Development in Practice

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Volume 17, issue 6, 2007

Editorial pp. 709-712

Deborah Eade

Violence, fear, and development in Latin America: a critical overview pp. 713-724

David Howard, Mo Hume and Ulrich Oslender

Development, racism, and discrimination in the Dominican Republic pp. 725-738

David Howard

Mano Dura: El Salvador responds to gangs pp. 739-751

Mo Hume

Violence in development: the logic of forced displacement on Colombia's Pacific coast pp. 752-764

Ulrich Oslender

‘Resistance as creation’: a new sociability in Argentina pp. 765-774

Dina Khorasanee

Advocacy in the Amazon and the Camisea gas project: implications for non-government public action pp. 775-783

Brian Pratt

Translation in cross-cultural research: an example from Bolivia pp. 784-790

Kate Maclean

The ‘Knowledge Exchange Train’: a model for capacity building for participatory governance in the south-western Amazon pp. 791-799

Elsa Mendoza, Stephen Perz, César Aguilar and Et Al.

Empowering families as an alternative to foster care for street children in Brazil pp. 800-806

Michael Schwinger

Celso Furtado and development: an outline pp. 807-819

Carlos Mallorquín

Indigenous People, Poverty and Human Development in Latin America pp. 820-823

Laura Rival

Dissident Women: Gender and Cultural Politics in Chiapas pp. 823-825

Morna Macleod

Visions of Solidarity: US Peace Activists in Nicaragua from War to Women's Activism and Globalization pp. 825-827

Gretchen Alther

The Limits of Regionalism: NAFTA's Labour Accord pp. 827-828

E. Remi Aiyede

Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict pp. 828-830

Martha Thompson

The Use of Force in Humanitarian Intervention: Morality and Practicalities pp. 830-832

Hugo Slim

Refugees in a Global Era pp. 832-833

Khalid Koser

Promised Land: Competing Visions of Agrarian Reform pp. 833-834

Robin Palmer

The Aid Chain: Coercion and Commitment in Development NGOs pp. 835-836

Patta Scott-Villiers

Gurus, Hired Guns and Warm Bodies: Itinerant Experts in a Knowledge Economy pp. 836-838

Frances Rubin

Errata pp. 839-839

The Editors

Errata pp. 839-839

The Editors

Acknowledgements pp. 840-840

The Editors

Index to Volume 17 pp. 841-844

The Editors

Volume 17, issue 4-5, 2007

Editorial pp. 467-470

Deborah Eade

Buzzwords and fuzzwords: deconstructing development discourse pp. 471-484

Andrea Cornwall

Development as a buzzword pp. 485-491

Gilbert Rist

Words count: taking a count of the changing language of British aid pp. 492-504

Naomi Alfini and Robert Chambers

Poverty reduction pp. 505-510

John Toye

Social protection pp. 511-522

Guy Standing

Globalisation pp. 523-531

Shalmali Guttal

The F-word and the S-word – too much of one and not enough of the other pp. 532-538

Cassandra Balchin

Participation: the ascendancy of a buzzword in the neo-liberal era pp. 539-548

Pablo Alejandro Leal

Citizenship: a perverse confluence pp. 549-556

Evelina Dagnino

Taking the power out of empowerment – an experiential account pp. 557-565

Srilatha Batliwala

Social capital pp. 566-574

Ben Fine

Reflections on relationships: the nature of according to five NGOs in southern Mexico pp. 575-581

Miguel Pickard

Talking of gender: words and meanings in development organisations pp. 582-588

Ines Smyth

Sustainability pp. 589-596

Ian Scoones

From the right to development to the rights-based approach: how ‘human rights’ entered development pp. 597-606

Peter Uvin

Civil society pp. 607-614

Neera Chandhoke

Public advocacy and people-centred advocacy: mobilising for social change pp. 615-621

