- 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...
- Center for American Progress Action Fund
- The Center for American Progress Action Fund is a progressive think-tank dedicated to improving the lives of Americans through ideas and action. They are creating a long-term, progressive vision for America—a vision that policy makers, thought-leaders and activists can use to shape the national debate and pass laws that make a difference. Their mission is to transform progressive...
- 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 ...
- Can development philanthropy engender indigenous development?
- R.E. Daubon / Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2007
- The recent rise of the Gates Foundation as a major donor of overseas aid has focused attention on the role of private institutions in development. Traditionally solely a funder of programmes – rather than institutions i.e. &lsqu...
- How does climate change affect children in Nepal?
- D. Gautam; K. Oswald / Children in a Changing Climate, 2008
- In 2008 Children in a Changing Climate’s research programme worked with ActionAid Nepal, and its partner organisations, to help poor children in the plains, hills and urban areas of Nepal make short films about how climate chang...
- How to involve marginalised people in health and development communication programmes
- M. Tapia; A. Brasington; L. Van Lith / International HIV/AIDS Alliance, 2007
- Participation in health and development communication programmes can strengthen the voice of ordinary citizens and ensure their involvement in decisions that affect them, their families, and their communities. Those directly affected ...
- What motivates individuals to become engaged in working for the public good?
- Development in Practice, 2008
- The question of what motivates individuals to become engaged in working for the public good is obviously central to the whole range of activities included in the term ‘development’. Yet the spark that ignites such voluntar...
- Special issue of Development in Practice covering participatory research and gender analysis
- Development in Practice, 2008
- This issue of the journal has a special focus on “Operationalising participatory research and gender analysis” , and aims to add value to the discussion of methodological, practical, philosophical, political, and instituti...
- Implementing sustainable public procurement
- M. Kjöllerström / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2008
- This brief examines the reasons behind the current drive towards sustainable public procurement (SPP), and the barriers that have to be overcome in order to implement it. It also looks at the key benefits and methods involved in SPP a...
- Training trainers in data collection and participatory research
- A. Shillingford / Caribbean Development Bank, 2006
- Developing training which combines development and empowerment with research can be challenging. According to the author of this manual, this is the situation in the Caribbean, where attempts are being made to do both using Parti...
- Using participatory agricultural research approaches to create client-responsive, impact-oriented institutions
- Aden A. Aw-Hassan / Development in Practice, 2008
- The popularity of participatory research approaches is largely driven by the expected benefits from bridging the gap between formal agricultural science institutions and local farm communities, making agricultural research more releva...
- Participatory risk assessment: a new approach for safer food in vulnerable African communities
- Delia Grace; Tom Randolph; Janice Olawoye; Erastus Kang'ethe / Development in Practice, 2008
- Women play the major role in food supply in developing countries, but too often their ability to feed their families properly is compromised; the result is high levels of food-borne disease and consequent limited access to higher-valu...
- Literature review of value of participatory research
- Nina Lilja; Mauricio Bellon / Development in Practice, 2008
- This article reviews, through reference to the published literature, some key questions about participatory research: When should participatory research be used? How should participatory research be applied? ...
- Developing countries must join forces to particiapte in global trade governance to reduce global inequalities
- V.P.B. Yu / South Centre, 2008
- This paper from the South Centre is concerned with the widening development gap in the setting of new international policy regimes and a changing global economic environment. Global income inequality matters for economic and social st...
- Participation in Rio de Janeiro
- U.M. Butler; M. Princeswal / LSE Research Online, 2008
- Recently there has been increased enthusiasm for the participation of children and young people in various sectors of society. This has resulted in an emerging critique of the use and abuse of terms such as ‘participation&r...
- How does aid and foreign policy impact on civil society in Afghanistan?
- J. Howell; J. Lind / Centre for Civil Society, LSE, 2008
- Afghanistan has become the first theatre in which the USA’s seemingly contradictory goals of the War on Terror and the promotion of liberal democracy and free markets are being played out to their full. This paper examines the i...
