Addressing the challenge of water and sanitation under-provision requires a subtle understanding of several factors: the nature of the resource, the wider poverty environments in which millions of people live and the politics within which problems are framed and solutions are sought. How do...
How do states manage water stress? What are the experiences in Southern Africa and the Middle East? How can decision makers be supported in the future? These are some of the questions covered in this study, the outcome of ESCOR Small Grants Research Project R7647. Compiled by a team of...
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The concept of 'destitution' presents challenges to several preoccupations of contemporary poverty discourse: the definition of poverty (narrowly income-based versus broader multi-dimensional approaches); the measurement of poverty (quantitative versus participatory methods); and the temporal...
IDS working papers;210
This paper explores the participation of collective civil society actors in institutional spaces for direct citizen participation in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The data was produced by a unique survey of civil society actors who work for, or with, sectors of the lower-middle class, the...
IDS working papers;200
Whilst there is a formal commitment to rights in Bangladesh, spelt out in its constitution, its legal framework and its ratification of various international conventions on rights, the reality for its citizens is one of violations as much as the observance of rights. For the poor, in particular,...
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This study examines the development and impact of participatory methodologies (PMs) in Mexico, and forms
part of the wider research programme Pathways to Participation. The material for this paper was gathered from
interviews and workshops with practitioners of PMs across Mexico, and includes...
IDS working papers;186