This paper is focused on the important issues of local participation in development initiatives. Using the example of a World Bank-funded development project in Vietnam, this capstone will (1) briefly discuss the project and its overall M&E process; (2) discuss the means by which levels of local...

In order to meet the demands for today’s youth to be both socially conscious and culturally savvy, the number of organizations providing programs for high school students to travel abroad to perform work in community service has increased. Some long-standing operators have begun marketing...

This study examines the method of income generation through handcraft production used by Projeto Saude e Alegria, or the Health and Happiness Project, in Urucureá, a small community in the region of Santarém, Pará, Brazil. Urucureá is a rural community of ribeirinhos (or caboclos),...

This paper is focused on the important issues of local participation in development initiatives. Using the example of a World Bank-funded development project in Vietnam, this capstone will (1) briefly discuss the project and its overall M&E process; (2) discuss the means by which levels of local...

In order to meet the demands for today’s youth to be both socially conscious and culturally savvy, the number of organizations providing programs for high school students to travel abroad to perform work in community service has increased. Some long-standing operators have begun marketing...