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Urban renewal: at whose cost?
Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2007This brief article examines the draft housing policy of Maharashtra in India.DocumentUnderstanding corruption in West Bengal: is decentralisation the answer?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Those advocating good governance through decentralisation see state agents as the prime cause of corruption. They praise civil society’s role in making politicians and bureaucrats accountable.DocumentUrban poverty office projects: operation and maintenance
Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 1998Enhancing a city's operation and maintenance (O&M) system engenders local ownership and gives people a stake in service provision. This executive summary reviews the outcomes of an O&M situation analysis in the city of Cuttack, India.DocumentIndigenous peoples safeguards
Operations Evaluation Department, Asian Development Bank, 2007The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has the responsibility of safeguarding Indigenous Peoples (IP) and their ways of living. This report presents the findings of a special evaluation study of the bank's 1998 policy on IP. It provides an overview of the scale and nature of safeguards in the bank's operation and reviews trends.DocumentHidden apartheid: caste discrimination against India’s “untouchables”
Human Rights Watch, 2007This report documents India’s systematic failure to respect, protect, and ensure Dalits’ fundamental human rights.DocumentExpanding collaboration between public audit institutions and civil society
International Budget Partnership, 2007Civil society organisations are increasingly undertaking innovative actions designed to hold governments accountable for the use of public resources. The paper gives concrete examples of civil society participation and audit institution engagement from India, South Africa, the Philippines, Mexico, South Korea and Argentina. It demonstrates that civil soDocumentPolitical parties in South Asia: the challenge of change
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2007This paper provides a comparative view of the conditions, roles and functioning of political parties in five countries of the South Asian region – Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. The publication builds on empirical information collected from 49 parties and addresses the challenges of politics as experienced by the key political actors themselves: the political parties.DocumentHuman rights and dignity of Dalit women: report of the conference in the Hague, 20-25 November 2006
India Committee of the Netherlands, 2006This report summarises the proceedings and the outcomes the 1st Conference on the Rights of Dalit Women held in The Hague, Netherlands.DocumentBudget analysis and policy advocacy: the role of non-governmental public action
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2007Civil society initiatives to improve budget transparency and influence government spending priorities are being introduced in developing countries. This IDS working paper reports on research carried out on six civil society budget groups around the world. The case studies are on a social movement in India, a research institution in Croatia and NGOs in Brazil, Mexico, South Africa and Uganda.