Civil society
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Applying a rights-based approach in CSO programming
- J. Kirkemann Boesen; T. Martin / The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2007
- Rights-based development starts from the ethical position that all people are entitled to a certain standard in terms of material and spiritual wellbeing. It takes the side of people who suffer injustice by acknowledging their equal w...
- The Chinese environmental movement: a comparative study of two cities
- L. Xie; P. Hob / Conservation and Society, 2008
- This article analyses the characteristics of the Chinese environmental movement in terms of their organisational development and strategies. A comparative study of two Chinese cases - Shanghai and Xiangfan - is conducted to illustrate...
- Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Activists advocating policy dialogue and change in attitudes in Bangladesh
- 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...
- How has 9/11affected donor policy and civil society?
- J. Howell; J. Lind / Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2008
- Through case studies of select bilateral development agencies (USAID, AusAID, DFID and SIDA), this paper explores changing policy and practice on civil society since 9/11. It identifies some emerging patterns and points out distinctio...
- Making the most of community based worker systems for effective service delivery
- P. Mbullu / The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2007
- Many communities in Africa are largely dependent on services provided by local people rather than by external agencies, including government. Such services include traditional birth attendants, traditional healers, farmer to farmer ex...
- How are major cities in East Asia responding to climate change?
- World Bank, 2008
- This primer is a guide for local governments in East Asia to help them understand the concepts and consequences of climate change and how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities. It describes what is ...
- Applying a rights-based approach in CSO programming
- J. Kirkemann Boesen; T. Martin / The Danish Institute for Human Rights, 2007
- Rights-based development starts from the ethical position that all people are entitled to a certain standard in terms of material and spiritual wellbeing. It takes the side of people who suffer injustice by acknowledging their equal w...
- The Chinese environmental movement: a comparative study of two cities
- L. Xie; P. Hob / Conservation and Society, 2008
- This article analyses the characteristics of the Chinese environmental movement in terms of their organisational development and strategies. A comparative study of two Chinese cases - Shanghai and Xiangfan - is conducted to illustrate...
- 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...
- How has 9/11affected donor policy and civil society?
- J. Howell; J. Lind / Development Studies Institute, LSE, 2008
- Through case studies of select bilateral development agencies (USAID, AusAID, DFID and SIDA), this paper explores changing policy and practice on civil society since 9/11. It identifies some emerging patterns and points out distinctio...
- Making the most of community based worker systems for effective service delivery
- P. Mbullu / The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2007
- Many communities in Africa are largely dependent on services provided by local people rather than by external agencies, including government. Such services include traditional birth attendants, traditional healers, farmer to farmer ex...
- How are major cities in East Asia responding to climate change?
- World Bank, 2008
- This primer is a guide for local governments in East Asia to help them understand the concepts and consequences of climate change and how climate change consequences contribute to urban vulnerabilities. It describes what is ...
- Community based disaster preparedness in the Philippines
- K. Falk (ed); L. Nørgaard (ed); J. MacLean (ed) / ProVention Consortium, 2005
- During the past decade less people have died in natural disasters, but more and more lives and livelihoods are affected by the negative consequences of them. The increase is steep, triggered by more frequent extreme weather conditions...
- A critical overview of participation
- F. Bliss; S. Neumann / Institute for Development and Peace/Institut für Entwicklung und Frieden, University of Duisburg, 2008
- Participation has become one of the most important buzzwords in the international development discourse since at least the middle of the 1990s. However the positive connotation of participation shared by almost all actors in the field...
- Papers series examining women's political participation
- F. Gell; J. Hoare / Oxfam, 2008
- Women are often denied a voice within the states, markets, communities, and households in which they live, dominated as they are by men and male interests. This lack of voice functions as a critical factor in the maintenance of gender...
- How do civil organisations work?
- A. G. Lavalle; G. Castello; R. M Bichir / Centre for the Future State, IDS, 2008
- Despite the widespread attention given to civil organisations, this paper notes surprisingly little is known about their modus operandi. The idea that they possess general characterisations of a societal action groups, and are usually...
- 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.
- 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.
- Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Activists advocating policy dialogue and change in attitudes in Bangladesh
- IBON International (IBON)
- IBON provides support in research and education to peoples’ movements and grassroots empowerment, and advocacy, and links these to international initiatives and networks. IBON initiates and implements international programs, develops and hosts international networks, initiates and participates in international advocacy campaigns, and establishes regional and country offices...
- International Foundation of Hope (IFHope)
- US NGO working in Afghanistan
- Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue
- The Jordan Center for Public Policy Research and Dialogue (JCPP) is a non-profit think tank focusing on issues critical to the development process in Jordan.
- Institute for Democratic Governance
- Knowledge, capacity and influence on public policy to consolidate democracy and good governance in Ghana and the rest of Africa
- Hong Kong Transition Project
Hong Kong: from British colony to Chinese rule
- National Democratic Institute
- Nonprofit organisation working to strengthen and expand democracy worldwide
