New non-governmental organisations (NGOs) face a challenging landscape, struggling to secure funding and demonstrate impact in their early stages. This creates a Catch-22 situation, hindering their...
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Pub Date : 2024-05-27DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2351941
Kunal Debnath, Tanmoy Saha
People who beg are almost invisible in public policy debates in India due to their literal absence of bargaining power, in spite of their substantial population in Indian society. Despite being dec...
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Pub Date : 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2349056
Colette Mwamba Nsokele, Faila Kitomene Kika
Research process in humanitarian crises requires a meticulous synthesis of different skills. Most humanitarian operations are, critically and contextually dependent on the local environment, with i...
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Pub Date : 2024-05-08DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2344514
Zechariah Langnel, Desmond Tweneboah-Koduah
The paper examines how the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty program in Ghana is politicised and its implications for poverty reduction. Data from 26 in-depth interviews and 12 focus group dis...
{"title":"The politics of the targeting and expansion of pro-poor programs in Ghana","authors":"Zechariah Langnel, Desmond Tweneboah-Koduah","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2024.2344514","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2024.2344514","url":null,"abstract":"The paper examines how the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty program in Ghana is politicised and its implications for poverty reduction. Data from 26 in-depth interviews and 12 focus group dis...","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140939521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-05-03DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2345733
Soumyadeep Das, Ritambhara Singh
The current study uses field survey data from members of five farmer producer companies in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal and assesses the benefits of membership. The real income of member...
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Pub Date : 2024-05-02DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2344524
Sara N. Amin, Christian Girard
This paper explores how culture, religion, gender, and the politics of knowledge production were entangled in the mission, policies, and practices of the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Banglad...
{"title":"Empowerment or alienation? Teaching gender and development in postcolonial contexts","authors":"Sara N. Amin, Christian Girard","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2024.2344524","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2024.2344524","url":null,"abstract":"This paper explores how culture, religion, gender, and the politics of knowledge production were entangled in the mission, policies, and practices of the Asian University for Women (AUW) in Banglad...","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140939380","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2344526
S. Wagura Ndiritu
This study investigates the drivers of farmers’ dissatisfaction with market-specification contracts for finger millet crop in Kenya. The researcher analysed data from 336 farmers contracted by USOM...
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Pub Date : 2024-04-29DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2332263
Domenica Gisella Calabrò, Sonia Palmieri
This paper is a feminist reflection of our experience teaching and learning feminisms with Pacific Islanders. We take as a starting point that feminism itself is encased in emotion. In the Pacific,...
{"title":"Teaching and learning feminisms with pacific islanders: an emotional journey","authors":"Domenica Gisella Calabrò, Sonia Palmieri","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2024.2332263","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2024.2332263","url":null,"abstract":"This paper is a feminist reflection of our experience teaching and learning feminisms with Pacific Islanders. We take as a starting point that feminism itself is encased in emotion. In the Pacific,...","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140840373","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-27DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2344517
Yoko Makita
A dual approach is an effective method for formulating climate change adaptation measures. It combines both a top-down approach, whereby plans are formulated based on climate change projections, an...
{"title":"The dual approach to climate change adaptation in official development assistance","authors":"Yoko Makita","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2024.2344517","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2024.2344517","url":null,"abstract":"A dual approach is an effective method for formulating climate change adaptation measures. It combines both a top-down approach, whereby plans are formulated based on climate change projections, an...","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":"12 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141152192","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2024-04-19DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2024.2334774
Summer Brown, Rodrigo Mena, Sylvia Brown
The triple humanitarian, development, and peace nexus is rising in prominence to promote better coordination between actors and actions. In this article, we examine three key challenges regarding t...
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