Development in Practice

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Volume 23, issue 8, 2013

Development in Practice peer reviewers pp. iii-v

The Editors

Corrigendum pp. vi-vi

The Editors

Corrigendum pp. vii-vii

The Editors

Erratum pp. viii-viii

The Editors

Editorial pp. 947-949

Brian Pratt

One size does not fit all: choosing methods to inform area development pp. 950-962

Graham Sherbut and Nazneen Kanji

Improved learning for greater effectiveness in development NGOs pp. 963-976

Barry Whatley

Configuring ‘country ownership’: patterns of donor-recipient relations pp. 977-990

Anne L. Buffardi

Working from strengths to assess changes in gender equality pp. 991-1006

Juliet Willetts, Naomi Carrard, Joanne Crawford, Claire Rowland and Gabrielle Halcrow

Education for all, education for whom, education for what? Lessons from Mali pp. 1007-1021

Jaimie Bleck and Boubacar Mody Guindo

Grassroots civil society at crossroads: staying on the path to independence or turning onto the UK Government's route to localism? pp. 1022-1033

Andri Soteri-Proctor, Jenny Phillimore and Angus McCabe

Vinya wa Aka: an expanded microcredit model for community development pp. 1034-1047

Monique Hennink, Carolyn Kulb and Ndunge Kiiti

The potential of evaluation to promote sustainable development in Russian forest management pp. 1048-1058

Ksenia Gerasimova

In the name of ‘underdeveloped’ Adibashi: the politics of NGOs and the Munda in Bangladesh pp. 1059-1070

Shaila Sharmeen

‘Cracking collaboration’ between NGOs and academics in development research pp. 1071-1077

Daniel Stevens, Rachel Hayman and Anna Mdee

Civil society and trust building in Cyprus pp. 1078-1083

Norman Gillespie, Vasiliki Georgiou and Sevinc Insay

Editoral Board pp. ebi-ebi

The Editors

Volume 23, issue 7, 2013

Editorial pp. 797-798

Brian Pratt

“They don't garden here”: NGO constructions of Maya gardening practices in Belize pp. 799-810

Douglas C. Reeser

Contextualising development projects among the San of Botswana: challenges of community gardening pp. 811-825

Kirstie Cadger and Thembela Kepe

Understanding quality in services supporting women survivors of gender-based violence pp. 826-839

Michaela Raab and Jasmin Rocha

How do international development agencies approach peacebuilding in a sub-national conflict? pp. 840-856

Adam Burke

Defying “the pervasive bias” against African smallholders: identifying entry points for institutional change pp. 857-871

Samuel Adjei-Nsiah, Richard Adu-Acheampong, Kofi Debrah, Fadiala Dembele, Soumanou Lassine, Bara Ouologuem, Aliou Saidu, Pierre Vissoh and Elizabeth Zannou

The success of Afghan NGOs pp. 872-888

Paolo Novak

Pro-poor development performance of livestock projects: analysis and lessons from projects' documentation pp. 889-907

Francis Wanyoike and Derek Baker

Effects of neoliberal adjustments on government-funded international volunteer cooperation organisations pp. 908-919

Benjamin J. Lough and Cliff Allum

Community grain banks and food security of the tribal poor in India pp. 920-933

Edakkandi Meethal Reji

The impact of community-based capital cash transfers on orphan schooling in Kenya pp. 934-943

Morton Skovdal, Albert Webale, Winnie Mwasiaji and Andrew Tomkins

Global Matters for Non-Governmental Public Action pp. 944-945

Brian Pratt

Volume 23, issue 5-6, 2013

Civil societies at crossroads: eruptions, initiatives, and evolution in citizen activism pp. 601-608

Rajesh Tandon and L. David Brown

Struggles for systems that nourish: southern Africa civil society contributions and challenges to the creation of flourishing societies pp. 609-616

Mutizwa Mukute and James Taylor

Struggles against systems that impoverish: South African civil society at the crossroads pp. 617-630

James Taylor

Kampala city traders (KACITA) strike for action pp. 631-643

Jackline Kabahinda

Civil society at multiple crossroads in Asia pp. 644-652

Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay

Civil society in changing India: emerging roles, relationships, and strategies pp. 653-664

