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    International adaptation finance: the need for an innovative and strategic approach

    Oxford Institute for Energy Studies, 2008
    Any view on international finance for climate adaptation in developing countries must deal with the question of the cost of adaptation and how much funds will be available under current conditions. Although existing estimates of adaptation funding needs in developing countries are still very vague, they all indicate that they are and will be in the tens of billions €/$ per annum.
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    Programme insights: learning for action on women's leadership and participation: all papers

    Oxfam, 2008
    Women are often denied a voice within the states, markets, communities, and households in which they live, dominated as they are by men and male interests.
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    Citizens’ participation and local governance in South East Asia

    One World Action, 2008
    Achieving democracy, accountability and participatory governance are complex and long term processes. The Citizen’s Participation in Local Governance (CPLG) is a project implemented across the Philippines, Indonesia, Cambodia and Thailand which has provided exciting opportunities, challenges and risks for all involved.
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    Participatory governance? Citizens and the state in South Africa

    African Centre for Citizenship and Democracy, 2007
    Since the drafting of the new South African Constitution, with its strong emphasis on both civil and socio-economic rights, there has been much debate on how these rights translate into policy and, even more critically, how they translate into actual dynamics of participation which are meaningful and empowering to citizens.
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    Khanya-aicdd briefing 2: experiences of approaches to funding communities

    The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008
    Participatory approaches, decentralisation, and development of local capacity are now mainstream parts of the development toolkit.
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    Taking Community-Led Total Sanitation to scale: movement, spread and adaptation

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2008
    When a process leads to positive change, it is desirable to instigate that process elsewhere. This paper proposes that ‘going to scale’ though, is multi-dimensional and complex. It examines the issues through Community-led Total Sanitation (CLTS): an innovation in participatory methodology, as well as a unique approach to sanitation.
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    Ten steps to citizen journalism online

    Arab Media & Society, 2008
    Online citizen journalism provides a platform for people to voice their opinions on various topics. The question is where to start and what needs to be done to generate discussion?
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    Training of HIV/AIDS committees at local government authorities

    Tanzania Commission for AIDS, 2007
    Tanzania is one of the countries hardest hit by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. The Tanzania Commission for AIDS was established as part of the government response to the HIV epidemic.This manual is part of the Tanzania Commission for AIDS strategic plan to coordinate and strengthen the efforts of stakeholders involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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    Integrated risk management to protect drinking water and sanitation services facing natural disasters

    IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2008
    This guide provides updated information for professionals, agencies, and authorities in the health, drinking water and sanitation sectors on alternatives for strategic interventions to combat risks inherent in drinking water and sanitation services.
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    From grassroots to government: FARM-Africa’s experiences influencing policy in sub-Saharan Africa

    Farm Africa, 2007
    Increasingly, NGOs are becoming active in policy debates, yet a key question emerging from this new focus is whether NGOs can effectively influence the policy agenda. This publication presents four FARM-Africa projects from Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania and South Africa, describing how they approached influencing national policy in the context of the natural resources sector.

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