Participation in development
- Involving women in fisheries and coastal resource management
- A. Soumare / Gender and Water Alliance, 2008
- During the last twenty years pressure on marine resources in Senegal has increased so significantly that fish have become scarce. Despite their involvement in the use of coastal and marine resources around the world, many women face b...
- An alternative plan to save the world from ecological crisis
- L. Brown / Earth Policy Institute, 2008
- This publication argues that the roots of the current environmental dilemmas lie in the enormous growth of the human enterprise over the last century. The author presents an alternative plan to save civilisation, which is ambitious no...
- How are conservation policies shaped by neoliberalism?: a collection of critical essays
- J. Igoe (ed); D. Brockington (ed) / Conservation and Society, 2008
- The growing body of work on the 'neoliberalisation of nature' has paid little attention to conservation policy and its impacts. Similarly, studies of conservation have generally overlooked the broader context of neoliberalism. This la...
- How can South Pacific communities participate in climate change adaptation?
- WWF South Pacific programme, 2007
- The South Pacific region is among the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. With an almost complete reliance on natural resources for subsistence living and economic development, the changes occurring in sea levels, weathe...
- Are methodologies, mindsets and concepts on poverty research all interlinked?
- R. Chambers / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
- This paper explores linkages between methodologies, mindsets, concepts and perceptions in research on poverty. Three streams, syndromes or paradigms are described; non-contextual and quantitative, qualitative and contextual, and third...
- Evaluating action learning
- I. Goldman; R. Searle-Mbullu / The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008
- Action learning is about learning from actions and applying what is learnt back into the next experience, an ongoing process. This briefing presents lessons of how to use action learning to improve the development and implementation o...
- Assessing a rights based approach to development
- A. Kapur; N. Duvvury / International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2008
- Discussions among international donors and development agencies about how to reduce global poverty and increase overall well-being are particularly focused on realising human rights through a rightsbased approach. The following report...
- Committee for Asian Women (CAW)
- Women workers organisation
- Towards wellbeing in forest communities: a sourcebook for local government
- M., A. Albornoz; M. Becker; A. Cahyat / Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
- Local governments have an important role to play in enhancing the wellbeing of forest communities, yet often lack the capacity to understand and address local needs. This source book provides a useful resource for local governments, l...
- How to create opportunities for young people to engage in development processes
- J. Schölvinck; S. Zelenev / United Nations [UN] Programme on Youth, 2007
- The World Youth Report 2007 argues that to benefit from young people’s capabilities, societies must ensure that opportunities for youth to be engaged in development processes are nurtured and protected. The report notes th...
- Are methodologies, mindsets and concepts on poverty research all interlinked?
- R. Chambers / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007
- This paper explores linkages between methodologies, mindsets, concepts and perceptions in research on poverty. Three streams, syndromes or paradigms are described; non-contextual and quantitative, qualitative and contextual, and third...
- Evaluating action learning
- I. Goldman; R. Searle-Mbullu / The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008
- Action learning is about learning from actions and applying what is learnt back into the next experience, an ongoing process. This briefing presents lessons of how to use action learning to improve the development and implementation o...
- Assessing a rights based approach to development
- A. Kapur; N. Duvvury / International Center for Research on Women, USA, 2008
- Discussions among international donors and development agencies about how to reduce global poverty and increase overall well-being are particularly focused on realising human rights through a rightsbased approach. The following report...
- Towards wellbeing in forest communities: a sourcebook for local government
- M., A. Albornoz; M. Becker; A. Cahyat / Center for International Forestry Research, 2008
- Local governments have an important role to play in enhancing the wellbeing of forest communities, yet often lack the capacity to understand and address local needs. This source book provides a useful resource for local governments, l...
- How to create opportunities for young people to engage in development processes
- J. Schölvinck; S. Zelenev / United Nations [UN] Programme on Youth, 2007
- The World Youth Report 2007 argues that to benefit from young people’s capabilities, societies must ensure that opportunities for youth to be engaged in development processes are nurtured and protected. The report notes th...
- Collective actions of the Sukumbasis in Nepal
- K. Masaki / Institute for Development Policy and Management, Manchester, 2008
- The promotion of ‘inclusive citizenship’, through which the disadvantaged engage in collective struggles for justice and recognition, has been attracting growing attention as a solution to chronic poverty. This paper consi...
- Can a north-south partnership ever be truly equal?
- Y-P. Le Meur / Groupe de recherche et d'échanges technologiques, 2007
- Analysing the history of a 10 years partnership between GRET and CEDAC, a French and a Cambodian NGO, working together on rural development issues in Cambodia, this paper highlights numerous lessons on partnership and capacity buildin...
- Lessons learned from community-based climate change adaptation projects in South-Eastern Africa
- Climate Change, International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2007
- Across south-eastern Africa, organisations are developing and implementing projects specifically designed to support adaptation to climate change, many at the community level. This paper reports on a workshop that brought togethe...
- Participatory forest management in South Asia: lessons from Nepal, India and Bhutan
- J. Statz; R. Kotru; H. Beukeboom / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2007
- Community participation in natural resource management and ecosystem conservation has been widely practised during the last two decades in countries of the Himalayan region, particularly in Nepal, India, and Bhutan. However, success a...
- What can poor people teach us about development?: lessons from PPAs in India
- S. Viswanathan; R. Srivastava / Asian Development Bank, 2007
- Since the late 1990s, policy makers, donors, NGOs and researchers have become increasingly interested in participatory poverty assessments (PPAs) and participatory evaluation of development initiatives for the poor. This synthesis rep...
- Center for Participatory Research and Development (CPRD)
- Center for Participatory Research and Development is an independent, non-profit policy, research and implementation institute.
- Practice In Participation
- Participatory portal for community-based practices
- Equity and Justice Working Group (EJWG)
- Activists advocating policy dialogue and change in attitudes in Bangladesh
- The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd)
- Sustainable development in Africa
- Committee for Asian Women (CAW)
- Women workers organisation
- Rural Reconstruction Nepal
- Integrated community development programmes in Nepal
- International Conference on Engaging Communities
- 2005 UN and Queensland government organised conference resulting in the Brisbane Declaration on Community Engagement.
