Development Studies

Institutional Diversity and Capitalist Transformation in Rural Arunachal Pradesh

by Deepak Kumar Mishra

Coauthors: Barbara Harriss-White and V Upadhyay
Oxford Department of International Development Working Paper Series (QEH Working Papers)

L’Environnementalité en Lieu de la Solidarité : La Formation des Sujets et le Gouvernement Intime des Forets dans la Région de Kaolack au Sénégal

by Ewan Robinson

Overcoming Rural Sanitation Problems through Contextual Participatory Development: Lesson Learn from Open Defecation Free (ODF) Village in Indonesia

by Rahardhika Arista Utama

Published in 'Jurnal Mahasiswa Makara Wiratama' Vol 2, 2012.

About 75% of the rural population continues to defecate in their rivers, lakes, padi fields, ponds, canals, ocean and... more About 75% of the rural population continues to defecate in their rivers, lakes, padi fields, ponds, canals, ocean and forests with devastating effects. (Susenas, 2004).Temuwulan, a small village in Jombang, East Java, Indonesia had a success story about capacity building and civic engagement in Community – Led Total Sanitation (CLTS) Program which promotes it as the first ODF (Open Defecation Free) independent village in Jombang. This achievement had been done without any government intervention or sponsor, the community manage their local resources an applied their local wisdom to built a participative program.

Success of Temuwulan story would be analyzed with social capital theory of Robert Putnam (1993 ). The case of Temuwulan project shows that collaboration between social capital and Community-Led Total Sanitation framework would be effectively provide proper sanitation facilities and transform people’s behavior in defecation activities. This paper would analyze comprehensive problem of participatory development in the dimension of planning and implementation. This paper also provides a comprehensive study of rural sanitation problem in Indonesia and innovation ideas to solve it.

Keywords: participatory development, Open Defecation Free, social capital, Community-Led Total Sanitation

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by Hans-Dieter Evers

Expanding People’s Might: Putting Social Infrastructure into the Hands of the Community, Investigation into a Village Community

by Arun Kumar

Published in 'International Journal of Rural Management'. 2008

There is increasing evidence of the social infrastructure failing the rural poor. In view of the failure of the... more There is increasing evidence of the social infrastructure failing the rural poor. In view of the failure of the responsible agency to deliver on various fronts; it is essential to examine possible solutions to bridge the gaps in the provision of social infrastructure and services. Possible solutions like technological innovation and social mobilization through communitarian responses present challenges in replication and extension. Greater centralization or decentralization to address service delivery failure is limited, in that, it is known to lead to entrenchment of power—either at the global or local levels. These limitations enforce the quest for alternatives. This article presents one such alternative—of expanding people's control, by transferring infrastructure directly into the hands of the people, through community organizations. It also explores the necessary amendments and regulations that need be made before such transference takes place; and the necessary caveats.

problemi attuali

by marcucci edoardo

Humanitarian Organizations in Tajikistan and the Coordination of Aid to Displaced Afghans in No Man's Land

by Indra Overland

Misyurov D.A. Dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas // Credo New. 2012. №2

by Dmitry Misyurov

The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with... more The article suggests dialectical formulas based on the binary notation as the development formulas: formula with dominant and the non-dominant elements; universal formula; formula with symbolic weight of elements; tautological formula. For example, it suggests an opportunity to use the dialectical formulas for modeling and artificial intelligence creation, etc.

India's Second Green Revolution? The Sociopoltiical Implications of Corporate-driven Agricultural Growth

by Jeffrey Witsoe

Employing the Youth to Build Peace: The Limitations of United Nations Statebuilding in Sierra Leone

by Luisa Enria

published in Human Welfare 2012

The establishment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) institutionalised recent developments in... more The establishment of the United Nations Peacebuilding Architecture (PBA) institutionalised recent developments in international thinking and practice regarding war torn-states in the developing world. The transformation of conflict-affected societies and the rebuilding of effective states that can deliver socio-economic progress to their citizens have therefore become crucial to international efforts to ensure sustainable peace. In recognition of the interrelatedness and complexity of threats to peace, the PBA brings together development and security actors for the achievement of holistic statebuilding strategies. Sierra Leone was one of the first countries to be placed on its agenda. An innovative focus on youth employment reflects the attempt to conjoin security and socio-economic development in the
reconstruction of a peaceful Sierra Leone.

