Since its inception, BRAC has combined emergency assistance with longer-term development interventions, grounding its approach in empowering local communities. Its experiences in navigating tension...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-20DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2279010
Susan Appe
The development literature had for some time ignored the differences among international nongovernmental organisations (INGOs). However, recent research has looked at grassroots INGOs in particular...
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Pub Date : 2023-11-10DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634
Jamie Myers, Naomi Vernon, Robert Chambers
This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started in 2014, aimed to change the sanitation behaviours of over 530 million people across 706 districts in five years. Participatory, action-orientated research and learning methods were trialled with government implementers, development partners, and communities. It was found that these methods enabled both a greater understanding of impacts at the community level, horizontal learning across districts, and the capacity development of Mission implementers.
{"title":"Rigour, timeliness, and trade-offs in research: experience from India’s Swachh Bharat Mission","authors":"Jamie Myers, Naomi Vernon, Robert Chambers","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started in 2014, aimed to change the sanitation behaviours of over 530 million people across 706 districts in five years. Participatory, action-orientated research and learning methods were trialled with government implementers, development partners, and communities. It was found that these methods enabled both a greater understanding of impacts at the community level, horizontal learning across districts, and the capacity development of Mission implementers.","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135093465","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}
ABSTRACTGender gaps in tourism entrepreneurship are wide in Ethiopia, and women entrepreneurs underperform more often than men entrepreneurs. This study aimed to explore the determinants that affect the growth of women-owned micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the tourism sector. Stratified random sampling was used to select 238 women-owned enterprises and analyse the data collected from them using a logit regression model. The findings show that being an older operator and operating a micro- (instead of small) enterprise have a negative effect, but family size, operator’s experience, credit access, and training received by the operator have positive effects on growth. These findings give useful information to relevant stakeholders, the Government of Ethiopia, and governments in other African countries to promote and empower women to grow their tourism MSEs.KEYWORDS: Women's tourism enterprisegrowthgrowth constraintsmultiple regressionsurvey Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1 The definition of micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) varies considerably across countries, and different institutions within the same country (Ali and Ali Citation2013). In Ethiopia, the current definition of MSEs was revised in 2016 (Andaregie et al. Citation2022). In the revised definition, a firm is (i) micro-enterprise if it has ≤5 employees and has a total asset of ≤US$4,630 if it is an industrial sector, and ≤US$2,310 if it is a service sector; and (ii) small enterprise if it has between 6 and 30 employees and has a total asset of between US$4,630 and US$69,500 if it is an industrial sector, and between US$2,310 and US$23,150 if it is a service sector (MUDH Citation2016).Additional informationNotes on contributorsZemin Guadie TegegneZemene Guadie Tegegne is a lecturer in tourism management at Injibara University, Ethiopia. His area of research interest is tourism development.Tess AstatkieTess Astatkie is a professor of statistics at the Faculty of Agriculture of Dalhousie University, Canada. He is also a