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Author : Andy Norton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 94 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (129 download)
Download or read book A Rough Guide to PPAs written by Andy Norton and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Nicole Kenton
Publisher : IIED
ISBN 13 : 9781843695264
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (952 download)
Download or read book Participatory Learning and Action 50: Critical reflections, future directions written by Nicole Kenton and published by IIED. This book was released on 2004 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rosemary McGee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136562451
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Knowing Poverty written by Rosemary McGee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-23 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of participatory research techniques to provide policy-makers with information about poor people's perspectives on poverty became increasingly common in the 1990s. This book focuses on the use of participatory research in poverty reduction policies, and presents a series of participants' reflections on recent and ongoing processes. The 1990s witnessed a shift in the application of participatory methodologies, adding to the project planning approaches of the 1980s a new focus on participatory research for policy. Much of this centres on poverty issues. In this volume, contributions from researchers and practitioners in the field of poverty reduction examine how participatory research has affected the way poverty is understood, and how these understandings have been acted on in policy-making for poverty reduction. Coming from diverse backgrounds, the authors' critical reflections feature various aspects of the relationship between participation and policy, spanning different levels, from the individual researcher to the global institution. They address technical, ethical, operational, political and methodological problems. Through raising their concerns, they highlight lessons to be learnt from current practice, and challenges for the future. These include the balancing of knowledge, action and consciousness in participatory research processes which can effectively influence the development of policy that reflects and responds to the needs and priorities of poor people.
Author : Abbas Tashakkori
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1412973546
Total Pages : 913 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)
Download or read book SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research written by Abbas Tashakkori and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2021-06-17 with total page 913 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveying the differing viewpoints and disciplinary approaches to using mixed methods, this volume helps readers explore the answers to a wide range of key questions in the field, including "Can using mixed methods offset the disadvantages that certain methods have by themselves?" "What criteria can a researcher use to select the best mixed methods design for his or her project?" and "What are the points of agreement and controversy regarding design issues in mixed methods research?" This breakthrough Second Edition, containing all new chapters, examines all aspects of mixed methods research across a variety of disciplines. Key Features • Covers all aspects of inquiry from conceptualizing research to selecting methods, analyzing and interpreting data, and reporting findings • Draws on the work of a mix of internationally recognized researchers as well as new and emerging researchers to provide a diversity of perspectives • Gives specific examples from a wide range of disciplines to help readers understand the issues and controversies in this evolving area • Presents rich material for discussion and new ideas for implementing mixed methods research to provide readers with a cutting-edge resource • Provides pedagogical tools such as learning objectives, discussion questions and exercises, and extensive cross referencing
Author : Samuel Hickey
Publisher : Zed Books Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1848137486
Total Pages : 402 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (481 download)
Download or read book Participation written by Samuel Hickey and published by Zed Books Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-07-04 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Participation has established itself as a significant approach to project implementation, policy-making and governance in developing and developed countries alike. Recently, however, it has become fashionable to dismiss participation as more rhetoric than substance, and subject to manipulation by agencies and social change agents intent simply on pursuing their own agendas under cover of community consent. In this important new volume, development and other social policy scholars and practitioners seek to rebut this simplistic conclusion, while addressing the problems of power and politics which have beset some approaches to participation. They describe and analyse new experiments in participation from a wide diversity of social contexts that show how, far from being a redundant and depoliticizing concept, participation can -- given certain conditions -- be linked to genuinely transformative processes and outcomes for marginalized communities and people. This volume is the first comprehensive attempt to evaluate the state of participatory approaches in the aftermath of the 'Tyranny' critique. It captures the recent convergence between participatory development and participatory governance, and spans the range of institutional actors involved in these approaches - the state, civil society and donor agencies. It places participatory interventions in a political context, and links them directly to issues of popular agency. The volume embeds participation within contemporary advances in development theory and proposes theoretical and practical ways forward for relocating participation as a genuinely transformative approach. Scholars and practitioners alike, and from a diversity of disciplines and community and development agencies, are likely to find this volume a theoretically illuminating and practically useful source of ideas about how participation can achieve concrete liberatory outcomes.
