Non-formal schools play an increasingly important role in the delivery of educational services in poor communities, but little systematic evidence is available about their placement choices. We study location choice of "one teacher, one classroom" non-formal primary schools pioneered by BRAC...

Conservation movements in developing countries, such as Peru, arise in relation to predominant perceptions concerning development and progress. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Peruvian government adopted a development vision that promoted the colonisation of the Amazon region, which led to the...

In vielen Teilen der Welt, in Entwicklungs- wie Industrieländern, wird landwirtschaftliche und ländliche Entwicklung durch zivilgesellschaftliche Organisationen (ZGO) unterstützt. In Deutschland ist ihre Aktivität mittlerweile so hoch, dass ihnen seitens Wissenschaft und Politik gestiegener...

Reference model, process model, business process, relationship management, non-profit organization, non-governmental organization, NGO. - The management of relationship to sponsors is essential for most nonprofit organizations. Therefore a number of business processes are necessary but yet there...

Smallholder market participation has been discussed as a catalyst against poverty. This dissertation addresses policy tools to enable market linkage of small farmers in rural areas. It looks at road infrastructure improvement and NGO-based market linkage assistance. The research shows that a...

Economic and social councils, the institutionalised platforms for social and civic dialogue in the European Union and in most of its Member States, show a broad range of diversity – in set-up, composition and name. This patchwork of practices seems to stem from political, social and economic...

Introduction : dis-organizing labour in the clothing industry in the Asia Pacific / Vicki Crinis and Adrian Vickers -- The fragmentation of the clothing and textile trade union movement in Malaysia / Vicki Crinis -- Scrutinizing the effectiveness of trade unions in post-socialist Vietnam / Anne...

The earthquake -- Was there charity in imperial China? -- The pioneer : from socialism to social entrepreneurship -- The perfect Suzhi fairy tale -- Getting in bed with the state -- Environmental NGOs : foreign funding and Chinese connections -- Conclusion : after the earthquake

NGOs der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit stehen zunehmend unter Druck, ihre Wirksamkeit zu beweisen und Verantwortung für die Auswirkungen ihrer Aktivitäten zu übernehmen. Eine wachsende Anzahl Anspruchsgruppen erwartet von den NGOs eine Beurteilung ihrer Erfolge, und dass die veränderten...

Concepts of retirement and related moral arguments play an important role in debates around pension reform. What retirement is - or should be - varies according to the surrounding welfare culture and an actor's general interests and beliefs. In this paper, we study the meaning that specific...

Die vorliegende Dissertation hat die Monitoring und Evaluation (M&E) Komponente von Entwicklungsprojekten zum Schwerpunkt sowie die Partizipation der Zielgruppen des Projekts im M&E Prozess. Die Partizipation der Zielgruppen bei M&E wird in den meisten Fällen zwar geplant aber in der Realität...

"People across Canada's North have created vibrant community institutions to serve a wide range of social and economic needs. Neither state-driven nor profit-oriented, these organizations form a relatively under-studied third sector of the economy. Researchers from the Social Economy Research...