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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 14 Participatory interactions with children in Nepal

… Participatory interactions with children in Nepal Pashupati Sapkota and Junita Sharma Introduction the freedom to express views, imagination, and interpretation of the surrounding world on their ActionAid-Nepal … quite happy to copy from their requirement is to understand their lives, their roles and responsibilities, their dreams and neighbours. …
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 10 PRA in international agricultural research: first experiences of IIMI-Pakistan

… research: first experiences of IIMI-Pakistan Paul Gosselink and Anouk Hoeberichts Introduction The need for a different approach was illustrated recently by water users living in a We would like to share our experiences of using watercourse … organization, the International Irrigation against IIMI's presence and would not allow Management Institute (IIMI). IIMI is a member the …
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 7 The use of RRA to inform policy: observations from Madagascar and Guinea

… 7 The use of RRA to inform policy: observations from Madagascar and Guinea Karen Schoonmaker Freudenberger Introduction discussions. By listening to what local people have to say and looking at issues from their Over the past five years I have been … policy, and pitfalls of using RRA case studies to changes on their lives. Having done this, they inform policy ... … G01654 … G01654 … Food …
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 11 Challenges in influencing public policy: an NGO perspective

… of Participatory development aims to enable a participatory programme and NGOs can individuals, groups and communities to plan contribute to more satisfactory execute and manage development that implementation activities. improves their living conditions. They often · To ensure that participatory features …
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Land Tenure, Land Use, Environment Degradation and Conflict Resolution: A PASIR analysis for the Narok District, Kenya

… can be traced to disputes over land ownership, rights, access, use and degradation. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that information asymmetries among various principals in land tenure and market systems have caused the marginalisation of some principals by … gaps and degradation of the resource base they depend on for their livelihood may provide a more rational answer to the conflicts than just …
Working paper
  • A K Duraiappah
  • G Ikiara
  • M Manundu
  • W Nyangena
  • R Sinange
G02965

Editorial (PLA 53)

… Many people's lives involve the day-to-day management of natural resources. Such intimate interaction creates awareness of the technical, social and political obstacles to good management. Yet many cannot contribute to the definition of policies and institutions that govern their use of natural resources. The Power …
Journal article
  • PLA co-editors
  • Sonja Vermeulen
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Overview - Power tools for participatory learning and action (PLA 53)

… Many people's lives involve the day-to-day management of natural resources. Such intimate interaction creates awareness of the technical, social and political obstacles to good management. Yet many cannot contribute to the definition of policies and institutions that govern their use of natural resources. The Power …
Journal article
  • Sonja Vermeulen
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Impacts of China's agricultural policies on payment for watershed services

… those dealing with food supply, increasing farmers’ incomes, and restoring degraded agricultural lands, and the policies’ impacts on payments for ecological services. China has … extremely poor, underdeveloped and dependent on agriculture for livelihoods – has posed many challenges in terms of governance, ensuring …
Report/paper
  • Li Xiaoyun
  • Wang Dongmei
  • Jin Leshan
  • Zuo Ting
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Tiébilé Dramé's letter to President Touré of Mali

… zone de l’Office du Niger... … G03054 … G03054 … Tiébilé Dramé … Food and agriculture … Tiébilé Dramé's letter to President Touré of Mali …
Report/paper
  • Tiébilé Dramé
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PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988-2001 1 Sharing our concerns and looking to the future

… Document begins: PLA Notes CD-ROM 1988­2001 1 Sharing our concerns and looking to the future Elkanah Absalom et al. Introduction centre of … We are an informal group of development Experience has led us, and many others to practitioners, researchers and trainers from South … and people, giving them more control over their practice; and, lives. · the policies and practices of donors. As part of a process of …
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