John Samuel

NGOs: between buzzwords and social movements pp. 622-629

Islah Jad

Capacity building: who builds whose capacity? pp. 630-639

Deborah Eade

Harmonisation: how is the orchestra conducted? pp. 640-646

Rosalind Eyben

‘Country ownership’: a term whose time has gone pp. 647-652

Willem Buiter

Best of practices? pp. 653-655

Warren Feek

Peacebuilding does not build peace pp. 656-662

Tobias Denskus

The uncertain relationship between transparency and accountability pp. 663-671

Jonathan Fox

Corruption pp. 672-678

Elizabeth Harrison

‘Good governance’: the itinerary of an idea pp. 679-681

Thandike Mkandawire

The discordant voices of ‘security’ pp. 682-690

Robin Luckham

Fragile states pp. 691-699

Eghosa Osaghae

‘Knowledge management’: a case study of the World Bank's research department pp. 700-708

Robin Broad

Volume 17, issue 3, 2007

Editorial pp. 319-321

Deborah Eade

Civil society and reconciliation in Southern Africa pp. 322-337

Christopher J. Colvin

Can we measure civil society? A proposed methodology for international comparative research pp. 338-352

Carmen Malena and Volkhart Finn Heinrich

The Capacity-building Paradox: using friendship to build capacity in the South pp. 353-366

Mona Girgis

The most significant lessons about the Most Significant Change technique pp. 367-379

Juliet Willetts and Paul Crawford

Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh pp. 380-392

Naomi Hossain and Imran Matin

NGOs, corporate social responsibility, and social accountability: Inditex vs. Clean Clothes pp. 393-403

Chaime Marcuello Servos and Carmen Marcuello

Community participation in local governance in Cambodia: learning from the village networks approach pp. 404-409

Arnaldo Pellini And and David Ayres

Community-managed rice banks: lessons from Laos pp. 410-418

Dipankar Datta

Practitioner-led research: experiences with Learning Platforms pp. 419-425

Rinus Van Klinken and Gerard Prinsen

Results-based management: friend or foe? pp. 426-432

Michael J. Hatton and Kent Schroeder

Quality or volume? An economic evaluation of coffee development strategies for Uganda pp. 433-438

Simon Bolwig and Liangzhi You

NGOs and multi-layered management of protected resources in Belize and Malaysia pp. 439-444

Deena Burris

Diasporas as ‘agents of development’: transforming brain drain into brain gain? The Dutch example pp. 445-450

Marjolein C. Groot and Pat Gibbons

Multinational Corporations and Global Poverty Reduction pp. 451-452

Robert Bailey

Transnational Civil Society: An Introduction pp. 452-453

Nandita Dogra

Playing with Fire: Feminist Thought and Activism through Seven Lives in India pp. 453-456

Ranjani K. Murthy

Governance and Nationbuilding: The Failure of International Intervention pp. 456-458

Katia Papagianni

Latin America: A New Interpretation pp. 458-459

Miguel Pickard

Why Not Kill Them All? The Logic and Prevention of Mass Political Murder pp. 460-461

Dan Smith

More Urban, Less Poor: An Introduction to Urban Development and Management pp. 461-463

David G. Westendorff

Cinderella or Cyberella? Empowering Women in the Knowledge Society pp. 463-465

Gillian Youngs

Volume 17, issue 2, 2007

Editorial pp. 165-166

Deborah Eade

Participatory action research into donor–recipient relations: a case study pp. 167-178

Rosalind Eyben, Rosario León and Naomi Hossain

Cultural encounters: learning from cross-disciplinary science and development practice in ecosystem health pp. 179-195

Stephen Sherwood, Donald Cole and Charles Crissman

The production and marketing of sustainable forest products: chewing gum in Mexico pp. 196-207

Oscar Forero and Michael Redclift

Corporate wealth or public health? WTO/TRIPS flexibilities and access to HIV/AIDS antiretroviral drugs by developing countries pp. 208-219

Roy Love

Design for development: a review of emerging methodologies pp. 220-230

Robert Simpson and Roderic Gill

Increasing strategic accountability: a framework for international NGOs pp. 231-248