professional statistician accredited by the American Statistical Association and the Statistical Society of Canada. He conducts collaborative research with researchers in 31 countries.Desalegn Degu TebejeDesalegn Degu Tebeje is an economics lecturer at Injibara University, Ethiopia. His research areas are related to economic efficiency, small business, livelihood security, and development issues.Sintayehu Aynalem AseresSintayehu Aynalem Aseres is an assistant professor of tourism management at Madda Walabu University. His research interest is tourism branding, sustainable tourism, tourism and the environment, tourism and women’s empowerment, ecotourism, and conservation.Versavel Tecleab HaileVersavel Tecleab Haile is a lecturer in the department of Marketing Management of Madda Walabu University, Ethiopia. Her research is mainly focused on gender-related matters in different aspects, including in service marketin
在埃塞俄比亚，旅游业创业的性别差距很大，女性企业家的表现往往不如男性企业家。本研究旨在探讨影响妇女拥有的微型和小型企业(MSEs)在旅游部门增长的决定因素。采用分层随机抽样的方法，选取238家女性拥有的企业，采用logistic回归模型对数据进行分析。研究结果表明，年龄较大的经营者和经营微型(而不是小型)企业对增长有负面影响，但家庭规模、经营者经验、信贷获取和经营者接受的培训对增长有积极影响。这些调查结果为相关利益攸关方、埃塞俄比亚政府和其他非洲国家政府提供了有用的信息，以促进和增强妇女的权能，以发展其旅游中小企业。关键词:女性旅游企业成长约束多元回归调查披露声明作者未发现潜在利益冲突。注1微型和小型企业(MSEs)的定义在不同国家和同一国家的不同机构有很大差异(Ali and Ali Citation2013)。在埃塞俄比亚，mse的当前定义于2016年进行了修订(Andaregie et al.)。Citation2022)。在修订后的定义中，企业为(1)微型企业，如果是工业部门，员工人数不超过5人，总资产不超过4630美元;如果是服务业，总资产不超过2310美元;(ii)小型企业，如果拥有6至30名员工，总资产在4,630美元至69,500美元之间，如果是工业部门，则为2,310美元至23,150美元之间(MUDH Citation2016)。本文作者是埃塞俄比亚因吉巴拉大学旅游管理专业的讲师。他的研究兴趣是旅游发展。Tess Astatkie是加拿大达尔豪斯大学农学院的统计学教授。他也是美国统计协会和加拿大统计学会认可的专业统计学家。他与31个国家的研究人员进行合作研究。Desalegn Degu Tebeje是埃塞俄比亚因吉巴拉大学的经济学讲师。他的研究领域涉及经济效率、小企业、生计保障和发展问题。Sintayehu Aynalem Aseres是马达瓦拉布大学旅游管理学助理教授。他的研究兴趣为旅游品牌、可持续旅游、旅游与环境、旅游与妇女赋权、生态旅游和保护。Versavel Tecleab Haile是埃塞俄比亚玛达瓦拉布大学市场营销管理系的讲师。她的研究主要集中在不同方面的性别相关问题，包括服务营销、农业和创新。
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Pub Date : 2023-11-07DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2268876
Mari Dumbaugh, Alain Manda, Francesca Quirke, Felix Tshibangu, Anjalee Kohli
ABSTRACTReference groups can influence an individual’s perceptions of social and gender norms which can affect health beliefs, behaviours, and outcomes. This qualitative study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo explored young women’s and men’s reference groups for relationship dynamics and family planning. Some reference groups and mechanisms of influence were common to relationship dynamics and family planning. Some exercised influence through certain mechanisms but not others. Understanding these dynamics can contribute to effective interventions which curtail intimate partner violence and increase access to voluntary uptake of family planning, both paramount to advancing the rights and health of women and girls.KEYWORDS: Youthhealthsub-Saharan Africafamily planning and sexual healthgender and intersectionalityreference groups AcknowledgementsFT (researcher) and AM (research manager) of EXPERT S.A.R.L. were based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. AK (Principal Investigator) of the Institute for Reproductive Health and MD (consultant) of Insight Impact Consulting and the University of Illinois-Chicago were based in the United States. AK conceived of the study, developed the study tools, and managed the study. MD coordinated the research activities and led report writing. FT and AM led training and data collection teams. FQ reviewed drafts of the paper and contributed to contextualising the findings. All research team members contributed to data collection team training and data analysis. The authors would like to thank Tearfund DRC and the Eglise de Crist au Congo (ECC) in the DRC for their support for this study. Sincere thanks to all community partners and research participants for their time, enthusiasm, and contributions without which this work would not have been possible.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis study was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-15-0042. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of USAID.
