Access Denied – Land Rights and Ethnic Conflict in Burma
The reform process in Burma/Myanmar by the quasi-civilian government of President Thein Sein has raised hopes that a long overdue solution can be found to more than 60 years of … Continue reading
Evictions and Resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories
In 2011, Natalie Bugalski coordinated and authored a publication for Amnesty International called Evictions and Resistance in Cambodia: Five women tell their stories. Through poignant and beautiful photos by Todd Brown … Continue reading
The Technical is Political
Daniel Harris et al - This brief explains why and how technical characteristics of particular sectors influence the incentives for politicians, service providers and service users, and the relationships between these … Continue reading
Reconstituting Governance
David Sasaki - Citizens feel disenfranchised from the political system because participation still favors the wealthy and powerful. However, there is another, equally important issue, which is the scale of governance. … Continue reading
Education, equality and inclusive citizenship in Pakistan
Amna Ansari – Pakistan is currently home to three parallel yet starkly unequal systems of education – the dominantly privately owned English medium, the state run vernacular Urdu medium and … Continue reading
Uncovering the Politics of ‘Evidence’ and ‘Results’
Rosalind Eyben – This paper disentangles the historical threads and origins of results-based management and evidence-based policy/programming discourses. She discovers a strong ‘family resemblance’. Both assume that evidence pertains largely … Continue reading
Poorest countries lead the fight against hunger and undernutrition
According to new research published by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), low income countries like Malawi and Madagascar and lower middle income Guatemala, are leading the charge against hunger … Continue reading
Urban poverty: its challenges and characteristics
Reblogged from Terra Urban: By Nidhi Batra Poverty has many dimensions ranging from Income poverty, Education and health poverty, Tenure security, Financial Insecurity, Personal insecurity and social and political exclusion … Continue reading
