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  E-participation and the future of democracy

  Interact, 2003

  This paper examines the contribution that modern information and communications technology can make to address some of the most prominent problems of modern democracies. It argues that the use of technology (i.e.
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  Understanding mechanisms for integrating community priorities in health planning, resource allocation and service delivery: results of a literature review

  EQUINET: Network for Equity in Health in Southern Africa, 2003

  Community participation is widely advocated as a mechanism to allow health service users to be involved in the design, implementation and evaluation of activities, with the aim of increasing the responsiveness, sustainability and efficiency of health programmes.
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  Civil society participation in Rwanda’s poverty reduction strategy

  European Network on Debt and Development, 2003

  This paper argues that the participation conditionality linked to the PRSP is too ambitious to be workable and too vague to be monitored. Typically, the Bretton Woods institutions have been lenient in the verifying of this conditionality, as a result of which governments can get away with a semblance of civil society consultation.
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  Local government responses to HIV/AIDS: a handbook

  World Bank, 2003

  This handbook is written for local government authorities (LGA) that are interested in developing or strengthening local responses to HIV/AIDS.
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  Battling for corporate accountability:experiences from the titanium mining campaign in Kwale, Kenya

  Participation Group, IDS, 2002

  This paper argues that transnational corporation ventures ought to factor in and mainstream accountability at the early stages of a project, implying that corporate accountability is a process to be nurtured over time. It also outlines a role for civil society actors as being instrumental in creating spaces for engagement with diverse stakeholders.
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  Annotated bibliography on citizen participation and local governance

  Learning Initiative on Citizen Participation and Local Governance, 2003

  This annotated bibliography reviews a broad selection of literature on the subject of citizen participation and local governance, including theoretical debates and case studies, and suggests approaches for both policy makers and practitioners. It is divided into four sections, preceded by an introductory overviewThe first section includes resources on current theoretical concepts and de
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  Grassroots action learning: impact assessment for downward accountability and civil society development

  Enterprise Development Impact Assessment Information Service, 2003

  This paper discusses how a critical ‘missing dimension’ of current participatory assessment processes can be addressed: grassroots action learning.
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  The rise of rights: rights-based approaches to international development

  Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, IDS, 2003

  International development agencies are increasingly using rights-based language.
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  An enabling environment for civil society: what does it mean and how does law fit in?

  Centre for Civil Society, University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2003

  This paper explores the notion of an ‘enabling environment’ for civil society, a concept that is briefly reviewed.
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  Whose right it is anyway?: equality, culture and conflicts of rights in South Africa

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2003

  South Africa today provides a fertile environment for reflection on questions about rights and multiculturalism, because claims grounded in both are frequent, loud and often quite intractable. Those charged with the responsibility of policy formulation and legislation are thus faced with the difficulty of striking a balance between: liberalism: the rights of individuals.

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