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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 18 Mixing and matching methodologies in Redd Barna Uganda
… exist?'. This an implementing organisation, to one which does all its work through partner organisations. article shares how we see the … methodologies, as PRA alone communities and community groups, we work cannot stimulate all the desired changes in the community for more … CBOs, and build their development. capacity to act as the link. All our activities and methodologies focus on enhancing the RBU's approach …
Publication, 01 January 1997
Extractive industry workers are pictured on a beach; a new report recommends that transparency initiatives need to be more inclusive and relevant to local needs for communities most affected by oil, gas or mining projects (Photo: iStockphoto.com/Getty Images)
Transparency: Giving local communities a window on the extractive industries
… of 2013, the question remains about how to make transparency work for sustainable development, particularly for the local communities … issues with significant local impact, such as oil theft in Nigeria .  Our study sets out recommendations for EITI stakeholders to overcome … and governments, must pull together to make transparency really work to reduce poverty and bring about local-level sustainable …
Insight, 28 May 2014
A woman makes clothes for SOKO, a Kenyan textiles supplier that combines fashion manufacturing with bettering local livelihoods.
SOKO: Learning lessons on how to add value to the East African apparel sector
… Adding value to the East African apparel sector This paper is part of our Linking World series which aims to identify how organisations and …
Insight, 11 February 2013
People in a Nicaraguan village play a game to learn how climate change adaptation, ecosystem management and disaster risk reduction fit together (Photo: Maya Schaerer/NLRC)
Playing climate change — can games unblock the negotiations?
… learnt is that most communication around climate change just doesn’t work. There's a growing body of research in the field of psychology that … years, IIED teamed up with Internews to explore these issues at our Climate Communications Day side events to the international …
Insight, 15 November 2013
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 20 Applying PRA methods to participatory monitoring and evaluation: report on a course held in El Obeid, Sudan
Publication, 01 January 1994
Statements and workshop reports
Mainstreaming biodiversity and development initiative: events
… guidance together for other countries and discuss how mainstreaming work can be scaled up successfully. July 2016 National workshops took … Davies It is with great sadness that we have learnt of the death of our colleague, Jonathan W. Davies. A senior staff member of Liberia's … and held in high regard with all who came into contact with him. Our thoughts and prayers are with Jonathan's family and friends. He will …
Article, 09 July 2013
Oil platforms
Will COVID-19 leave fuel-rich African countries gasping for breath?
… will suffer the worst consequences. The current pandemic has exposed our relative unpreparedness for a global public health crisis. African …
Insight, 27 April 2020
Fairtrade and formalisation for small-scale miners
… sector globally — prioritises formalisation of the sector within its work plan . The artisanal mining sector, affecting 10 million people … livelihood and coping strategy. Nearly all artisanal miners work casually, seasonally or are migrant workers — ASM often still … are clearly benefits to formalisation but it seems naive to pin all our aspirations for the sector on this concept that remains contentious. …
Insight, 18 February 2011
A woman picks fresh greens
Beyond maize: exploring agricultural diversification in Zambia
… of change, generate solutions, and test them on the ground. Our research showed that increased investment for research on a diverse … weather patterns, Zambia’s maize-centric food system simply does not work for nutrition or resilience. All stakeholders, from the farm to the …
Insight, 22 August 2019
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Participatory approaches to HIV/AIDS programmes Semi-special issue
… We healthy, productive lives for several years after welcome not only our regular readers, mainly becoming infected. Therefore, most people do … care and event. HIV is no respecter of different groups of support work. We hope that this issue will help all development workers to … fear to speak openly about general, and HIV in particular, on their work. it. In this way, the opportunity to learn from Similarly, we hope …
Publication, 01 January 1995