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    Sur International Journal on Human Rights: Issue 9 - Sixty years of Universal Declaration of Human Rights

    Sur - International Journal on Human Rights, 2008
    This issue of the Sur Journal on International Human Rights presents a number of papers which critically revisit two issues initially raised 60 years ago by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: the indivisibility and the universality of human rights.
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    Accountability arrangements to combat corruption: a note on research methodology for combating corruption

    Water Engineering and Development Centre, 2007
    This document provides information about the research agenda and methods used to investigate corruption in the infrastructure sector. It presents a combination of qualitative and quantitative research techniques to analyse corruption in the infrastructure sector.
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    Weathering the storm: participatory risk assessment for informal settlements

    PreventionWeb, 2008
    Residents of informal settlements often bear the brunt of extreme weather and associated flooding. This guide is intended to strengthen participatory risk assessment capabilities for a wide range of municipal and development professionals and practitioners. It is also relevant to professionals involved in housing, social development, health, adult education, CBOs and NGOs.
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    Making politics work to reduce extreme forms of poverty

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009
    There is a growing recognition of the importance of politics in shaping poverty reduction efforts in developing countries. But current development thinking and practice may be failing the poorest groups. What forms of politics lead to successful pro-poor policies?
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    Mapping of integrity and accountability in water activities and relevant capacities in the SADC region

    Stockholm International Water Institute, 2008
    Enhancing governance in the water sector through improved integrity, accountability, and the application of anti-corruption measures constitute important tools for achieving poverty reduction and improving sustainable management of water resources. These form fundamental elements of the principles of Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM).
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    Resource book for Ward Committees on community-based planning and the integrated development plan (IDP)

    The African Institute for Community-Driven Development (Khanya-aicdd), 2005
    Community-based planning (CBP) is a specific form of ward planning involving all people in a ward which has been designed to promote community action and make the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of a municipal area more people-centred. The methodology has been developed and tested in South Africa, Uganda, Zimbabwe and Ghana for use by municipalities and communities in South Africa.
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    Utility provision: contract design in the interest of the poor

    International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2009
    While access to basic utility services such as water, electricity and sanitation are essential for meeting internationally agreed development goals, many of these services remain unaffordable or unavailable for the world’s poorest people.
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    Excluding corrupt suppliers from public procurement in South Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008
    The South African government has taken steps to ensure its public procurement system for awarding contracts is free of corruption. Central to these efforts are anti-corruption laws that exclude firms guilty of corruption offences from the procurement process. However, it is unclear how effective this is, and the costs of these exclusions may prove too high.
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    Development in Practice 8(3)

    Development in Practice, 2008
    The question of what motivates individuals to become engaged in working for the public good is obviously central to the whole range of activities included in the term ‘development’. Yet the spark that ignites such voluntary engagement often seems to be taken for granted.
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    The Traditional Authority Applied Research Network, University of Calgary (TAARN)

    TAARN is a network of those concerned with applying research on chiefs to various development issues.

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