The theories of thinkers like Gandhi and Nyerere though not postulated within the present times can still be helpful in some areas in combating ecological and socio-political predicaments. Gandhi’s concept of Sarvodya (universal uplift of all) and Nyerere’s concept of Ujamaa (familyhood or...

We study the influence of social messages that promote a digital public good, a COVID-19 tracing app. We vary whether subjects receive a digital message from another subject, and, if so, at what cost it came. Observed maximum willingness to invest in sending varies, from 1 cent up to 20 euros....

We study the influence of social messages that promote a digital public good, a COVID-19 tracing app. We vary whether subjects receive a digital message from another subject, and, if so, at what cost it came. Observed maximum willingness to invest in sending varies, from 1 cent up to 20 euros....

Recent scholarship from political science, urban studies, and sociology conceptualizes the city as a space of decentralized democracy - a view emphasizing localization, participation, difference, and anti-hierarchical organizational form. Instead of conceiving the city as a place of atomized...

The purpose of this paper is to explore the contribution of urban social movements in addressing urban poverty, particularly the poverty experienced by the chronic (or long-term) poor in Southern towns and cities. After a Summary and Introduction, the substantive discussion begins in Section Two...

Firms are often criticized for their reluctance to embrace sustainability in their business strategies. Frugal innovation is a recent concept that represents a new way for firms to serve underserved customers in developing countries while also promoting sustainability. Based on three cases of...

Classic theories suggest that common pool resources are subject to overexploitation. Community-based resource management approaches may ameliorate “tragedy of the commons” effects. Using a randomized evaluation in Namibia’s communal rangelands, we find that a comprehensive four-year...

This article analyses the role of information in direct public participation for grassroots development in Kenya's devolved government structure of 47 counties. The author reviewed relevant laws, research and government reports, and journals focusing on forms of and information dissemination...

"This will be the 8th edition of one of the bestselling books on effective, mission-driven fundraising that is widely used in the field by nonprofit organizations across the country. It has often been called "the Bible of grassroots fundraising" and is a soup to nuts description of how to build,...

"Money occupies a powerful place in our lives - it is a problem, a goal, and motivator, a measure of self-worth and national progress, and even an influence on how we relate to each other and to nature - but what happens when communities start to reinvent money and markets? Over the last...

This paper presents a case study of the Honey Bee Network fs decentralized model for collecting, verifying and disseminating grassroots innovations and provides a roadmap for its replication in Africa. The Honey Bee Network brings together governmental and non-governmental institutions, members...

The aim of this paper is to describe the primary changes and development that outlined the history of Colonial Punjab and to narrate grassroots and provincial perspectives on the changes. I examine with a blend of grassroots and provincial perspectives by contextualizing actual historical events...

It is widely believed that the social contract, credited to Magna Carta of England in the 13th century and subsequent thinkers such as Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, is the major factor that has empowered the concept of civil society in the world, starting from the West. This perspective paper...

Classic theories suggest that common pool resources are subject to overexploitation. Community-based resource management approaches may ameliorate "tragedy of the commons" effects. Using a randomized evaluation in Namibia's communal rangelands, we find that a comprehensive four-year program to...

"Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance emphasizes how the spectrum of violence associated with natural resource extraction permeates contemporary collective life. Chronicling the increasing rates of brutal suppression of local environmental and labor activists in rural and...

Klappentext: Silke van Dyk und Tine Haubner analysieren die Kehrseiten des Community-Kapitalismus, diskutieren seine Bedeutung angesichts neoliberaler Krisen und fragen nach solidarischen Alternativen. Nachbarschaftshilfe, Freiwillige Feuerwehr, Pflegepatenschaften, Tafeln, Flüchtlingshilfe...

Introduction / Konstantinos Andriotis -- (De)growth imperative : the importance of destination resilience in the context of overtourism / Martin Fontanari, Anastasia Traskevich and Hugues Seraphin -- Community-based tourism in degrowth perspective / Ernest Cañada -- Degrowing the...

"Our Extractive Age: Expressions of Violence and Resistance emphasizes how the spectrum of violence associated with natural resource extraction permeates contemporary collective life. Chronicling the increasing rates of brutal suppression of local environmental and labor activists in rural and...

Community-driven development is an approach to development that emphasizes community control over planning decisions and investment resources. Over the past decade, it has become a key operational strategy for many national governments, as well as for international aid agencies, with the World...

This paper examines the transforming process of grassroots associations through community governance in Nepal based on primary information. Overall 110 community-based organizations from five Village Development Committees of Dang district Nepal was selected for the unit of analysis. Both...

Community-driven development is an approach to development that emphasizes community control over planning decisions and investment resources. Over the past decade, it has become a key operational strategy for many national governments, as well as for international aid agencies, with the World...

Identifying cost-effective interventions to improve early literacy is vital to developing countries, given the importance of early literacy for an individual's future education outcomes and subsequent human capital formation. This paper presents the impact on early grade reading outcomes of two...