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  Biodiversity protection and the search for sustainability in Tibetan Plateau Grasslands (Qinghai, China)

  Plateau Perspectives, 2000

  This PhD dissertation looks at policies for protecting the native biodiversity of the Tibetan plateau and seeking sustainable development opportunities for this economically poor region Grassroots participation in conservation and development now is increasing in China.
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  Strengthening implementation of corporate social responsibility in global supply chains

  World Bank, 2003

  The specific objectives of this study are to a) identify the key barriers to improved implementation of codes of conduct at the level of suppliers, and b) identify and prioritize viable options for addressing these barriers.
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  Analysis and overview of case studies [on sustainability factors in ICT programmes]

  Sustainable Initiatives, 2003

  Review of 20 cases studies of organisations (particularly NGOS) where ICTs had enhanced ongoing development activities, the ICT activity could be replicated without sizeable investment, and there was a measure of sustainability.The key factors for sustainability are found to be: Clear project objectives as to whether the project is aimed at economic sustainability or support for social
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  Final report of the ad hoc working group on participatory development and good governance (part 2)

  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1997

  This paper presents lessons from experience of support for participatory development and good governance.
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  Poverty reduction and sustainable development in rural hinterland - ICT applications for micro level participatory planning, implementation & impact evaluation - Kuppam

  Eldis Document Store, 2002

  This document spells out the key components of a micro-level participatory planning exercise that was carried out in Kuppam constituency in Andhra Pradesh, India.
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  Decentralisations in practice in Southern Africa

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  Different forms of decentralisation are occurring in parallel, and often in ways that cause confusion, ambiguity, high transaction costs and conflict, in southern Africa.These case studies in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe show how: political authorities with downward accountability to electorates co-exist and sometimes conflict with decentralised service delivery (through line m
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  Rights talk and rights practice: challenges for Southern Africa

  Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa, 2003

  This research in Mozambique, South Africa and Zimbabwe looks at the practice of rights claiming on the ground, in the context of 'legal pluralism' and complex, politicised institutional settings. In the southern African context rights are formulated and claimed in a very unlevel playing field and are highly contested.
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  Power, knowledge and political spaces in the framing of poverty policy

  Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001

  This paper explores the dynamics of the making and shaping of poverty policy.
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  Women’s political participation in SADC

  International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2001

  This paper examines the degree of representation of women in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), and addresses the barriers to women’s participation.
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  Do more transparent governments govern better?

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper explores the link between information flows and governance or institutional quality.The paper argues that economic theory expounds on the importance of information on economic outcomes either through its direct effect on prices and quantities or through its effect on other factors such as institutions and the quality of governance.

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