Author : Anwar Shah
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 : 0821369423
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (213 download)
Download or read book Performance Accountability and Combating Corruption written by Anwar Shah and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2007 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Performance based oversight and accountability can serve as an important antidote to government corruption, inefficiency, and waste. This volume provides an analytical framework and operational approaches needed for the implementation of results-based accountability. The volume makes a major contribution to the literature on public management and evaluation. Major subject areas covered in this book include: performance based accountability, e-government, network solutions to performance measurement and improvement; institutions of accountability in governance; legal and institutional framework to hold government to account; fighting corruption; external accountability; ensuring integrity of revenue administration; the role of supreme audit institutions on detecting fraud and corruption; and the role of parliamentary budget offices and public accounts committees.
Author : Monique Deveaux
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190850302
Total Pages : 281 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Poverty, Solidarity, and Poor-Led Social Movements written by Monique Deveaux and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2021-08-17 with total page 281 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an open access title available under the terms of a [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International] license. It is free to read at [Oxford Scholarship Online] and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Poverty is not only about material deprivation, but also about the subordination and disempowerment of poor populations. So why isn't the emancipation and empowerment of the poor a core goal of ethical arguments for poverty reduction? Deveaux argues in this book that philosophers fail to prioritize these ends, and to recognize the moral and political agency of poor people, because they still conceive of poverty narrowly and apolitically as mere needs scarcity. By comparison, poor activists and critical poverty researchers who see deprivation as structural exclusion and powerlessness advocate a "poor-centered," poor-led, approach to reducing poverty. Stuck in an older paradigm of poverty thinking, philosophers have failed to recognize the power and moral authority of poor communities--and their movements for justice and social change. If normative ethicists seek to contribute to proposals for just and durable poverty reduction, they will need to look to the insights and aims of "pro-poor," poor-led social movements. From rural landless workers in Brazil, to urban shack dwellers in South Africa, to unemployed workers impoverished by neoliberal economic policies in Argentina, poor-led organizations and movements advance a more political understanding of poverty--and of what is needed to eradicate it. Deveaux shows how these groups develop the political consciousness and collective capabilities of poor communities and help to create the basis for solidarity among poor populations. Defending the idea of a political responsibility for solidarity, she shows how nonpoor outsiders--individuals, institutions, and states--can help to advance a transformative anti-poverty agenda by supporting the efforts of these movements.
Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113656344X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Ideas for Development written by Robert Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The many ideas and opportunities include: narrowing the gaps between words and actions; reducing demands on administrative capacity; using minimum rules, non-negotiables and downward accountability to transform power relations; finding new potentials for participation; improving scaling up; critical reflection and experiential learning; complementing rights-based with obligations-based approaches; pro-poor realism; and responsible well-being."
Author : Hilary Bradbury
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1473927242
Total Pages : 857 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (739 download)
Download or read book The SAGE Handbook of Action Research written by Hilary Bradbury and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 857 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third edition of The SAGE Handbook of Action Research presents an updated version of the bestselling text, including new chapters covering emerging areas in healthcare, social work, education and international development, as well as an expanded ‘skills’ section which includes new consultant-relevant materials. Building on the strength of the previous landmark editions, Hilary Bradbury has carefully developed this edition to ensure it follows in their footsteps by mapping the current state of the discipline, as well as looking to the future of the field and exploring the issues at the cutting edge of the action research paradigm today. This volume is an essential resource for scholars and professionals engaged in social and political inquiry, healthcare, international development, new media, organizational research and education.
Author : S. M. Ravi Kanbur
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788178240534
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (45 download)
Download or read book Q-squared, Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Methods in Poverty Appraisal written by S. M. Ravi Kanbur and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2003 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Increasingly It Is Recognized That Policy Design For Attacking Poverty Requires An Approach That Makes Best Use Of The Relative Strengths Of Qualitative And Quantitative Analytical Tools, Applied To The Situation At Hand. This Volume Brings Together The World Leaders In Analysis From Both Sides Of The Divide To Push The Dialogue Forward.
Author : Florence Kuteesa
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199556229
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (995 download)
Download or read book Uganda's Economic Reforms written by Florence Kuteesa and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years Uganda has consistently been one of the fastest growing economies in Africa, leading to a substantial reduction in poverty. This book looks at how the country managed to carry out this economic transformation in the wake of Idi Amin's rule and the civil war of the 1980s.
