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  Resisting ethnicity from above: social identities and democracy in South Africa

  Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa, 2003

  Given that ethnicity, language and colour have determined membership of state and society in the recently abolished apartheid system, how can formerly excluded communities be recognised without perpetuating apartheid categorisations? This chapter from Governance and Democracy Review (Muthien, Y. Khosa, M.M.
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  Insulated economic policymaking and democratic governance: the paradox of second generation reforms in Argentina and Brazil

  Paul H Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, USA, 2003

  What tensions exist between the consolidation of democratic governance and the deepening of market reform for emerging market economies in Latin America?
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  Tools to support participatory urban decision making

  United Nations Human Settlements Programme, 2001

  This toolkit to support participatory urban decision-making was prepared as part of the Global Campaign on Urban Governance, a campaign led by UN-HABITAT in collaboration with a whole range of partners, which seeks to contribute to the eradication of poverty through improved urban governance.The toolkit provides information on a continuously growing set of urban management tools which are relat
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  National plans of action for children: involving children and young people in their development

  Save the Children Fund, Canada, 2002

  This paper provides guidance on how to involve children and young people in the development of National Plans of Action for children (NPAs). Drawing up these NPAs by the end of 2003 was a commitment made by all governments attending the 2002 UN General Assembly Special Session on Children.
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  From users and choosers to makers and shapers: repositioning participation in development

  Participation abstracts and document collection, IDS, 2000

  This report from the Institute of Development Studies reviews strategies to strengthen participation in social policy and social provisioning. Lamenting the lack of reference to the south in the literature on social policy, it explores the diverse forms participation has taken in social policy in developing countries.
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  Bringing citizen voice and client focus into service delivery

  Participation abstracts and document collection, IDS, 2001

  This is a study of efforts to improve the responsiveness of public service providers to the needs of service users, particularly the poorest service users. This paper examines over sixty case studies of both public-sector reforms to foster stronger client focus in service delivery; and civil-society initiatives to demand improved services.
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  Concepts of citizenship: a review

  Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability, IDS, 2002

  The review essay in this development bibliography provides a broad map to contemporary thinking around citizenship, building a theoretical frame of reference for empirical work on the contextual relations between citizenship, participation and accountability.
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  Sustainable ICT case histories

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This report offers 12 detailed case studies of activities that sought to benefit the poor and had an ICT component. The case studies show that ICTs can enhance development projects. The research has not conclusively proven that an ICT activity directed at increasing income for the poor can, on its own, generate cost recovery inclusive of set-up and replacement costs, i.e.
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  Essential series: civic engagement

  United Nations Development Programme, 2002

  Looks at the concept of civic engagement as it relates to participation, democratisation and the role of civil society. The key ‘Lessons Learned’ presented on the paper are: including non-state actors in development initiatives is a potential source of enhancing ownership and participatory governance the institutional framework for effective civic engagement requires access to rele
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  Sustainability through participation: roles and functions for development project managers

  School of Development Studies, Melbourne University, 2003

  This paper reviews research on the linkages between project ownership and the participatory involvement of stakeholders. It focuse on the roles and functions of development agencies and their project managers.

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