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    Situation and voices: the older poor and excluded in South Africa and India

    United Nations Population Fund, 2002
    In order to sharpen international focus on some of the key operational challenges faced by older people today, UNFPA commissioned a pilot study in South Africa and India. The study methodology entailed a literature review, including an analysis of the socio-cultural factors affecting older people, and a participatory assessment of how older persons perceive their lives.
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    "...we are the government in our village...": Tribal's struggle for local governance

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    The journey of the tribals and their struggles for local governance is explored in this paper. The paper analyses a series of struggles, the success in each one of which became the stepping stone and strength of the tribals to proceed on to the next.
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    Alternative budget analysis: DISHA's experience

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Developing Initiatives for Social and Human Action (DISHA), is a membership based organisation of 20,000 tribal and forest workers in Gujarat, which has addressed two questions on ideological and operational levels through alternative budget analysis.
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    Protest against the acquisition of common grazing land in Kadadara Panchayat, Gujarat

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Local governance has become increasingly significant as devolution from central and provincial levels is being attempted in India as a result of the enactment of the 73rd and 74th Amendment of the Constitution in 1993.
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    Chilika Bachao Andolan ( Save the Chilika Movement): a case study of people's resistance to the Integrated Shrimp Farm Project in Chilika, Orissa

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    Chilika Bachao Andolan (Save the Chilika Movement) was a movement by the people, mostly fishermen, who posed a successful resistance in the early 90's to the Integrated Shrimp Farm Project (ISFP)- a joint venture agreed upon by the Tata Iron and Steel Company and Government of Orissa for intensive prawn cultivation and export.
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    Tribal's struggle for the nistar rights, Gadchiroli, Maharashtra

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    This case explores the struggle of the Gond tribals for their traditional right to indigenous resources. The case is presented through a series of episodes. Each episode has a different storyline but has the same underlying theme of how citizens learnt, organised themselves, fought for their rights and demand for self governance in their village.
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    Case study of CIVIC, Bangalore

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    This paper attempts to articulate the issues of urban governance in Bangalore, and relate the same to the constitutional framework and polity (eg. lack of transparency, accountability, improper dissemination of information etc.). The paper attempts to articulate the existing and emerging conditions of the local polity.
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    Case study on Right to Clean Air Campaign [in India]

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) is a non-profit voluntary organisation, based in Delhi and working on issues related to environment. CSE has been actively been involved in issues related to environment and has taken a lead role in raising issues like air pollution, water pollution, sustainable development etc.
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    Displacement in Subernrekha multi-purpose project and civil society organisation's intervention

    Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000
    The displacement of peoples from areas where two large dams are being constructed under the Subarnarekha Multi-purpose Project (SMP),is the focus for this paper. Different organisations directed/are directing the movements in these two areas. These are the Chandil dam area and the Icha dam area. Most of the construction work of Chandil dam is over.
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    Gender and transport for older people

    HelpAge International, 2002
    Consultations with poor older people in developing countries, have shown that transport is a major concern for older people. Problems with transport create a real barrier to older women and men accessing basic social services and participating in local activities.

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