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Civil society and governance: from the vantage point of the pavement dwellers of Mumbai
Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000The fundamental question asked by this study is: how does a group of subalterns, say the pavement dwellers, feature in the civil society argument? Being the most deprived and the most marginal among the urban poor, how do they relate to the urban space and to the politics of the city? Are they truly citizen-like agents or do they remain merely the object/target of state policy?DocumentFishermen's struggle against mechanised fishing in Kerala
Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000The fisherfolk movement against mechanised fishing in Kerala depicts the struggle of the marginalised artisanal fishing community for their right and control over their traditional livelihood resources.DocumentCollaboration, technical assistance and interactive media: trends in U.S. civil society
Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000The process of engaging citizens in activities essential to the functioning of a healthy civil society can be understood as both a science and an art form. This paper examines some of the recent efforts that civil society organizations have undertaken to increase citizen participation across a wide spectrum of activities related to democratic life.DocumentBoston Healthy Start Initiative: a case study of community empowerment
Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000The Boston Healthy Start Initiative (BHSI), is a community driven program serving an identified part of the city of Boston which have disproportionately high rates of infant mortality and an overall poor health status in general.DocumentAlternative budget analysis: DISHA's experience
Civil Society and Governance Programme, IDS, 2000Developing Initiatives for Social and Human Action (DISHA), is a membership based organisation of 20,000 tribal and forest workers in Gujarat, which has addressed two questions on ideological and operational levels through alternative budget analysis.DocumentThe importance of land tenure to poverty eradication and sustainable development in Africa: Summary of findings
Oxfam, 1997This paper draws out the key links between land tenure and poverty eradication.DocumentAn overview of sector wide approaches (SWAps) in health: are they appropriate for aid-dependant Latin American countries?
Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2001Do experiences of SWAps in the health sector suggest that the approach should be adopted in Latin-America? This paper was written for the UK Department for International Development (DFID) by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre (HSRC).DocumentDevelopment of administrative and financial management capacity for sector-wide approaches (SWAPs): the experience of the Bangladesh Health Sector
HLSP Institute, UK, 2001The health sector programme in Bangladesh – known as the Health and Population Sector Programme (HPSP) – aims to ensure that government action and resources make a cost-effective contribution to the priority health needs of the poor, particularly women and children.DocumentOrientation and training seminars for agency staff: sector-wide approaches for health in a changing environment
HLSP Institute, UK, 2002This handbook, produced by HLSP, is intended to be used to familiarise agency staff with the sector-wide approach (SWAp) through providing modules which address several SWAp-related issues.DocumentCapacity building and systems development for SWAps: the experience of the Ghana health sector
HLSP Institute, UK, 2001The sector-wide approach has been incorporated in Ghana’s approach to health sector development since 1996, although it was not formally labelled as a SWAp.Pages