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1 January 2005
Published by: IDS
This paper examines the participatory processes which led to the building of the Berg River Dam in South
Africa’s western Cape...
1 January 2005
Published by: IDS
This paper examines citizen mobilisation and activism in relation to asbestos disease and litigation.
Although the litigation of Cape...
1 September 2004
Building on a pilot market research activity in Kenya in March 2004, this trip was one of a series of field visits to meet development practitioners, policy-makers and researchers in their working environment, to find out how research materials are used and accessed in those countries.
1 January 2004
Published by: Centre for Social Science Research
The aim of this paper is to explore the nature and dynamics of HIV-related stigma in the KTC with a view to understand the impact of stigma on the lives of HIV+ people and their social environment. This paper draws on qualitative research methods, including focus groups, interviews and participant observation.
1 October 2003
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin presents wide-ranging contributions from the three-year Imp-Act programme of action research, a partnership of 30 MFOs in 20 countries and three UK universities.
1 August 2003
Published by: IDS
One of the central tenets of much current development thinking in southern Africa is that market-oriented strategies and private sector involvement must be the basis for future economic growth.
2 July 2003
Published by: IDS
Southern Africa is in the midst of a major food crisis. Fourteen million people are reported to be at risk. Most commentators agree that since around 1990, livelihoods have collapsed in many areas, with an increasing number of people, particularly in rural areas, vulnerable.
The DFID funded Future Agricultures Consortium is an Africa-based alliance of research organisations seeking to provide timely, high-quality and independent information and advice to improve agricultural policy and practice in Africa.
1 January 2003
Published by: IDS
The paper seeks to address two broad, albeit related, research questions; are leading export-oriented garment producers in South Africa using business to business e-commerce to: (1) expand their reach into new markets, and (2) prepare and complete transactions with overseas buyers?
1 January 2003
Published by: Zed Books
Constitution drafting has always been undertaken with explicit political purposes in mind. But the process has never been more ambitious, or more difficult, than today as politicians and experts seek to negotiate institutions that will foster stability and order on a democratic basis in countries torn by violent conflict.
