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Civil Society & Development

Civil Society & Development

“Civil society has established itself at the beginning of the twenty-first century as a significant, even paradigmatic concept in the field of development policy and practice” wrote Jude Howell and Jenny Pearce in their 2001 book “Civil Society and Development: A Critical Exploration” (p. 1). Yet, how do donors conceptualize, fund and engage with civil […]

Tags: #Civil society #Civil society and development #Democracy #Development #social capital

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Letting them Die – Why Programs Fail

Letting them Die – Why Programs Fail

“In the old South Africa we killed people. Now we’re just letting them die.” – Pieter-Dirk Uys   In her 2003 book, ‘Letting them Die’: Why HIV/AIDS Prevention Programmes Fail, Catherine Campbell describes how “the best-intentioned programmes, even when they achieve high levels of mobilization of the least-powerful sectors of small local communities, may have […]

Tags: #Failure #International development #Participation #social capital #Stakeholders

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