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  Khanya-aicdd briefing 1: emerging lessons on action learning

  The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2008

  Action learning is about learning from actions and applying what is learnt back into the next experience, an ongoing process. This briefing presents lessons of how to use action learning to improve the development and implementation of policies and practices that actually benefit the poor.
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  Fostering child-centred approaches to transport research, planning and policy development: a pilot methodology

  Commonwealth Youth and Development, 2007

  Transport plays a significant role in the lives of children and young people, facilitating or constraining their ability to discharge their domestic responsibilities, providing opportunities for earning an income, supporting or inhibiting the development of social networks, and influencing their health and educational achievements.
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  Democracy without people political institutions and citizenship in the new South Africa

  Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007

  South Africa is widely seen as one of the success stories of the so-called "Third Wave of Democracy". Whilst there is an increasingly widespread public perception that South Africa is providing a high level of democracy, there is little evidence that this success has resulted in greater public demand for democracy.
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  Budget monitoring and policy influence: lessons from civil society budget analysis and advocacy initiatives

  Overseas Development Institute, 2007

  This study examines the issues of budget accountability and budget policies. Within budget acountability it looks at budget groups’ impact on levels of budget transparency, public literacy and awareness of budget issues, and public engagement with budget processes. Budget policy includes for example investigation into the improvements in budget systems and shifts in allocations.
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  Speaking freely, being strong

  Panos AIDS Programme, 2006

  This report from Panos outlines the findings from research done on the role of communications in social mobilisation around HIV, in South Africa, Namibia and Brazil. Based on oral testimony from members of actions groups campaigning on HIV issues, it highlights the importance of communication at a personal, interpersonal and public policy level for such groups.
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  The community investment program: early childhood, community and local economic development

  The People's Agenda, South Africa, 2006

  This paper analyses the work of the Community Investment Programme (CIP) in South Africa. This programme works at providing linkages and opportunities for communities to become active partners of the state.
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  Science and citizens: global and local voices

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2006

  This IDS Policy Briefing argues that public engagement in scientific debates and policy processes is necessary to address how research agendas are framed and the social purposes they serve, and to ensure that poorer people and communities will benefit from them.Key questions include:what new perspectives on the links between science, technical expertise and citizen participation emerge
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  The people shall govern: a research report on public participation in policy processes

  Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation, South Africa, 2006

  This research paper critically investigates some of South Africa’s post-apartheid policy-making processes, in order to assess the extent to which ordinary citizens have been empowered to understand policies and articulate their opinions, needs and aspirations in relation to these policies.
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  Methodological innovations in research on the dynamics of poverty: a longitudinal study in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

  Q-Squared: Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches in Poverty Analysis, 2005

  The paper presents the methodology used in qualitative research on poverty in KwaZulu- Natal province in South Africa. It focuses on changes in the poverty status of households in the years following South Africa’s democratic transition.
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  Freedom for women: mainstreaming gender in the South African liberation struggle and beyond

  Oxfam, 2005

  This article traces the recent history of the women's movement in South Africa and how it struggled to include non-sexism alongside non-racism and democracy as key liberation principles and how post-apartheid politics continued to act as a barrier.

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