic relief, development and social service organisations. Caritas Europa focuses its activities on issues related to poverty and social inequality, migration and asylum within all countries of Europe, humanitari...
- 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...
- Assessing local governance in Bangladesh
- M. Boss; N. Hasan; P. Tripura / Intercooperation Bangladesh, 2009
- Local government promises to be more responsive to people's demands, more effective in service delivery and more accountable when citizens participate in local governance. This can be achieved through public meetings, grievance p...
- How can statelessness be addressed?
- B. K. Blitz (ed); M. Lynch (ed) / Oxford Brookes University, UK, 2009
- Sixty years after the international community embedded the right to nationality in the human rights architecture, approximately twelve million people around the world remain stateless. What are the hurdles to overcoming statelessness ...
- Are African governments and international donors supporting the poor of Africa?
- Y. Tsegay; M. Rusare; B. Ndlovu / African Monitor, 2009
- Although Africa attracted $43 billion in private capital, $40 billion in remittances and $38 billion in aid in 2008 it still faces a considerable resource gap. Such financial support, some would argue, is needed to ensure progressive ...
- Reviewing participatory mapping - what works and what doesn't
- J. Corbett / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2009
- Participatory mapping, commonly used in participatory development, plays an important role in helping marginalised groups by making visible the association between land and local communities, highlighting important soci...
- Engaging with the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 2009
- F. Sheahan / Plan International, 2008
- Civil society organisations can play an important part and bring value to the work of the African Committee on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) in its mission to promote and protect the rights of the child. For a...
- Involving men to tackle gender based violence
- A. Eriksson / African Women's Development & Communication Network, 2009
- How can we tackle gender based violence? In 2001, the African Women’s Development and Communication Network (FEMNET) created an African network of male activists against gender-based violence. The project “Men for Gender E...
- Children's participation in responses to HIV and AIDS
- R. Vincent / Panos Institute, London, 2009
- This document looks at the involvement of children, including young children, in responses to HIV and AIDS and examines issues around children's participation. It explores the challenges of enabling children to express their views and...
- Learning about and facilitating organisational change
- The Barefoot Collective, 2009
- This is a practical do-it-yourself guide for leaders and facilitators wanting to help organisations function and to develop in more healthy, human and effective ways. The guide, with its supporting website, includes tried and tested c...
- Enthusiasm for peace in Nepal
- N. Jones; B. Bhatta; G. Gill / Overseas Development Institute [ES], 2009
- Latent and violent unrest has plagued Nepal since the process of parliamentary politics was reintroduced in 1991 after 50 years of monarchical rule. This document focuses on grassroots experiences and understandings of governance and ...
- 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...
- Enhancing accountability and engaging citizens in Brazil
- A. Cornwall; J. Romano; A. Shankland / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
- Since the end of Brazil’s military dictatorship in the mid-1980s, democratic innovation has become the hallmark of this vibrant and populous country. Innovations in participatory governance, such as participatory budgeting and p...
- Supporting volunteer health workers in South Africa
- C. Campbell (ed); A. Gibbs (ed); S. Maimane (ed) / Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance, 2008
- With the scarcity of African health professionals, volunteers are earmarked for an increased role in HIV/AIDS management, with a growing number of projects relying on grassroots community members to provide home nursing care to those ...
- Engaging citizens in governance
- A. Cornwall / Demos, 2008
- Citizen engagement has become an essential part of modern government. Governments around the world are starting to realise that engaging their citizens more in shaping the decisions that affect their everyday lives improves legitimacy...
- Instituto de Investigaciones Economicas
- Mexican based social science research institute
- Instituto POLIS, Brazil
- Research Institute focusing on public policy and local development
- Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS)
- Economics, demography and social sciences research in Bangladesh
- Praxis Institute for Participatory Practices, India
- Indian based NGO aiming to promote participatory approaches in all spheres of development work. Supported by ActionAid India.
- International Co-operative Alliance (ICA)
- Information on the cooperative movement
- Directory of household surveys and participatory poverty assessments, World Bank
- Directory of national household surveys, social indicators, poverty assessment summaries and participatory poverty assessments focusing on those related to poverty issues
- 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...
- Reflect Action
- Reflect is a innovative approach to adult learning and social change which fuses the theories of Paulo Freire with the methodology of participatory rural appraisal. Its initial development was focused on linking adult literacy to social change and empowerment, but the methodology has been expanded for use in other situations Website includes full text of the Reflect manual, plus evaluations of...
- Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, World Bank
- Initiative of the World Bank and a number of other public and non-governmental oganisations to enhance the utilzation of IK in development programs and projects. Aims at disseminating information, supporting the exchange of information and the establishment of partnerships. WWW site is meant to be a gateway to IK and not a repository for IK reports (apart from some examples that may be added). T...
- Society for International Development (SID)
- Global forum of individuals and institutions concerned with development which is participative, pluralistic and dynamic. SID has over 3,000 individual members in 125 countries, 55 institutional members and 65 local chapters. SID works with associations, networks and institutions involving academia, parliamentarians, students, political leaders and development experts, both at local and internati...
