This chapter delineates the evolution of two contested, closely related concepts in development ethics – empowerment and participatory development. While empowerment originated in radical feminist ...

In April 2015, Maji Safi Group received word from district health officials of 30 confirmed cases of cholera in the Rorya District in northern Tanzania, where our organization operates. Though cholera ...

The World Bank has repeatedly acknowledged the importance of participation, good governance, and accountability for development. As both human rights and development experts have noted, respect for ...

Hyderabad: Universities, colleges and students can play a critical role to play in community development, said Dr. Nagendra ...

This article traces a history of agricultural participatory research, largely from the author's personal experience. Participatory research in the 1970s was mostly led by disciplinary scientists, and ...

As expressed in the community development global guidelines, community development is intended to fashion conditions of economic and social growth for the entire community with its dynamic involvement ...

Mountain Research and Development, Vol. 35, No. 1 (Feb 2015), pp. 16-26 (11 pages) In the tropical Andes, uncontrolled urban growth and the loss of agricultural land severely affect periurban ...

Our comprehensive five-day training will enable you to improve your monitoring and evaluation (M&E) systems / processes, using participatory and adaptive practice. Using complexity-aware, ...

Introduction Demographic change is resulting in a growing number of individuals requiring nursing care, while the ...