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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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    People, protected areas and global change. Participatory conservation in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Europe

    NCCR North South, 2009
    This book is a synthesis of papers on sustainable conservation in protected areas (PA). It presents a series of papers that provide comprehensive information on 13 PAs: 4 in Latin America, 5 in Africa, 3 in Asia and 1 in Switzerland. The authors note that participation in the protected areas under study was generally better in theory than in perceived practice.
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    Children as agents of change for disaster risk reduction: lessons from El Salvador and the Philippines

    Children in a Changing Climate, 2009
    This paper explores children’s voices in disaster risk reduction (DRR) policy spaces and their capacity to communicate disaster risk to their parents and larger community. It challenges the traditional development approaches which perceive children as passive victims during and after disasters.
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    Local autonomy and citizen participation in Tanzania: from a local government reform perspective

    Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2008
    This report analyses data on local autonomy and citizen participation from six case councils in Tanzania, for the period 2000-2004.The data covers citizen’s perceptions of their involvement in the planning process; the perceptions of council staff of citizens involvement in planning, as this has a bearing on the willingness of local government bureaucrats to involve their citizens in local g
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    Civil society engagement in PSIA processes: A review

    Regional Bureau for Europe and the CIS, United Nations Development Programme, 2007
    Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) is widely used as an analytical tool in policy-making processes. However, there is a concern about the lack of involvement of civil society in the design, formulation and implementation of PSIA.
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    Creating the new constitution: a guide for Nepali citizens

    International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance / International IDEA, 2008
    This document serves as a guide to constitution making in Nepal. It provides a brief history of past constitutions in Nepal, including an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the 1990 Constitution, to enable a better understanding of the current issues and debates.
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    Civil society participation in the PRSP: the role of evidence and the impact on policy choices

    Overseas Development Institute, 2005
    This synthesis study looks at civil society’s participation in the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) process.
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    Political participation and quality of life

    Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo / Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), 2008
    This paper discusses the results of a study in Latin America on the relationship between political participation and well-being. It reviews the theoretical literature on procedural utility and the broad psychological benefits of political participation, which suggests that:
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    Using mobile phones in advocacy campaigns

    MobileActive.org, 2007
    Speed is often critical in an advocacy campaign and mobile phones allow the rapid dissemination of messages to a network of supporters with specific calls for action. In the developing world, where internet access can be slow or limited, mobile phone campaigns can reach a broad constituency of citizens.
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    Understanding and supporting the role of local organisations in sustainable development

    International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
    This publication is one in a series of case studies that reviews the experiences of local organisations in development and environmental management . It also examines the different kinds of external funding that best supported their efforts. The case studies are based on reflections by IIED and 6 of its local partners from Puerto Rico, Peru, Zimbabwe, Pakistan, Argentina and Tanzania.

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