Debika Goswami and Rajesh Tandon

Changing civil society in Cambodia: in search of relevance pp. 665-677

Kaustuv Kanti Bandyopadhyay and Thida C. Khus

Is civil society in the Southern Cone of Latin America at a crossroad? pp. 678-684

Anabel Cruz

Protest and proposal, participation and representation: the Chilean student movement, 2011–12 pp. 685-700

Inés M. Pousadela

From embarrassing objects to subjects of rights: the Argentine LGBT movement and the Equal Marriage and Gender Identity laws pp. 701-720

Inés M. Pousadela

The emergence and re-emergence of civil society: a brief history of civil society in Europe, from the Magna Carta to the Eurozone crisis pp. 721-728

Brian Pratt and Rowan Popplewell

Occupy London as pre-figurative political action pp. 729-741

Neil Howard and Keira Pratt-Boyden

Dutch civil society at crossroads pp. 742-754

Rik Habraken, Lucas Meijs, Lau Schulpen and Cristien Temmink

Treading new ground: a changing moment for citizen action in Greece pp. 755-770

Maro Pantazidou

Russian civil society: background, current, and future prospects pp. 771-783

Charles Buxton and Evgenia Konovalova

Civil societies at crossroads: lessons and implications pp. 784-796

Rajesh Tandon and L. David Brown

Volume 23, issue 4, 2013

Editorial pp. 453-454

Brian Pratt

Reflexive engagements: the international development blogging evolution and its challenges pp. 455-467

Tobias Denskus and Andrea Papan

Revisiting child sponsorship programmes pp. 468-480

Willem van Eekelen

Community collaboration in development work with young people: perspectives from Zambian communities pp. 481-495

Iain Lindsey

“SMART” Photovoice agricultural consultation: increasing Rwandan women farmers' active participation in development pp. 496-510

Myriam Gervais and Lysanne Rivard

“I'd like to participate, but...”: women farmers' scepticism towards agricultural extension/education programmes pp. 511-525

Chrysanthi Charatsari, Majda Istenič and Evagelos Lioutas

Autonomy and policy independence in Africa: a review of NGO development challenges pp. 526-536

Sylvia Bawa

Developing participatory communication: a case study using semi-structured interviews in Samoa pp. 537-548

John Schischka

Participatory communication for development in practice: the case of community media pp. 549-561

Víctor Marí Sáez

Teachers as social capital agents: an exploratory study from Brazil pp. 562-574

Tamo Chattopadhay

Local risk perceptions to identify institutional and development planning needs pp. 575-588

Muhammad Kamran and Ganesh Shivakoti

Considered choices for funding decisions: how to calculate the real cost of donor-funded projects; when to say “yes” and when to say “no” pp. 589-595

John Cammack

The Politics of Indigeneity: Dialogues and Reflections on Indigenous Activism pp. 596-598

Susan Elliott and Helene Connor

Decolonizing Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples pp. 598-599

John Overton

Volume 23, issue 3, 2013

Editorial pp. 317-318

Brian Pratt

Dynamics of multi-local gifts: practices of humanitarian giving in post-tsunami Sri Lanka pp. 319-331

Pia Hollenbach

Livelihood improvement and smallholder beekeeping in Kenya: the unrealised potential pp. 332-345

Thomas Carroll and Jim Kinsella

Assessing food insecurity in Botswana: the case of Gaborone pp. 346-358

Alexander Legwegoh and Alice Hovorka

Charcoal production and strategies to enhance its sustainability in Kenya pp. 359-371

Mary Njenga, Nancy Karanja, Cristel Munster, Miyuki Iiyama, Henry Neufeldt, Jacob Kithinji and Ramni Jamnadass

Dependency on natural resources: post-conflict challenges for livelihoods security and environmental sustainability in Goma, The Democratic Republic of Congo pp. 372-388

Tata Ijang and Cleto Ndikumagenge

Fair enough? Fair Trade and the quality of life amongst Bolivia's indigenous women artisans pp. 389-401

Tamara Stenn

Social security for rural widows in Rajasthan: an empirical study pp. 402-421

Subrata Dutta

The challenges and prospects of the school feeding programme in Northern Ghana pp. 422-432

Mohammed Sulemana, Ibrahim Ngah and M. Majid

Education in the Commonwealth Caribbean: findings from a national adult literacy programme pp. 433-439

