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Examining Local Currency Systems: A Social Audit Approach
International Journal of Community Currency Research, 1997The Local Exchange Trading System (LETS) is a form of local currency which is non-tangible, interest-free, freely created, and restricted to the local community.DocumentGender and Democratisation: The Mozambican Election of 1994
Internet Journal of African Studies, 1996The primary objective of this paper is to give an account of one aspect of a specific political process, the Mozambican presidential and legislative election of 1994. In this instance, it approaches the event through the use of gender analysis so as to expand and deepen the existing discourse on democratisation.DocumentHIV/AIDS and business in Africa: A socio-medical response to the economic impact? The case of Côte d’Ivoire
Management of Social Transformations Clearing House, 1997Using the findings of research carried out in 1995-1996 on the economic impact of HIV/AIDS on three firms in Abidjan, we look into companies’ reactions to the dysfunctions caused by the epidemic.DocumentIndigenous knowledge: a framework for action
Indigenous Knowledge Initiative, World Bank, 1998Argues that the vision of a truly global knowledge partnership will be realized only when the people of the developing countries participate as both contributors and users of knowledge.DocumentMarket Based Instruments For Environmental Policymaking In Latin America And The Caribbean: Lessons From Eleven Countries
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 1998Study of market-based instruments, focusing on 11 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean (Barbados, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela) and a cross-section of issues (water supply and abstraction, water quality, air quality, energy, solid and liquid waste management, toxic substances, noise, and agriculture) within an urban sDocumentEmpowering The Community: Information Strategies For Pollution Control
New Ideas in Pollution Regulation, World Bank, 1998Disclosure strategies, which involve public and/or private attempts to increase the availability of information on pollution, form the basis for what some have called the third wave in pollution control policy (after legal regulation--the first wave--and market-based instruments --the second wave).DocumentOpenness, sustainability, and public participation in transboundary river-basin institutions
Office of Arid Land Studies University of Arizona, 1998Existing analyses of water compacts fall short by ignoring place, a vital component when considering the viability of treaties. omprehensive examinations of how international river basins are managed are also markedly lacking.DocumentHow Bad Governance Impedes Poverty Alleviation in Bangladesh
OECD Development Centre, 1998In 1995/96, 47.5 per cent of the population of Bangladesh were still living below the poverty line. While this represents a decline compared to 62.6 per cent in 1983/84, the absolute number of poor people has in fact increased over the same period.DocumentCulture: a way to fight extreme poverty: ten practical experiments in escaping from situations of exclusion
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1997Overview of cultural obstacles affecting the social participation of the very poor and summaries of cases studies, including:Health awareness project in GuatemalaLiberative education and action programme, IndiaTheatre and development in Tamil NaduPiped water project in MadagascarDocumentRising Inequality in Mexico: Returns to Household Characteristics
1998Between 1984 and 1994, Mexico experienced a sharp increase in household income inequality. This trend is observed for a set of inequality measures: the Gini coefficient, the mean-log deviation, the Theil index, and the transformed coefficient of variation.Pages