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Resilience and response-ability: Towards just water service provision the context of climate change
(Institute for Poverty Land and Agrarian Studies (PLAAS), 2010)
Climate change will impact on water service provision, yet it is not integrated into water sector policies and plans. This paper unpacks some of the reasons for this disjuncture: the complex and overwhelming challenge of ...
The ILO Social Protection Floors Recommendation 202, and poverty reduction
(Development in Practice, 2015)
This article critically assesses the provisions of ILO Recommendation 202 on social protection floors with a view to ascertaining its efficacy for poverty reduction in poor regions. The article discusses the relevant ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BMC, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...
The paradox of youth empowerment: Exploring youth intervention programme in Ghana
(Cogent OA, 2018)
Empowerment is a necessary determinant of young people’s participation
in national, regional and district or local level decision-making processes. For
inclusiveness in any social intervention programme, the policy process ...
The state of civil society participation in Parliament
(Law, Democracy & Development, 2012)
This paper explores the extent of public participation in the legislative, oversight and accountability mandates of Parliament. The legislative mandate refers to the making, introducing and amending of laws. The Constitution ...
The root cause for the exclusion of older persons from participation in developmental activities in the society - African perspective
(University of the Western Cape, 2009)
This paper review the literature regarding the barriers to participation of older persons in the
African society. Studies have shown that older persons are vulnerable and thus do not participate
in most development ...
Government helper and citizen advocate? A case study of the multiple roles and pressures facing a nongovernmental organization contracted by government to strengthen community health in northern India
(Wiley, 2017)
While nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) can potentially
strengthen valuable citizen political engagement, NGOs that are
increasingly oriented towards donor and government contracts may
instead contribute to depoliticizing ...
Inducting BEd Hons students into a research culture and the world of research: the case of a research methods course in the BEd Hons programme
(Unisa Press, 2013)
It has become a policy imperative that the training of future researchers in Education
should start at the Honours level. This training presents particular challenges as students
entering the Bachelor of Education Honours ...
Negotiating power relations, gender equality, and collective agency: are village health committees transformative social spaces in northern India?
(BioMed Central, 2017)
BACKGROUND: Participatory health initiatives ideally support progressive social change and stronger collective agency
for marginalized groups. However, this empowering potential is often limited by inequalities within ...
Evaluating outcomes from stakeholders’ perception: Evidence from an irrigation project in Nigeria
(University for Development Studies, Ghana, 2016)
The need for the appreciation of values and knowledge diversity has contributed to the increasing relevance of stakeholder participation in the monitoring and evaluation (M&E) of development projects. Using mixed methods ...