Prepared for OECD Emerging Market Economy Forum on Electronic Commerce, Dubai, UAE, 16-17 January
19 March 2001
IDS Discussion Paper;379
This paper documents the history of the pension in both countries and presents evidence on its economic, demographic and social impacts in Namibia. Apart from providing non-covariate income against livelihood shocks such as drought, the social pension stimulates local trade, enhances the status...
25 February 2001
IDS Discussion Paper;378
Participation, empowerment and inclusion have become the new development buzzwords. As the development mainstream takes on some of the practices of participatory development, feminist concerns about representation, agency and voice become ever more pressing.
25 January 2001
A report for the 2002 Human Development Report of the United Nations Development Program's Human Development Report Office.
8 January 2001
Less than ten years ago, there was little talk of civil society in the corridors of power. But now, the walls reverberate to the sound of global citizen action-and difficult questions about the phenomenon abound. This book represents the cutting edge of contemporary thinking about nonstate...
3 January 2001
IDS discussion papers;377
This paper examines new forms of risk, vulnerability and exclusion arising in the process of China's transition, the (changing) needs of different groups, how (if at all) they are being met through socially provided forms of welfare, and the response of government to these changes.
1 January 2001
IDS working papers;122
The paper presents a diversity of views held by Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) practitioners in Nepal about the history of PRA, the challenges facing PRA practice and participation in development today, and the ways forward for participation in the future. It is intended to provoke further...
1 January 2001
IDS working papers;124
Following democratic elections in 1994, the Government of Malawi embarked on an ambitious programme of free primary education (FPE). As a result, access to education increased dramatically. However FPE was enacted before a comprehensive policy framework had been developed examining the...
1 January 2001
This paper analyses how the production activities in the tobacco cluster in Rio Pardo Valley are organised through a complex network linking local producers to multinational companies and global markets. The relationship between global chain governance and local upgrading strategies has received...
1 January 2001
IDS working papers;129
What is the role of civil society organisations in helping to build more effective democracy in societies which have recently emerged from violent civil conflict? To some extent, the answers depend on how the terms 'civil society' and 'democracy' are defined.
1 January 2001
The paper uses case-studies from six countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to illustrate improving practice on policy processes and institutions relating to poverty reduction. It presents these results in a simple analytical framework, which highlights the importance of three factors to the...
1 January 2001
IDS working papers;128
This Working Paper argues that armed conflicts have been the single most important determinant of poverty and human misery in Sub-Saharan Africa, affecting more than half the countries of the continent during the past two decades.
1 January 2001
