- Civil society participation in Poverty and Social Impact Analysis
- K. Bird; S. Busse; E. Mendizabal / Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 2007
- Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is widely used as an analytical tool in policy-making processes. However, there is a concern about the lack of involvement of civil society in the design, formulation and implementation of PSI...
- Challenges of constitution making: the case of Nepal
- Y. Ghai (ed); J. Cottrell (ed) / International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
- This document serves as a guide to constitution making in Nepal. It provides a brief history of past constitutions in Nepal, including an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the 1990 Constitution, to enable a better understa...
- How effective is civil society engagement in PRSP process?
- Z. Curran / Overseas Development Institute, 2005
- This synthesis study looks at civil society’s participation in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process. Taking the examples of Bolivia and Tanzania, the study looks in more detail at the evidence used by Civil Societ...
- Does political participation enhance happiness?
- R. Weitz-Shapiro (ed); M.S. Winters (ed) / Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2008
- This paper discusses the results of a study in Latin America on the relationship between political participation and well-being. It reviews the theoretical literature on procedural utility and the broad psychological benefits of polit...
- Guide to advocacy campaigning using mobile phones
- M. Stein / MobileActive.org, 2007
- Speed is often critical in an advocacy campaign and mobile phones allow the rapid dissemination of messages to a network of supporters with specific calls for action. In the developing world, where internet access can be slow or limit...
- Improving development assistance support to local organisations
- D. Satterthwaite; G. Sauter / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- This publication is one in a series of case studies that reviews the experiences of local organisations in development and environmental management . It also examines the different kinds of external funding that best supported their e...
- Poverty reduction in a time of conflict: experiences fom Nepal
- N.N. Joshi; K. Dahal / Rural Reconstruction Nepal, 2009
- Nepal, one of the poorest countries in the world, recently witnessed a decade-long Maoist insurgency. Public service delivery became irregular, infrastructure fell into disarray and poor people’s livelihoods were disrupted. With...
- GuideStar International (GSI)
- GuideStar International (GSI), a UK-registered charity, is aiming to build a global network of websites with detailed reports on countries’ civil society organisations (CSOs) to make them more visible to those who wish to support their work. Through GuideStar, CSOs can report on their aims, activities, accomplishments, structure and finances. By making the work of CSOs transpa...
- Strengthening multi-stakeholder funding mechanisms for agricultural R&D
- W. Heemskerk (ed); B. Wennink (ed) / Royal Tropical Institute, 2005
- This bulletin focuses on experiences in Tanzania and Benin with stakeholder-driven funding mechanisms for agricultural research and development. This paper discusses how the reorganisation of funding mechanisms for agricultural innova...
- Tool for promoting treatment preparedness in HIV/AIDS communities
- S. Page; B. Gbaguidi; F. Nyakanda 2009
- Community learning processes are crucial to increasing resilience to HIV/AIDS in Africa’s remote rural areas. This paper describes experiences of using the “How to Live Positively” discovery-learning process to empow...
- Measuring a HIV and HSV2 prevention programme in South Africa
- R. Jewkes; M. Nduna; J. Levin / British Medical Journal, 2008
- Stepping Stones, a 50 hour programme, aims to improve sexual health by using participatory learning approaches to build knowledge, risk awareness, and communication skills and to stimulate critical reflection. This article in the Brit...
- How can civil society promote peacebuilding in intractable conflicts?
- N. Mikhelidze; N. Pirozzi / Microcon, 2008
- Civil society can feel impotent in the midst of intransigent conflicts whose processes are dominated by top-level political actors. This is especially so where political space is limited by a dominating political administration; where...
- Community based planning and the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) in South Africa
- I. Goldman; S. Chimbuya; K. Muthala / The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2005
- Community-based planning (CBP) is a specific form of ward planning involving all people in a ward which has been designed to promote community action and make the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of a municipal area more people-centr...
- Community based maleria control
- P. Opiyo (ed); W.R. Mukabana (ed); I. Kiche (ed) / Malaria Journal, BioMed Central, 2007
- Malaria imposes a huge burden upon the health and economic development of tropical nations and has been identified as a major obstacle towards achieving several of the health-related Millennium Development Goals. This document outline...
