Participation in development
- 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...
- 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.
- Bringing participation into international financial institutions
- R. Tandon, / Asian Development Bank, 2007
- How can participatory principles and methods be translated into large-scale, national development programmes? This paper explains that for participation to be made a meaningful and sustainable process for achieving concrete resul...
- The World Bank’s failure on the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project
- K. Horta; S. Nguiffo; D. Djiraibe / Forest Peoples Programme, 2007
- This report assesses the role of the World Bank in the funding and management of the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project. The report argues that the project has fueled violence, impoverished people in the oil fields and along the p...
- What will our cities look like in 20 years time?
- J. Beall; S. Fox / Oxfam, 2006
- As of 2007, more people will live in cities than in rural areas, a proportion that is set to increase in years to come. In light of this, this paper argues that urban planning and urban development policies are crucial to the creation...
- Bringing participation into international financial institutions
- R. Tandon, / Asian Development Bank, 2007
- How can participatory principles and methods be translated into large-scale, national development programmes? This paper explains that for participation to be made a meaningful and sustainable process for achieving concrete resul...
- The World Bank’s failure on the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project
- K. Horta; S. Nguiffo; D. Djiraibe / Forest Peoples Programme, 2007
- This report assesses the role of the World Bank in the funding and management of the Chad-Cameroon oil and pipeline project. The report argues that the project has fueled violence, impoverished people in the oil fields and along the p...
- What will our cities look like in 20 years time?
- J. Beall; S. Fox / Oxfam, 2006
- As of 2007, more people will live in cities than in rural areas, a proportion that is set to increase in years to come. In light of this, this paper argues that urban planning and urban development policies are crucial to the creation...
- Lessons from Bolivia on Indigenous Territorial Management
- T. Tapia,; M. del Pilar Valencia / International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2007
- Implementing a system of territorial management to Traditional Communal Lands (TCOs in English) poses a challenge to Bolivia’s indigenous peoples, as they lack practical skills necessary to do so. This report outlines the suppor...
- Participatory action planning in peri-urban aquaculture in Bangladesh and West Bangal, India.
- S. W. Bunting; R. Lewins / Centre for Environment and Society, University of Essex, 2006
- This paper follows the 2005 Dhaka workshop on "Peri-urban aquatic production and improvement of the livelihoods of the urban poor in south east Asia". It aims to raise awareness and create dialogue amongst policy-makers and developmen...
- Assessment of joint forest planning and management in India
- S. Lele; A.K. Kiran Kumar; P. Shivashankar / Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Environment and Development, Bangalore, 2005
- Joint Forest Management (JFM) has become the key concept through which forest generation activities are being implemented in most parts of India. This study uncovers several lacunae in the way Joint Forest Planning and Management (JFP...
- Small scale farmers' views on the future of food production
- M. Pimbert; K. Tran-Thanh; E. Deléage; M. Reinert; C. Trehet; E. Bennett / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- The knowledge, priorities and aspirations of small scale producers are rarely included in policy debates on the future of food, farming and development. In response, a recent electronic conference, "The Future of Food and Small-scale ...
- Guide to immersions as learning tools for policy makers
- R. Irvine; R. Chambers; R. Eyben / Eldis Document Store, 2004
- This paper explores the practice and the potential of immersions. Immersions are occasions when professionals learn directly from encounters with poor and marginalized people by living with them and reflecting on the experience. Those...
- 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.