Bipasha Baruah

The snowman outline: fact sheets by extensionists for farmers pp. 440-448

Jeffery Bentley and Eric Boa

Representations of Global Poverty: Aid, Development and International NGOs pp. 449-450

Glenda Cooper

Environmental Inequalities Beyond Borders: Local Perspectives on Global Injustices pp. 450-452

John Carstensen

Volume 23, issue 2, 2013

Editorial pp. 155-156

Brian Pratt

“Nobody helps us”: insights from ultra-poor Bangladeshi women on being beyond reach pp. 157-168

Lynn McIntyre and Jenny Munro

Cultivated, caught, and collected: defining culturally appropriate foods in Tallé, Niger pp. 169-183

Alexandra Towns, Daniel Potter and Sadou Idrissa

Toilet is not a dirty word: close to meeting the MDGs for sanitation? pp. 184-195

Frank Arku, Emmanuel Angmor and John-Engelbert Seddoh

Community health workers – motivation and incentives pp. 196-204

Gabrielle Appleford

Are healthier people happier? Evidence from Chile and Uruguay pp. 205-216

Mariana Gerstenblüth and Máximo Rossi

The making and unmaking of community-based water supplies in Manila pp. 217-231

Petr Matous

Rural development and migration in Mexico pp. 232-248

Andrew Wainer

Evolution of input supply and service hubs in dairy development at Ada'a milk shed in Ethiopia pp. 249-263

Moti Jaleta, Berhanu Gebremedhin, Azage Tegegne, Samson Jemaneh, Tesfaye Lemma and Dirk Hoekstra

Fostering rural sense of place: the missing piece in Uturu, Nigeria pp. 264-277

Uchendu Chigbu

The global financial crisis and self-help groups in rural India: are there lessons from their micro savings model? pp. 278-291

Meera Tiwari

Decommissioning dams in India: a comparative assessment of Mullaperiyar and other cases pp. 292-298

Arnab Chowdhury

Using the Five Capabilities (5C) model: making a virtue of necessity pp. 299-311

Peter Huisman and Lieke Ruijmschoot

Development Cooperation and Emerging Powers: New Partners or Old Patterns? pp. 312-313

Osvaldo Feinstein

Privatizing the Democratic Peace: Policy Dilemmas of NGO Peacebuilding pp. 313-315

Norma De La Cruz

Diaspora for Development in Africa pp. 315-316

Dharam Ghai

Volume 23, issue 1, 2013

Editorial pp. 1-2

Brian Pratt

From philanthropy to corporate social responsibility in Guatemala: assessing shifts through pp. 3-20

Gary Bland and Anna Wetterberg

Spoiling the situation: reflections on the development and research field pp. 21-32

Tanya Jakimow

Evaluation of Dutch support to capacity development pp. 33-45

Piet de Lange

Cordaid's experience with impact evaluation pp. 46-56

Francois Lenfant and Rens Rutten

Time poverty, gender and well-being: lessons from the Kyrgyz Swiss Swedish Health Programme pp. 57-68

Julian Walker

Reaching beyond the health post: Community-based surveillance for polio eradication pp. 69-78

Dora Curry, Filimona Bisrat, Ellen Coates and Penny Altman

Fertility differential by husbands' occupational status and income in Dhanbad district, Jharkhand, India pp. 79-89

Ayesha Jamal and Farasat Siddiqui

Using participatory impact diagrams to evaluate a community development project in Kenya pp. 90-106

Juliet Kariuki and Jemimah Njuki

Are women self-help group members economically more empowered in left-run municipalities? pp. 107-122

Zakir Husain, Diganta Mukerjee and Mousumi Dutta

The discourse of “development” and why the concept should be abandoned pp. 123-136

Aram Ziai

Improving NGO governance: practical applications of the GATE approach pp. 137-144

Alan Fowler

Exploring strengths-based approaches in the design of a family planning project in Kenya pp. 145-150

Gabrielle Appleford

Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest: Concepts, Policies, and Politics pp. 151-152

Mokbul Ahmad

Empowered Participation or Political Manipulation? State, Civil Society and Social Funds in Egypt and Bolivia pp. 152-153

Sylvia Bergh