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  Institutionalising participation and people-centred processes in natural resource management: research and publications highlights

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2004

  This report presents background and rationale for the IIED's action research on institutionalising participatory approaches and people centred processes in natural resource management.
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  NEPAD and the African Civil Society

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2004

  The New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) is a plan that aims to address key social, economic and political priorities of the continent. It is not a continent-wide plan, but based on certain principles with set conditions that African countries need to satisfy in order to become effective members.
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  Economic Policy Research as an input to good governance in Africa

  Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit, 2003

  Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) continues to lag behind the growth of other regions. With few exceptions, SSA countries do not catch up with the rich world. The average SSA country is poorer than the average low-income country. This paper argues that sound economic policy research (EPR) is a key missing link within the development process.
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  Informal regulation of pollution in a developing country: empirical evidence from Gujarat, India

  Madras School of Economics, India, 2003

  The design of policy instruments for pollution control in India is complicated by the presence of large numbers of small-scale and unorganised sector pollution sources that lack the knowledge, funds, technology and skills to treat effluent. Limited resources available for regulation, political interference, and information asymmetries also make formal regulation difficult.
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  Adaptation to climate change: the right information can help the poor to cope (DFID Key Sheet no. 7)

  Department for International Development, UK, 2004

  This key sheet is part of a series aimed at DFID staff and development partners examining the impact of climate change on poverty, and exploring tools for adaptation to climate change.This key sheet focuses on information needs in planning for and reducing risks to current climate and future climate change.
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  Closing the gap between promise and practice: a framework for planning, monitoring and evaluating social development networks

  Impact Alliance, 2004

  With a focus on US development institutions this paper addresses some of the key difficulties inherent in the donor-network relationship and programme implementation.
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  NGOS: fighting poverty, hurting the poor

  Foreign Policy [Journal], 2004

  In this short, polemical article, the author argues that NGO advocacy groups are acting against the interests of the poor and of international development through unreasonable criticism of the World Bank and similar agencies. The author argues that, in a typical situation, the Bank designs a reasonable project, which inevitably has flaws.
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  Asynchronous discussion groups as small world and scale free networks

  First Monday, 2004

  What is the network form of online discussion groups? What are the topological parameters delineating the interaction on such groups? This report analyses the dynamics in online discussion groups, especially in the context of assessing and understanding the symmetry of participation and contribution to such groups.
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  Evidence based policy or policy based evidence?

  British Medical Journal, 2004

  This short editorial ask whether a policy maker's willingness to take action influences the view of the evidence from researchers.As an example, it looks at UK attitudes to recent research on the control of alcohol.
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  The discourse of the GM food debate : how language choices affect public trust

  Economic and Social Research Council, UK, 2004

  This report examines how the UK public responded to information about GM food technology. It assesses how new technology is communicated to the public and how it is assessed by them. In 2003 when the UK government sponsored a GM National Debate, consisting of an economic review, scientific review and public consultation.

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