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localgrowers, consumers, rural economies, andcommunities. The term lends shape andlegitimacy to development paradigms that existin … play in the development of analternative commerce. At the same time, this isonly half the promise of civic agriculture …
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and reinforcement of these projects, evinced by the popular construction of 'rioting' as contravening ordered community … practice. By mapping the representation and vectoring of community within these narratives either as a fallen or resurgent … of urban citizenship. In this sense, the paper suggests that some academic commentary on the 'riots' has been in danger …
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heart of this process lies the recalibration of challenges that regional and community policymakers have to face. We are …
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debates, and is the topic of the 2009 Human Development Report (HDR09). The starting point is that the global distribution of … migration. There is a range of evidence about the positive impacts of migration on human development, through such avenues as … empower traditionally disadvantaged groups, in particular women. At the same time, risks to human development are also present …
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"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special Office in Europe of the IDB. At the conference, a...
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Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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"An Unequal Democracy?: Seeing Latin America through European Eyes" is the result of a conference organized by the International Institute for Governance of Catalonia in November 2003, with support from the government of Catalonia and the Special Office in Europe of the IDB. At the conference, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772493
Migrant remittances are increasingly seen as a potential form of development in the global South, but the impact of … Bolivian cultural practices, politics, and development. I demonstrate how hometown associations and returning migrants have … transferred organizational practices and political ideas about development from the United States to rural Bolivia. In addition, I …
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Este articulo analiza los principales resultados del estudio sobre la transparencia de los presupuestos públicos de Costa Rica y una evolución de los principales atributos que la conforman, en el periodo 2003-2009, como un elemento relevante, dentro de la nueva concepción de la Gestión...
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The role of community-based religious institutions has been largely undocumented, underestimated and overshadowed in … the disaster studies literature. This paper explores the role of the mosque, a community-based religious institution, in … study contribute to the scarce knowledge about the role of community-based religious institutions including churches …
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