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Winning the Peace conference report: women’s role in post-conflict Iraq
Women Waging Peace, Cambridge and Washington, 2003This is a report from a forum on the crucial role women can – and should – play in Iraqi reconstruction held in April 2003 in Washington D.C.DocumentDoes voice matter? For public accountability, yes
World Bank Publications, 1994Recent theory argues that accountability in public service can be enhanced by the use of "exit " and " voice " mechanisms. Voice mechanisms are the more likely option when the service providers are a monopoly.DocumentInfluence and accountability: citizen voices, responsiveness and accountability in service delivery
One World Action, 2002To improve the delivery of basic services, a number of economic, social, technical and political issues need to be addressed. This seminar report focuses on two core political issues relevant to service delivery. How citizens can exercise their right to participate in meaningful ways in order to influence the delivery of basic services, such as water, sanitation, health care, education?DocumentPublic participation in health: making people matter
Institute of Development Studies UK, 1998This IDS working paper highlights the importance of community participation in improving health outcomes and performance of health systems.DocumentBuilding on success in African agriculture: are Kenya's horticultural exports a replicable success story?
International Food Policy Research Institute, 2004Summarising a background paper presented at the 'Successes in African Agriculture: Building for the Future' conference, this brief examines some of the factors that have contributed to the over six percent growth in Kenyan horticulture exports over the last 30 years.DocumentWhy cooperate?: a multi-disciplinary study of collective action
Overseas Development Institute, 2004This paper takes a broad, multi-disciplinary approach to answering the question: why cooperate?DocumentPreliminary study on the impact of international economic and financial issues on the enjoyment of human rights
United Nations High Commission for Human Rights, 2003This study explores the implications of international economic issues, mainly driven by the process of globalisation, for the realisation of the right to development, and proposes avenues for action for all actors in the international community.Findings and conclusions include:the opportunities provided by globalisation and integration into the world economy to developing countries haveDocumentHaiti: participation: from words to action: small-scale irrigation schemes rehabilitation project
Office of Evaluation and Studies, IFAD, 2003This document presents the findings of the evaluation of an IFAD seven-year project in Haiti. The project carried out rehabilitation work on the irrigation schemes attached to small plots of land, put in place local structures for management and maintenance and upgraded rural production techniques.DocumentCitizens juries: a radical alternative for social research
University of Surrey, 2003This paper discusses how citizen’s juries can offer an alternative for social research. The paper describes the jury process, its impacts and future challenges.The paper argues that citizen’s juries have the potential to be a tool of social justice and legitimise non specialist knowledge as much as a method of participatory research.