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New terms of engagement: can forest communities benefit from commercial partnerships?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Are companies who work with forest dwellers ripping them off, simply smartening up their corporate images or genuinely committed to win-win partnerships? How can communities negotiate with companies on a more equal footing? Could forests be an area for pioneering new forms of community-private partnership and local governance?DocumentFlood disasters in India’s West Bengal: are roads and railways to blame?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002In September 2000, floods in West Bengal in India killed five thousand people, displaced more than 20 million people and destroyed or damaged 2.2m houses. Could the scale of the damage have been anticipated? What does the flood teach us about appropriate and sustainable development in the flood-prone Bengal delta?DocumentBudget making in India: pro-poor or politically expedient?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002As India prepares its annual budgets, much concern is expressed about meeting the needs of the poor. Economic policies are routinely justified by professions of their pro- poorness. Is this preoccupation with poverty genuine or self-serving? How is poverty conceptualised? How could the budget process become more transparent and democratic?DocumentPoverty alleviation initiatives: doomed to fail without recognising the agency of the poor?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Concern about poverty increasingly dominates development debates as the number of ‘poverty experts’ grows – but what has happened to the voice of the poor? Are poverty reduction schemes conceived through the distorted lenses of development agencies, political elites and governments? Is enough being done to create space for the poor to challenge the circumstances that restrict them?DocumentLosers in the midst of plenty: the plight of India’s poor
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002India’s economy was one of the ten fastest growing economies in the 1990s. But what has this growth meant for the country’s poor? Research by the Overseas Development Institute shows that although the Indian economy has continued to grow rapidly, poverty reduction is proceeding far more slowly than anticipated.DocumentCredit and control: does microfinance lead to women’s empowerment?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Does access to credit help improve women’s status in the household? Who really benefits from micro-loans – women or men? Do existing programmes rely too much on the hype surrounding micro-credit?DocumentWater, water everywhere – not a drop to drink? Assessing the outcomes of water aid
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Can we accurately determine the benefits of water and sanitation projects? Until recently, success was seen in terms of input and output. But does this really tell us how sustainable the projects are? This report provides a methodology that measures potential outcomes for communities of water provision and sanitation.DocumentClaiming success – does community-based health insurance protect the poor?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002The poor are particularly vulnerable to the financial burden of illness including lost income and medical expenses. Community-based health insurance schemes pool resources to cover the costs of unpredictable health- related events. Research at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine assessed the performance of the Self Employed Women’s Association’s Medical Insurance Fund in Gujarat.DocumentCommitted to communities? Checking up on participation in cities
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002The Habitat Agenda signed in Istanbul in 1996 and Agenda 21, agreed at the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio, both commit governments to increasing participation in city decision- making. What legislation, policies and rules have resulted? Are they being implemented? How have they affected poor people?DocumentGetting down to the local level: challenges for Agenda 21
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002At the 1992 Rio Earth Summit and the Habitat II conference in Istanbul in 1996 governments pledged to support the Agenda 21 approach to sustainable development. Has this ushered in a new era of participatory local environmental planning and management (EPM)? Has urban planning been brought closer to the realities of the lives of the poor?Pages