- Participatory health research
- C. Mbwili-Muleya; M. Lungu; I. Kabuba / EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2008
- In 2006 a team representing Zambia Equity Gauge and Lusaka District Health Board carried out a pilot project using a participatory reflection and action (PRA) approach in two districts of Zambia. The pilot was targeted at health provi...
- Civil society involvement in the Commission on AIDS in Asia
- Health and Development Networks, 2009
- The Commission on AIDS in Asia (CAA) was an independent body established in 2006. Over a period of 18 months, the Commission conducted a thorough analysis of the developmental consequences of the AIDS epidemic in the region, and its m...
- Water for productive use through sustainable livelihoods and participatory action approaches
- Natural Resources Institute, UK, 2004
- This file, designed for water sector and rural development practitioners, contains detailed guidelines for implementing a water and livelihoods planning process. Securing water to enhance local livelihoods (SWELL) is an initiative tha...
- Involving forest stakeholders using collaborative management strategies
- C. Diaw (ed); T. Aseh (ed); R. Prabhu (ed) / Center for International Forestry Research, 2009
- In developing countries, forest management, sharing and collaboration has encountered major problems as reflected in Southern Cameroon’s forested landscape, which is challenged by differences in power, knowledge gaps, and compet...
- Advocating for minority rights in Africa
- I. Kane / Minority Rights Group International, 2008
- The African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and the subsequent African human rights treaties do not consider minorities as a legal category recognised in African human rights law. This guide outlines regional opportunities ...
- The relationships between livelihoods and conservation
- C. Drews; F. Montoya / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature, 2006
- How can we identify and monitor the relationships between livelihoods and conservation? What framework can best capture these links? This WWF publication takes marine turtle conservation as a thread to illustrate the linkages between ...
- Participation & Civic Engagement Group, World Bank
- The Bank's Participation Thematic Team promotes methods and approaches that encourage the involvement of various stakeholders, especially the poor, in development initiatives that affect them. The website has links and resources on Participation, Poverty Reduction Strategies (PRSPs), Social and Public accountability, and Civic engagement. It also offers a series of tools and methodologies on Pa...
- Oral History Project, SOS Sahel
- Computerised set of interviews plus index to a collection of 467 oral history interviews with some 500 men/women from eight Sahelian countries (Mauritania, Senegal, Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, Sudan and Ethiopia. Covers changing ecological conditions, conservation and agricultural practices, traditional medicines and social relationships. Country disc are UKS 10 each, index UKS 5 (set UKS 55)...
- Participation abstracts and document collection, IDS
- Collection of about 3000 documents of mainly unpublished practical information on participation derived from donations and exchanges with practioners and networks. Collection located at the Institute of Development Studies, Sussex, UK The bibliographical database of collection, with abstracts, is available on WWW. Also includes a list of publishers' addresses and details of how to access the do...
- Future Generations
- Future Generations, an NGO concentrating on environmental sustainability, offers an inexpensive and systematic model for community-based change. Programme areas cover Tibet, Northern India and Peru. Operates a WWW site with information on its, methods and programmes, plus full text items including casebook on "Partnerships for Social Development" developed for the Social Summit.
- Qualrs-l
- Discussion list on qualitative research
- Global Participation Net (GP-NET)
- Discussion list on participatory approaches sponsored by USAID's Participation Initiative. In addition to postings, GP-NET has an archive that holds all of USAID's Participation Initiative documents, including Participatory Practices case study series and Participation Forum summaries. Disabled January 2001: For news about future developments, see: http://www.usaid.gov/about/part_devel/gpnet.h...
- Ethno
- Discussion list on "ethnomethodology"
- Devmedia: Media for Development and Democracy
- WWW site of information sources on media applications for development and democracy. Also runs discussion list, Devmedia. Participants include participatory radio, video and TV practitioners, and those working for the democratisation of communication. Organisations posting to the list include Videazimut, World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC), Don Snowdon Centre for Development...
- Comm-Org
- Discussion list on the history of community organising and community based development. More formal than the usual listserv: it involves a call for papers and on-line presentation until December 1996.
- Workshop in Political Theory and Policy Analysis
- Institutions based at Indiana University. It is an ongoing research and teaching programme at the University, focusing on institutional design / theory, ranging from common property resources and management regimes to micro and macro level policy analysis, major collaborative research projects on forestry resources, institutions and environmental change. Information services include: (a) Bibl...