Sue Cavill and M. Sohail

Amartya K. Sen and social exclusion pp. 249-255

Ann Nevile

Death expectancy pp. 256-257

Francis Johnston

Evaluating international social-change networks: a conceptual framework for a participatory approach pp. 258-271

Ricardo Wilson-Grau and Martha Nuñez

Animals in natural interaction with soil, plants, and people in Asia pp. 272-278

E.R. Ørskov

Meeting the challenges to scaling up HIV/AIDS treatment in Africa pp. 279-290

Nana Poku and Bjorg Sandkjaer

Differences in health-promotion behaviour among the chronically ill in three South Pacific island countries pp. 291-300

Philip Szmedra, K.L. Sharma and Cathy Rozmus

Researching public action and development concepts in the context of mental health pp. 301-306

Paul Cutler and Robert Hayward

Development Brokers and Translators: the Ethnography of Aid and Agencies pp. 307-309

The Editors

Water: A Shared Responsibility – The United Nations World Water Development Report 2 pp. 309-311

The Editors

Guatemaltecas – The Women's Movement 1986–2003 pp. 311-312

The Editors

Women Miners in Developing Countries: Pit Women and Others pp. 312-314

The Editors

Women and Migration in Asia: Migrant Women and Work, Volume 4 pp. 314-317

The Editors

Volume 17, issue 1, 2007

Editorial pp. 1-3

Deborah Eade

Meaning versus measurement: why do ‘economic’ indicators of poverty still predominate? pp. 4-13

Andrew Sumner

Gender justice: the World Bank's new approach to the poor? pp. 14-26

Susanne Schech and Sanjugta Vas Dev

Researching urban poverty in sub-Saharan Africa pp. 27-38

Guillaume Iyenda

Participation, education, and pluralism: towards a new extension ethic pp. 39-50

Andrew P. Davidson

Strategising prevention: a critical review of local initiatives to prevent female sex trafficking pp. 51-64

Vidyamali Samarasinghe and Barbara Burton

The human organisation: challenges in NGOs and development programmes pp. 65-77

Vijay Padaki

NGOs and the dynamics of the Egyptian labour market pp. 78-84

Maha Abdelrahman

Development versus enjoyment of life: a post-development critique of the developmentalist worldview pp. 85-92

Joabe G. Cavalcanti

Gender equality – whose agenda? Observations from Cameroon pp. 93-97

Rogers Tabe Egbe Orock

Generosity undermined: the Cotonou Agreement and the African Growth and Opportunity Act pp. 98-103

Zein Kebonang

Capacity building through secondment of staff: a possible model in emergencies? pp. 104-113

Pierson R. T. Ntata

Evaluating HIV/AIDS education programmes in Ugandan secondary schools pp. 114-123

W. James Jacob, Stacey S. Mosman, Steven J. Hite, Donald E. Morisky and Yusuf K. Nsubuga

‘Strong nets catch fish’: promoting pro-poor partnerships in Bangladesh pp. 124-129

Harriet Matsaert, Zahir Ahmed and Shah Abdus Salam

Indigenous floating cultivation: a sustainable agricultural practice in the wetlands of Bangladesh pp. 130-136

Tawhidul Islam and Peter Atkins

Adult learning and literacy learning for livelihoods: some international perspectives pp. 137-146

Alan Rogers, Judy Hunter and Md Aftab Uddin

Ni Vanuatu women graduates: what happens when they go home? pp. 147-153

Jane Strachan, Janet Samuel and Minnie Takaro

Split Decisions: How and Why to Take a Break from Feminism pp. 154-156

Deborah Eade

Culture and Development in a Globalizing World: Geographies, Actors and Paradigms pp. 156-158

Nada Švob-Đokić

La ciudad, la crisis y las salidas: democracia y desarrollo en espacios urbanos meso pp. 158-160

Alan Gilbert

Gender and Social Policy in a Global Context: Uncovering the Gendered Structure of ‘the Social’ pp. 160-162

Susanne Schech

The Search for Empowerment: Social Capital as Idea and Practice at the World Bank pp. 162-164

John Harriss