- Formal farmers organisations in the agricultural technology system: current roles and future challenges (ODI)
- D. Carney / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1996
- Farmers organisations (FOs) need to be relatively sophisticated and well-funded to become involved in agricultural technology development and transfer. This is because of the complexity of understanding members technological needs and...
- Implementing a New Indicator of Social Development in Mexico: Literate Life Expectancy (LLE) (Medina / IIASA)
- International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 1999
- For scientists, measuring social development has been a long-lasting objective; for the public, it has been a partially-resolved demand. Social indicators have been used informally for a very long time, particularly in economics, to a...
- Situation and prospects for forest conservation and development: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 1
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Policy, planning and institutional arrangements: FAO State of the World's Forests 1997: Part 2
- State of the World's Forests, FAO, 1999
- Exploring the development of science and technology attitudes and skills in the Mexican basic education level: a gender perspective (Erossa)
- Women in Global Science and Technology Network, 1999
- Paving the way for girls to achieve excellence in science and mathematics: Science, technology and maths education (STME) clinic for girls [in Ghana] (Quaisie)
- Women in Global Science and Technology Network, 1999
- Women and bio-diversity: the role of national museum of Kenya in improving women's participation in conservation (Kioko)
- Women in Global Science and Technology Network, 1999
- Growth, employment and redistribution: a macroeconomic strategy (South African Government policy document)
- African National Congress, 1999
- A strategy for rebuilding and restructuring the economy is set out in this document, in keeping with the goals set in the Reconstruction and Development Programme. In the context of this integrated economic strategy, we can successful...
- National Forestry Action Programmes (NFAP) as tools for sustainable forest management (Clement / Unasylva)
- Unasylva, FAO, 1999
- NGDO Charter: Basic Principles of Development and Humanitarian Aid NGOs in the European Union (NGDO-EU)
- TRIALOG, 1999
- A new global partnership: eradicate poverty and transform economies through sustainable development
- 2013
- The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda's report sets out a universal agenda to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 through sustainable development. In the report, the Panel calls for the new post-2015 goals to drive fi...
- Case studies exploring climate change impacts on indigenous peoples in Namibia and their adaptation strategies
- U. Dieckmann; W. Odendaal; J. Tarr; A. Schreij / Legal Assistance Centre, 2013
- Through two participatory case studies, this paper examines the impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of Namibia. The objectives of the case studies are three-fold: to document how the indigenous peoples are affected by c...
- Community participation in water and sanitation programmes
- 2013
- Gram Vikas is a voluntary organisation working in the eastern state of Orissa in India since 1979. Through the process of MANTRA (Movement and Action Network for Transformation of Rural Areas), it has been implementing a water and san...
- Gendered subjects, the state and participatory spaces
- Zed Books, 2013
- This chapter from the book, 'Spaces for Change: The Politics of Citizen Participation in New Democratic Arenas' discusses the gendered construction of participation in local institutions created by the state in India to promote develo...
- Learning Document Series 11-13
- 2013
- This document series contains three development alternatives. The first alternative talks about formation of ‘participatory video’ team, what it takes to be ‘participatory’ and how to proceed in terms of research, ...
- Social change through the info lady experience
- 2012
- This paper looks at the formation of groups and sustainability through an innovative model of ICT-based rural women's entrepeneurship in Bangladesh, known as the Info Lady Model. It looks at the selection and training of these Info La...
- Higher education and community engagement: innovative practices and challenges across ASEAN and Asia
- S. Gill 2013
- This paper is expanded from selected presentations and discussions during the 2nd UKM-AUN Regional Forum on University Social Responsibility and Sustainability (USR&S), 9th – 11th May 2011. It serves as a resource of innovati...
- AsiaEngage Conference Report 2012
- 2012
- Following the Regional Conference on Higher-Education-Community-Industry Engagement held on the 7th to 9th of May 2012, a report was subsequently written to capture the important outcomes and issues which arose from the event. The rep...
- MGNREGA Consultation Report
- 2012
- This document is a report on state level MGNREGA consultation organised by Institute of Rural Research and Development at Gurgaon in June 2012. 100 people including government officials, elected panchayat representatives, villagers an...
- Beyond NGO engagement: community mobilisation and participation for sustained development
- 2012
- This paper sets out to trace the genesis of community participation and engagement in development programmes, interaction between development organisations and the community, and the subsequent sustained participation of these communi...
- BetterEvaluation
- BetterEvaluation is an international collaboration to improve evaluation practice and theory by sharing information about options (methods or tools) and approaches. It offers online tools and materials organised into tasks: Approaches, Themes and Resources.
- Amazon Environmental Research Institute (IPAM)
- A non-profit, independent research, policy and outreach organisation working towards achieving sustainable development in the Amazon region
- Forestry Nepal
- Gateway to forestry information on Nepal.
- Center for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD)
- Center for Participatory Research and Development is an independent, non-profit policy, research and implementation institute.
- Interamerican Association for Environmental Defense (AIDA)
- AIDA is a non-profit environmental law organisation that works across international borders to defend threatened ecosystems and the human communities that depend on them.
- Latin American Platform on Climate (LAPC)
- Latin American Platform on Climate (LAPC) is formed of 17 civil society organisations committed to finding answers to climate change challenges in the region.
- 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
- INFOCON
- INFOCON aims to promote a better understanding of how Civil Society Organisations representing Transnational Communities can work on preventing and resolving conflicts in Europe and worldwide. Financed by the EU under the Seventh Framework Programme, this three-year research project was launched in April 2008.
- Localis (http://localis.org.uk/)
- Localis is an independent think-tank based in Westminster, dedicated to issues related to local government and localism. Since its formation it has produced research on a variety of issues including housing, the reform of regional government, innovation in services and local government finance.