参考群体可以影响个人对社会和性别规范的看法，从而影响健康信念、行为和结果。这项在刚果民主共和国金沙萨进行的定性研究探讨了青年男女在关系动态和计划生育方面的参照群体。一些参照群体和影响机制与关系动态和计划生育是共同的。一些国家通过某些机制施加影响，但其他国家没有。了解这些动态有助于采取有效干预措施，减少亲密伴侣的暴力行为，增加自愿接受计划生育的机会，这对促进妇女和女孩的权利和健康至关重要。关键词:青年健康撒哈拉以南非洲计划生育与性健康性别与交叉性参考群体致谢EXPERT s.a.r.l的ft(研究员)和AM(研究经理)在刚果民主共和国。生殖健康研究所的AK(首席研究员)和Insight Impact咨询公司的MD(顾问)以及伊利诺伊大学芝加哥分校都设在美国。AK构思了研究，开发了研究工具，并管理了研究。MD协调研究活动并主导报告撰写。FT和AM领导培训和数据收集团队。FQ审查了论文的草稿，并为研究结果的背景化做出了贡献。所有研究团队成员都参与了数据收集团队的培训和数据分析。作者要感谢刚果民主共和国的Tearfund DRC和刚果民主共和国的Eglise de Crist au Congo (ECC)对这项研究的支持。衷心感谢所有社区合作伙伴和研究参与者的时间、热情和贡献，没有他们，这项工作就不可能完成。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。本研究由美国国际开发署(USAID)根据合作协议#AID-OAA-A-15-0042资助。内容完全是作者的责任，并不一定代表美国国际开发署的官方观点。
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Pub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2272057
Eva Bleeksma, Amara Boumann
Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to pay their respects to the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples who are the traditional Custodians of the land on which this paper was conducted. Furthermore, the authors would like to thank Dr Joyce Wu at the University of New South Wales for not only being an inspiring teacher within the field of inclusive development but also for guiding them towards publishing their first reflective paper. Eva and Amara were exchange students at Global Development, School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. They are both students at the University of Amsterdam. This paper was prepared as a part of a gender and development course at the University of New South Wales.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 shock resulted in a large number of people becoming newly poor in Bangladesh, for whom recovery was slow and difficult. In response, BRAC implemented a nationwide program – credit, business planning support, and mentoring – targeting the economic recovery of the new poor. This paper estimates its impact using a mixed method and finds that the program had a significant positive effect on employment, income, and assets, indicating a faster economic recovery of program participants. The learnings from this program can have major policy implications for future disaster responses targeting livelihood recovery, specifically during the time-sensitive transitory phase from relief to long-term development.KEYWORDS: Poverty; economic recovery; livelihood; development; Bangladesh Acknowledgement of author’s positionalityThe authors work at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), a research institute of Brac University. Brac University is an independent entity under the University Grants Commission (UGC) of the Government of Bangladesh. On the other hand, the intervention was designed and executed by the BRAC NGO, which is not affiliated with BIGD. Therefore, the author’s role at BIGD is free from any biases or interests in promoting BRAC, and rather, their role as independent researchers requires them to conduct impartial research.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Ethical declarationThis study uses primary data collected through in-person surveys. All respondents of this survey were members of the BRAC UPG program. BRAC UPG also reviewed the questionnaire extensively and provided essential feedback, which was duly addressed by BIGD. Being well aware of the research scope, BRAC UPG provided BIGD with the necessary approval and contact details of the members of BRAC UPG program to conduct the survey. All respondents were surveyed upon their verbal consent and no respondent was surveyed without his/her stated permission.Notes1 People whose income dropped below the poverty line for the first time due to a certain event.2 Asset sale, savings depletion, major cut downs on expenditures, indebtedness from high-interest informal loans (Vatsa Citation2004).3 People who are by definition non-poor (with income above the upper poverty line) but vulnerable to poverty (with income below the national median income and close to the poverty line).4 In Bangladesh, about 85 per cent of the MFIs experienced a deterioration of their outstanding credit portfolios, 80 per cent faced high rates of savings withdrawals, and more than 73 per cent had inadequate equity capital to cope with the COVID-19 crisis (Mujeri et al. Citation2020).5 A situation where people seem to be caught between two stages and are unclear what will happen next.6 According to Grant et al. (Citation2004), several terms are used to identify those who experience poverty most intensely – ultra-poor, extremely poor, hard-core poo
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Pub Date : 2023-11-06DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2272058
Peter Asare-Nuamah, Daniella Delali Sedegah, Mavis Anane-Aboagye, Emelia Amoako Asiedu, Rosemary Anderson Akolaa
ABSTRACTGrounded in a qualitative case study design and relying on key informant interviews and focus group discussion, this study assesses the influence of the cassava dough enterprise on women’s economic empowerment in a rural Ghanaian community. Women in the study community are marginalised in accessing arable land, which is a critical livelihood asset. Cassava dough processing, which is a women-dominated activity, has become an alternative and lucrative business for women. Women's engagement in cassava dough processing is driven by myriad factors that are rooted in their sociocultural settings and gender norms. Women engaged in cassava dough processing and sales have enhanced their economic empowerment through increased access to regular income, improved financial autonomy and saving behaviour, and contributed to community development. The study recommends the need to prioritise policies, programs, and interventions that create an enabling environment for community-based women’s economic empowerment strategies in poor and vulnerable communities.KEYWORDS: Gender empowermentrural economic developmentlivelihoodsself-managed businessGhana Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-30DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2270787
Katharine McNamara, Sarah McKune
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Pub Date : 2023-10-26DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2023.2268872
Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami
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