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  The campaign in the Gambia to end female genital cutting (FGC): lessons for advocacy practitioners

  Centre for Development Studies, University College, Dublin, 2003

  This paper describes the advocacy role of non governmental organisations (NGOs) in mobilising public opinion to end female genital cutting (FGC) in the Gambia. It analyses the extent of this role in terms of its political, social and cultural dimensions, and looks at how a well organised campaign aimed at changing attitudes, behaviour and policy should be conducted.
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  Research for poverty reduction: DFID Research Policy Paper

  Department for International Development, UK, 2003

  This report acknowledges the high quality of much current practice and proposes to build on the best of what is currently done.
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  Blinding with science or encouraging debate: how World Bank analysis determines PRSP policies

  Bretton Woods Project, 2002

  This paper argues for a more inclusive approach toward World Bank research and policy analysis, emphasising that NGOs, parliamentarians and other interested parties should focus more attention on the analytical work conducted or commissioned by the World Bank in their countries or sectors which may influence negotiations and financial allocations.Furthermore, recipient countries ought to be al
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  Strengthening the knowledge and information systems of the urban poor (KIS)

  Practical Action [Intermediate Technology Development Group], 2002

  Poor men and women living in urban informal settlements do need knowledge and information to cope with risks and improve their livelihoods, but they sometimes find it hard to access. How do the urban poor obtain information and develop knowledge? Do they get what they require and is it appropriate?
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  Advocacy tools and guidelines: promoting policy change

  CARE International, 2001

  This manual is a training guide designed to familiarise program managers with key advocacy concepts and techniques.The paper looks at the ways to contextualise policies, or the lack of them, in order to develop the most appropriate strategies to influence policy decision-makers.
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  Dealing with media: a practical guide

  EU/UNFPA Initiative for Reproductive Health in Asia, 2002

  This is a basic guide outlining reasons and methods for Southern NGOs to engage with the media.
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  Knowledge-based international aid: do we want it, do we need it?

  United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 2001

  This paper approaches “knowledge-based aid” in vogue today within the international aid community from the following specific perspectives:a view “from the South”a critical perspective,a regional focus on Latin America,a focus on educationa focus on the World Bank (WB) as a paradigmatic Agency, given its contemporary leading role in shaping the North/South cooperation mode
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  Good news and bad: the media, corporate social responsibility and sustainable development

  SustainAbility, 2002

  Reviews the track record of the media in covering development and corporate social responsibility stories. Also suggests how non-media businesses can better engage the media.Only the sumary of the report is available onlineThose wishing to receive the full report are required to register with Sustainability at the address given below.
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  Comparative study of the impacts of donor-initiated programmes on research capacity in the south

  Demanding Innovation: articulating policies for demand-led research and research capacity building in the South [seminar], 2001

  This paper examines Multi-annual, Multidisciplinary Research Programmes (MMRPs) instigated by the Netherlands in Africa, Asia and Latin America. The MMRPs were developed in response to a perceived need for a shift in the key responsibilities in donor funded research (eg in agenda and priority setting,the conduct of the research and financial accounting) from the North to the South.
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  A Social Network Approach to Analyzing Research Systems: A Study of Kenya, Ghana, and Kerala, India

  International Service for National Agricultural Research, 1997

  Describes a social network approach to analyzing science and technology systems, taking into account the primary sectors involved in agriculture and natural resource management. It outlines a methodology for producing an inventory of the set of relationships that actually occur rather than purely formal, “on paper” linkages, which may or may not be operational.

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