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Debating GATS
Joy, Clare - In: Progress in Development Studies 8 (2008) 1, pp. 23-29
within the international negotiation process and the opportunities for citizen participation in what are potentially …
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Enhancing pro-poor governance in Eastern India: participation, politics and action research
Williams, Glyn; Srivastava, Manoj; Corbridge, Stuart; … - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 2, pp. 159-178
This paper uses the experience of a recent programme of action research in Eastern India to reflect on the use of participatory ideals within governance reform. In a situation where there are profound difficulties in local governance, it assesses the potential for participatory forms of...
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Consulting the poor in Thailand: enlightenment or delusion?
Parnwell, Michael J.G. - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 2, pp. 99-112
This paper aims to set the World Bank’s recent ‘Consultations with the Poor’ (CWP) exercise within the context of the broadening of definitions of poverty and ill-being and the current predilection for participatory research. The CWP exercise was intended to provide a nuanced...
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The World Development Report II: continuity and change in development orthodoxies
Mawdsley, Emma; Rigg, Jonathan - In: Progress in Development Studies 3 (2003) 4, pp. 271-286
/2001) we track some key themes and issues: North and South; state, market and civil society; and people, participation and …
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Civil society or ‘comprador class’, participation or parroting?
Kamruzzaman, Palash - In: Progress in Development Studies 13 (2013) 1, pp. 31-49
This article critically looks at the interfaces between the ideal notions of civil society and participation within the … citizens might have a part to play in the development process. A generalized consensus took shape that people’s participation … in projects is an important component of development programmes and a means to their success and hence participation has …
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Children’s and young people’s participation in development in the South and in urban regeneration in the North
Mayo, Marjorie - In: Progress in Development Studies 1 (2001) 4, pp. 279-293
This paper summarizes the varying reasons why children’s participation has emerged on development …
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Communities of practice and international development
Johnson, Hazel - In: Progress in Development Studies 7 (2007) 4, pp. 277-290
participation and experiential or action learning. It also suggests that conceptualizing communities of practice as action learning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011138828
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Reform of Japan’s official development assistance: a complete overhaul or merely a fresh coat of paint?
Scheyvens, Henry - In: Progress in Development Studies 5 (2005) 2, pp. 89-98
Japan’s official development assistance (ODA) programme, the world’s second largest, is best known for its funding of large-scale infrastructure projects. However, the aid programme has been undergoing a process of reform and more progressive aid projects are emerging. The paper...
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‘Consultation’ or co-option? A case study from the Chilean health sector
Gideon, Jasmine - In: Progress in Development Studies 5 (2005) 3, pp. 169-181
-making processes. The analysis focuses on citizen engagement with the machinery of participation and argues that the co-option of NGOs …
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Envisioning futures of African agriculture
deGrassi, Aaron - In: Progress in Development Studies 7 (2007) 2, pp. 79-98
Concern about the future of agriculture, particularly in Africa, has mounted again in recent years. This paper reviews applications of innovative methods for planning for the future – including scenario planning, future search, search conference, appreciative inquiry, and open space...
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