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  NGOs at World Trade Organisation: the "democratic" dimension

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005

  This article discusses the role of NGOs at the WTO and analyses the interface in order to ascertain the democratic potential of the former, particularly at ministerial conferences.Findings of the article include:within the theoretical paradigm, literature on the rollback of the state provided the overarching impetus for the increasing role of NGOsin 1996 the General Council of the W
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  Civil society, democratisation and foreign aid in Africa

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005

  This paper critically examines the current donor practice of funding civil society organisations as a way to influence govenment policy and to create more citizen involvement in public affairs.
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  Community-driven development for water and sanitation in urban areas

  Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council, 2005

  This booklet presents a number of community-led initiatives to improve and extend provision for water and sanitation to low-income urban households and discusses their relevance for meeting the Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target for water and sanitation.At the core of most initiatives described in this booklet is the possibility for urban poor groups and their organizations to influence wha
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  Nepad and civil society participation in the APRM

  Institute for Democracy in South Africa, 2005

  This paper provides general information on the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (Nepad) and the African Peer Review Mechanism (APRM) in order to facilitate active participation in its processes.
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  A call for participatory decision making: discussion paper on World Bank - Civil Society engagement

  CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2005

  This paper explores the opportunities for empowering forms of participation in World Bank decision-making. It examines the challenges of public participation in the Bank’s institutional governance, and in its operations at global, national, and local levels.
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  Campaigning toolkit for civil society organisations engaged in the Millenium Development Goals

  CIVICUS - World Alliance for Citizen Participation, 2004

  This manual is targeted at civil society organisations campaigning to achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and provides them with a framework and a starting point in developing their campaign strategy.
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  Organisational learning in NGOs: creating the motive, means and opportunity

  International NGO Training and Research Centre, 2005

  This paper explores the importance of organisational learning in NGOs, drawing on examples gathered from interviews mainly with Northern NGO staff and from an extensive review of the literature.It looks into why NGOs need to provide the motive, means and opportunity for organisational learning, and introduces practical examples of how pioneering NGOs are doing this.It suggests how to combine
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  Membership based organisations for the Poor (MBOPs) and the case of NE Brazil: the rural poverty reduction program

  Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing, 2005

  This paper discusses the origins of Community Driven Development (CDD) in Brazil and compares it to earlier integrated rural development projects. It also sheds some light on the breadth, depth and scale of investments undertaken through the community associations in the region.
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  Current procedures and policies dominating aid: building strong relationships and enabling NGOs meet their stated aims?

  NGO Practice, 2005

  Based on a 4 years of field research in Uganda, this report evaluates the relationship between NGOs and donor agencies.
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  Mechanisms for PVO-NGO collaboration: the development community’s experience

  CorCom, 2004

  This report reviews recent experience that private voluntary organisations (PVOs) have had in collaborating with non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and assesses the factors that influence their joint efforts to improve the lives of poor people overseas.The paper identifies a number of trends that influence PVO-NGO collaboration:globally the private sector is expanding.

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