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PLA 61: Tales of shit: Community-Led Total Sanitation in Africa
… of good hygiene. This has begun to change in recent years with the development of a radical new participatory approach called Community-Led … Sanitation Research) Programme aims to develop and promote sustainable sanitation in the developing world through capacity development and knowledge management as a contribution to …
Article, 01 November 2010
Participants from 26 countries attended the Forest Connect workshop (Photo: Hop Thinh)
Locally controlled forestry enterprises could teach us all a thing or two
… are local producers who have a greater democratic interest in the sustainable management of local natural resources, meeting local demand … the workshop. Effective, transparent and responsible organisation Building a responsible management structure to give local producers … from the business and its finances was also crucial.   Business capacity and marketing skills Getting access to training in business …
Insight, 04 February 2015
Storm watch for Cancun climate talks
… also address mitigation, adaptation, finance, technology transfer and capacity building. 2. Adaptation Adaptation is sure to be another stormy issue in … and forest degradation and includes the role of conservation, sustainable forest management and the enhancement of carbon stocks). The …
Insight, 23 November 2010
Privatising Nigeria’s power sector
… used because the electricity grid is broken; electricity generation capacity is woefully below demand . The lack of affordable and … evidence that the current $25 billion annual federal budget ends up building roads, schools, or hospitals, it’s understandable that the poor … prices this year - required as part of making grid operation sustainable and commercially viable - will likely be met by more …
Insight, 27 January 2012
REDD+ project design: 10 points to consider so the poor don’t lose out
… the poorest of the poor (or at least not harming them), but for building REDD+ ’s legitimacy both at the national and international … such as payments for ecosystem services, integrated conservation and development programmes, community-based natural resource management, and … of benefits.   Consider economic feasibility, local institutional capacity and governance structures before deciding whether to transfer …
Insight, 30 January 2012
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PLA 38: Participatory Processes in the North
… and in the UK, projects on urban planning in Japan and community development in Scotland and Ireland, adaptating REFLECT for work with … health service users, as a method of consultation and community capacity building Jeanne Nicholls and Katie Watson W.A.L.K.W.A.Y.S. (Walsall …
Article, 31 May 2000
A month with the wastepickers
… due to a lack of transparency in the models. After some initial capacity strengthening, most of the mapping and interviews were done by … huge but there are many hurdles to overcome. One of the biggest is building trust and understanding between each other — and the … the municipalities they work in. Ben Garside is a researcher in the Sustainable Markets Group at IIED.   en español - blog post in Spanish …
Insight, 27 May 2011