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    The Net Result - Social Inclusion in the Information Society: report of the [UK] National Working Party on Social Inclusion (INSINC)

    IBM UK, 1997
    Report addresses several questions: How can a socially inclusive Information Society be brought about? What will it look like? And what are the implications for communities and community organisations?
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    Creating a Development Trust

    Partnerships Online, 1997
    Development Trusts are partnerships which have been defined as independent, not-for-profit organisations which take action to renew an area physically, socially and in spirit. They bring together the public, private and voluntary sectors, and obtain financial and other resources from a wide range of organisations and individuals.
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    How you can use IT in the community

    Partnerships Online, 1997
    Advice, case studies and articles on methods and benefits of using the Internet for community development and campaigning. UK focus
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    The Guide to Effective Participation

    Partnerships Online, 1994
    Offers a comprehensive framework for thinking about involvement, empowerment and partnership. It also provides an A to Z of key issues and practical techniques for effective participation [author]
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    Assessing "Participation" in Forest Management: Workable Methods and Unworkable Assumptions

    Center for International Forestry Research, 1996
    Paper reports the results of a pre-test in West Kalimantan, Indonesia, of four methods designed to assess the level and nature of participation by local people in forest management quickly and easily. Two of the methods --- the "Iterative Continuum Method" (ICM) and the participatory card sorting method --- were deemed helpful.
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    Assessing People's Perceptions of Forests in Danau Sentarum Wildlife Reserve [Kalimantan, Indonesia]

    Center for International Forestry Research, 1996
    Previous research identified three important issues of relevance to forest people's roles in sustainable forest management which we address here: the presence of a "conservation ethic", a feeling of closeness to the forest, and a significant forest-culture link.
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    Economic reform and progress in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    The paper examines the experience in structural reform in five areas—governance, international trade, financial markets, labor markets, and the generation and use of public resources—in countries of Latin America and the Caribbean. It develops quantitative indicators for the policy reforms and for their outcomes.
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    The limits and merits of participation

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
    Once a shout from the radical fringe, the call for participation has resurfaced as a dominant voice in development thinking. But the new truth may be flawed. The goal of economic development is to increase growth and eliminate poverty. Recently, the goal has been broadened to include promoting participatory governance.
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    Distinguishing between Types of Data and Methods of Collecting Them

    Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1999
    In the "quantitative-qualitative" debate, analysts often fail to make a clear distinction between methods of data collection used and types of data generated.
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    Dualistic sector choice and female labour supply : evidence from formal and informal sectors in Cameroon

    Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1997
    In developing countries, labour supply and activity choices are distorted by the existence of labour market imperfections restricting the entry in the activity sectors or rationing the worked hours. The presence of decreasing returns to labour in the informal sector is another specific characteristic of labour market dualism in LDCs.

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