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Report

1 January 2002

Assessing Participation in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers: A Desk-Based Synthesis of Experience in Sub-Saharan Africa

Published by: IDS

This desk review provides an update on practice and experiences of civil society participation in the development of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs). It was commissioned by the Department for International Development (DFID) and conducted from August - October 2001 by the Participation Group at the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) in the UK.

Rosemary McGee
Rosemary McGee
Sub Saharan Africa
Report

1 February 2004

Concepts of Citizenship: A Review

Published by: Institute of Development Studies

The 'Development Research Centre on Citizenship, Participation and Accountability' aims to bring the voices of citizens in different contexts to the often abstract debates around citizenship.

John Gaventa
John Gaventa
Working Paper

1 January 2002

Globalisation and the Future State

Published by: IDS

This paper provides a critical overview of debates about the role of the state in development in a context of globalisation. It is argued that globalisation can best be thought of as a political project that has to be understood in the context of the historical setting in which it is evolving and at the same time helping to define.

Working Paper

1 January 2002

The Struggle to Develop Regional Industry Policy: The Role of the Plastics and Auto Sectors in the Regional Chamber of ABC, São Paulo

Published by: IDS

Much of the current policy debate on fostering the industrial upgrading focuses on the importance of local or regional policy networks. The question, which has been neglected in this debate, is whether conducting local or regional industrial policy is possible where local enterprises are part of a global production system.

Clusters in the Global Economy Brazil
Book

1 January 2002

Pathways of Change in Africa: Crops, Livestock and Livelihoods in Mali, Ethiopia and Zimbabwe

Published by: James Currey

Across rural Africa there are multiple pathways of livelihood change, reflecting many combinations of agriculture technology and practice. These are, in turn, influenced by a wide array of institutions, social relations and policy contexts. This book looks at the diverse pathways of crop and livestock change in three contrasting settings, in Ethiopia, Mali and Zimbabwe.

Ethiopia Mali Zimbabwe
Working Paper

1 January 2002

Learning Citizenship

Published by: IDS

This paper integrates three, often disparate, threads of research and practice: on citizenship itself, and what active citizenship entails and requires; on adult education for citizenship; and on learning. Within the first theme, citizenship is defined as more than a set of legal rights, but as an active practice requiring both citizen initiative and state responsibilities to facilitate citizen action. What is needed in order to exercise the rights and responsibilities of citizenship, and how can the necessary attributes of citizens be developed?

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