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This report is the product of a regional consultation project initiated by IDRC and DFID, and carried out by the Fundacion Futuro Latinoamericano, a non-profit organisation based in Quito, Ecuador. The objective of this project is to identify the information gaps, knowledge requirements of relevant stakeholders, and the state of existing capacity and needs of the most vulnerable...
Where do you shit? In developing countries, the answer to this question may determine whether you live or die. Around 2.6 billion people do not have access to a toilet – about four in ten of the world’s population. Instead, they defecate in the open – in the bush, the forest, by riverbanks and lakes, near train tracks and by the side of the road. The consequences are...
In a recent paper on women in development, Pradhan and Shrestha point to the way that Nepalese women have been bypassed by many development projects. Since project organisers, in their view, have operated on western assumptions about the dichotomy of domestic and outside production, presuming that women are merely involved in the household, the projects have therefore concentrated on men, and...
Women have been involved in development activities and programmes and will continue to do so as long as they have their responsibilities to fulfil. The idea of increasing women's participation that is heard from agencies, policy makers or planners sounds more like rhetoric associated with today's concept of development. Integration of women into development has not been seen to solve women's...
The Living Land sets out a new 'stakeholder' vision for rural regeneration in Europe. It integrates three themes: sustainable agriculture, localised food systems and rural community development. All three offer ways of rebuilding natural and social capital, and a large 'sustainability dividend' is waiting to be released from current practices - creating more jobs, more wealth and better lives...
'Advocacy Strategies and Approaches: A Training of Trainers Manual on Advocacy Strategies for Community-based Organisations in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas', and its companion 'Resource Manual', were developed for potential trainers of community-based organisations (CBOs) in the HKH region. The manuals are intended to provide useful guides for conducting regional and local-level training on...
Advocacy Strategies and Approaches: A Training of Trainers Manual on Advocacy Strategies for Community-based Organisations in the Hindu Kush-Himalayas, and its companion Resource Manual, were developed for potential trainers of community-based organisations (CBOs) in the HKH region. The manuals are intended to provide useful guides for conducting regional and local-level training on...
Between 2003 and 2006, Tra Vinh Provincial Women's Union and the Farmers' Association implemented a project supported by Oxfam Great Britain. The aim of the project was to use participatory monitoring and evaluation of poverty policies in order to discover the expectations of poor men and women, and to help them improve their livelihoods. These findings were communicated to People's...
Between 2003 and 2006, Tra Vinh Provincial Women's Union and the Farmers' Association implemented a project supported by Oxfam Great Britain. The aim of the project was to use participatory monitoring and evaluation of poverty policies in order to discover the expectations of poor men and women, and to help them improve their livelihoods. These findings were communicated to People's...
In recent years cyclical floods affecting the Mekong delta have become more serious and complex, resulting in significant loss of life and affecting food and income security. This five year project (2005-2010) focuses on 24 communes in 5 districts within the two most flood prone provinces in the delta; Tien Giang and Dong Thap. It aims to reduce the risk of floods to rural men, women and...
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