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An Assessment of European - aided Watershed Development Projects in India from the Perspective of Poverty Reduction and the poor
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998The paper assesses four Watershed Development Projects in India supported by European donors, namely Karnataka Watershed Development Project (Danida), Doon Valley Integrated Watershed Management Project (European Commission), Karnataka Integrated Watershed Management Project (Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau) and Karnataka Watershed Development Project (Overseas Development Administration/DepartmentDocumentEncouraging Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Southern Africa in the Context of Agricultural Services Reform
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998Summarises the results of six DFID funded country studies on encouraging sustainable agriculture in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. It emphasises the need for continuing government and donor support for sustainable increases in agricultural productivity which must underpin poverty alleviation.DocumentAssessing the Need to Manage Conflict in Community-Based Natural Resource Projects
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998Considers the role of ‘conflict management assessment’ in community-based natural resource projects. The importance of conducting an assessment of the potential for conflict and its management in relation to a project intervention is stressed, and an assessment framework described.DocumentReview of the impact information systems of NGO microenterprise programs (Hyman / Dearden / AIMS)
microLINKS,, 1999DocumentMalawi: Services and policies needed to support sustainable smallholder agriculture
Environment and Development Consultancy Ltd, 1997Malawi’ s smallholder agriculture is facing a crisis, particularly in the more populated south. There is an insidious combination of land shortage, continuous cultivation of maize, declining soil fertility, low yields, deforestation, poverty and high population growth rate.DocumentParticipatory Governance: The Missing Link for Poverty Reduction
OECD Development Centre, 1999Empowerment of the poor is one ingredient in effective poverty reduction. A demand-driven participatory approach enhances effectiveness and efficiency. Accountability is the central lever for participatory governance. Capacity building is necessary for making participatory governance a reality.DocumentEnhancing stakeholder participation in aid activities: technical note
Department for International Development, UK, 1995Recommendations on methods for encouraging participation in development projectsPart One provides definitions and describes the extent to which we can at the moment answer the questions of why, when and how to encourage stakeholder participation. It explains why participatory approaches are important for a sustainable and effective aid programme.DocumentOrganic agriculture and sustainable rural Livelihoods in developing countries
Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998Examines the contribution ethical trade initiatives can make towards the goal of sustainable rural livelihoods.Pages