Author : Cathy McIlwaine
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134575645
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book Encounters with Violence in Latin America written by Cathy McIlwaine and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-08-02 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Latin America is both the world's most urbanized fastest developing regions, where the links between social exclusion, inequality and violence are clearly visible. The banal, ubiquitous nature of drug crime, robbery, gang and intra-family violence destabilizes countries' economies and harms their people and social structures. Encounters with Violence & Crime in Latin America explores the meaning of violence and insecurity in nine towns and cities in Columbia and Guatemala to create a framework of how and why daily violence takes place at the community level. It uses pioneering new methods of participatory urban appraisal to ask local people about their own perceptions of violence as mediated by family, gender, ethnicity and age. It develops a typology which distinguishes between the political, social, and economic violence that afflicts communities, and which assesses the costs of consequences of violence in terms of community cohesion and social capital. This gives voice to those whose daily lives and dominated by widespread aggression, and provides important new insights for researchers and policy-makers.
Author : Robert Chambers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136558128
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Revolutions in Development Inquiry written by Robert Chambers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-05-04 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Robert Chambers draws together and reviews the revolutionary changes in the methodologies and methods of development inquiry that have occurred and reflects on their transformative potential for the future.
Author : Richard Black
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134410794
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)
Download or read book Targeting Development written by Richard Black and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-11-20 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Millennium Development Goals accepted by the UN in 2000 are, along with the targets set by the OECD in 1996 the subject of this expertly written book. Is development achievable in the time frames given? How useful were the goals in the first place? How far have we come in solving the aching problems of the developing world? These questions and
Author : Graham Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139479709
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)
Download or read book Democratic Innovations written by Graham Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-02 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can we design institutions that increase and deepen citizen participation in the political decision making process? At a time when there is growing disillusionment with the institutions of advanced industrial democracies, there is also increasing interest in new ways of involving citizens in the political decisions that affect their lives. This book draws together evidence from a variety of democratic innovations from around the world, including participatory budgeting in Brazil, Citizens' Assemblies on Electoral Reform in Canada, direct legislation in California and Switzerland and emerging experiments in e-democracy. The book offers a rare systematic analysis of this diverse range of democratic innovations, drawing lessons for the future development of both democratic theory and practice.
Author : Leslie Groves
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136563156
Total Pages : 303 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (365 download)
Download or read book Inclusive Aid written by Leslie Groves and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid and profound changes are taking place in international development. The past two decades have promoted the ideals of participation and partnership, yet key decisions affecting people's lives continue to be made without sufficient attention to the socio-political realities of the countries in which they live. Embedded working traditions, vested interests and institutional inertia mean that old habits and cultures persist among the development community. Planning continues as though it were free of unpredictable interactions among stakeholders. This book is about the need to recognise the complex, non-linear nature of development assistance and how bureaucratic procedures and power relations hinder poverty reduction in the new aid environment. The book begins with a conceptual and historical analysis of aid, exposing the challenges and opportunities facing aid professionals today. It argues for greater attention to accountability and the adoption of rights based approaches. In section two, practitioners, policy makers and researchers discuss the realities of power and relationships from their experiences across sixteen countries. Their accounts, from government, donors and civil society, expose the highly politicised and dynamic aid environment in which they work. Section three explores ways forward for aid agencies, challenging existing political, institutional and personal ways of working. Authors describe procedural innovations as strategic ways to leverage change. Breaking the barriers to ensure more inclusive aid will require visionary leadership and a courageous commitment to change. Crucially, the authors show how translating rhetoric into practice relies on changing the attitudes and behaviours of individual actors. Only then is the ambitious agenda of the Millennium Development Goals likely to be met. The result is an indispensable contribution to the understanding of how development assistance and poverty reduction can be most effectively delivered by the professionals and agencies involved.
Author : Tom Bartlett
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 113626955X
Total Pages : 269 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (362 download)
Download or read book Hybrid Voices and Collaborative Change written by Tom Bartlett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this study, Bartlett presents a theoretical and descriptive development in the discipline of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) extending the recent trend away from critiques of hegemonic practices and towards the description of alternative and minority practices that has been labelled Positive Discourse Analysis (PDA). Through an in-depth case study of intercultural development discourse, the book goes beyond the top-down model of power in CDA and the oppositional approach of PDA to develop a model of power in language as multifaceted and potentially collaborative. This model is used to analyse the particular circumstances of the case study, but is primarily presented as a framework for practical applied linguistic contributions within a wide range of sociocultural contexts. Drawing on social and linguistic theory and methods from a range of functional and applied approaches to language, the book explores the connections between language form and social function, the contextual constraints on discursive action and the potential for the renegotiation of existing discourses and social practices.
