Reflection Organisational legitimacy, capacity and capacity development Mobilising against hunger and for life: An analysis of Derick W. Brinkerhoff capacity and change in a Brazilian network John Saxby Pretoria, South Africa Discussion paper No 58A June 2005 European Centre for Development Policy Management Centre européen de gestion des politiques de développement Study of Capacity, Change and Performance Notes on the methodology The lack of capacity in low-income countries
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M. Rathgeber* International Development Research Centre Ottawa * The views expressed here are those of the author and This paper was do not necessarily reflect those of IDRC. originally presented at the meetings of the Canadian Institute for the Advancement of Women held in Quebec City, November 1988. 2 During the past few years, the term "women in development" has become common currency both inside and outside academic settings. But while "women in development" or "WID", is understood to
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Development Communication-for whom and for what? In the context of development, communication media is used to support development initiatives by the distribution of messages that encourage the public to support development-orientated projects. Broadcasting is used for informing the population about projects, which promotes the advantage of these projects and also recommended that these projects should be used. This model sees communication process as a message going from sender to receiver whereby
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(FAO, 1997). Development is a process of structural societal change. Thomas (2000, 2004) refers to this meaning of development as a process of historical change. The essay shall look at Women in Development, Women And Development and Gender And Development and give their contributions to development as well as their strengths and limitations. The term "women in development" came into use in the early 1970s, after the publication of Ester Boserup's Women's Role in Economic Development (1970). Boserup
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land mass and with resources that would have been depleted overnight almost by any other people. The need for development that emerged with independence, and the willingness of outsiders to help Bangladesh generated a community of development organizations, that is, non-government organizations (NGO) unparallel elsewhere. Bangladesh has become renowned for the effectiveness of its development community as well as for its quantitative and qualitative efforts to alleviate poverty. The paper explains the
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Assignment 2: Poverty and Pollution Charles A. Shipp Professor Stacy Truelove BUS 309 Mar. 3, 2012 Assignment 2: Poverty and Pollution In this case study Cubatão, a poor and developing region in Brazil, is described as a “valley of death” because of the high amounts of pollutants in the area. The local industry is of course the cause of these pollutants which are in turn causing many medical issues for their workforce and surrounding area. Few people are complaining though because the local
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do not cost any to recipient countries. As there has been much debate about external debt and its negative effect on growth, this feature is very attractive force. Despite the growing interest in workers’ remittances, the role of remittance in development and economic growth in general is not clearly understood. For example, studies based on a country’s time-series data tend to find positive impacts of remittances on growth, but a cross- country/panel data study by Chami et al. (2003) shows the opposite
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Weick’s (1989) conceptual theory building approach, this study provides a foundation for conceptualizing the implications of foreign investment in Malaysian Bumiputera new technology-based firms. Through systematic documentary analysis of the development of foreign investment activities in Malaysia prior to independence (1957) until 2009, our consolidated findings yield a conceptual model showing the implications of foreign investment to the sustainability of Malaysian Bumiputera NTBSFs, and thus
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Title: Urban Mobility Solutions-Vertical Transportation Infrastructure sector in any country holds immense strategic importance and hence enjoys high priority treatment from the administrative bodies as well. Infrastructure is the key to development of industry, trade, commerce and the overall economic growth and prosperity of a nation. At a time when Indian economy is aiming for strong broad based growth it is imperative that infrastructure sector will is playing a major role in the growth.
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markets has thus expanded beyond the BRICs, even as questions are raised about the sustainability of growth in the BRICs themselves, with their structural and political challenges and their vulnerability to the uncertainties of global monetary developments. (http://mobile.opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/123456789/3599#.VemUOn2MgQ0) The grouping was originally known as "BRIC" before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010. The BRICS members are all developing or newly industrialised countries
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