This paper analyses the PBA’s distinctive approach, focusing on its youth employment component. It views the statebuilding process as made up of three dimensions, which are often driven by different internal logics: policy- making, operationalisation, and state-society relations. Applying this framework, it outlines the PBA’s development of a statebuilding policy narrative and its integration of the employment question in it and then discusses the translation of this policy approach into a youth employment project on the ground. Finally, it presents the outlook of a community of unemployed youth in Freetown on their relationship to the post-war state. Contrasting these dimensions sheds light on the stark discrepancies between the exigencies and constraints faced by international organisations and the lives and perspectives of young people on the streets of Freetown. These discrepancies expose the limitations of the peacebuilding approach to international engagement in war-torn states.

Wahl-Jorgensen, K., and Temple, P. G. H. (2006). New degrees, no pencils. IPI/Global Journalist, 2006 issue 4, 32-33.

by Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

As Sierra Leone prepares for the first elections since the departure of UN peacekeepers in 2005, veteran reporter Richard Margao worries about how he and his colleagues will report the elections in the 14 chiefdoms of his region. Margao, who has worked as a correspondent for the BBC for many years and is now chairman of the Sierra Leone Association of Journalists South, relies on his mobile phone for interviews and other communications because landlines are not in working order. But mobile phones need to be recharged, and doing so requires electricity, which is only available to those who can afford gas for generators. Also, getting around is not easy as most of the roads are in terrible condition, says Margao. For print journalists, it will be difficult to file stories from the region, where there is limited Internet access.

“In the entire Bo District, we have three internet cafés. Only two are reliable, and they are not operating on a 24-hour basis,” he said.
[...]

Wahl-Jorgensen, K., and Cole, B. (2008). Newspapers in Sierra Leone: A case study of conditions for print journalism in a post-conflict society. Ecquid Novi, 29(1), 1-20

by Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

Selected for topic guide on communication and governance and expert document library of the Governance and Social Development Resource Centre of the Department for International Development

In this article, we examine the conditions for newspaper production in Sierra Leone since the end of the civil war in... more In this article, we examine the conditions for newspaper production in Sierra Leone since the end of the civil war in 2002, as a case study in the difficulties of democratic communication under conditions of poverty and underdevelopment. Sierra Leone has a tradition of a vigorous press. However, journalism struggles for survival in the country, which is one of the world’s least developed. Problems include legal constraints, difficulties in distribution, lack of journalistic skills, a minuscule revenue base, and a lack of electricity, basic materials, technologies and resources. The scarcity of financial resources engenders the unethical practice of ‘coasting,’ or blackmailing, among journalists. However, resource problems haunt every layer of society, including government, business and civil society. As such, the case of Sierra Leone demonstrates a broader point about journalism: That it cannot be viewed in isolation from broader social contexts. Despite these constraints, journalism in Sierra Leone is emerging as a watchdog on concentrations of power.

Wahl-Jorgensen, K., and Cole, B. (2006). Communication rights and journalism in Sierra Leone. Media Development 2006 issue 4, 29-33.

by Karin Wahl-Jorgensen

Sierra Leone is emerging from a decade-long civil war, which ended in 2002. The war undermined an already fragile... more Sierra Leone is emerging from a decade-long civil war, which ended in 2002. The war undermined an already fragile political, educational, economic and media infrastructure, leaving the nation struggling to pick up the pieces. Nevertheless, Sierra Leone also has a proud tradition of indigenous indepen•dent media. This article looks at Sierra Leone’s newspapers as a case study in the difficulties of supporting the right to communicate under conditions of poverty and underdevelopment.

Sustainable Development and Malawi

by Naomi Weir

Is Dambisa Moyo right to call for an end to development aid?

by Naomi Weir

Development of Mu Rhythm in Infants and Preschool Children

by Maurizio Bertollo

M. Berchiccii, T. Zhang L. Romero A. Peters R. Annett U. Teuscher M. Bertollo Y. Okada J. Stephen,  S. Comani

Developmental Neuroscience

Mu rhythm is an idling rhythm that originates in the sensorimotor
cortex during rest. The frequency of mu... more Mu rhythm is an idling rhythm that originates in the sensorimotor
cortex during rest. The frequency of mu rhythm,
which is well established in adults, is 8–12 Hz, whereas the
limited results available from children suggest a frequency
as low as 5.4 Hz at 6 months of age, which gradually increases
to the adult value. Understanding the normal development
of mu rhythm has important theoretical and clinical
implications since we still know very little about this signal
in infants and how it develops with age. We measured mu
rhythm over the left hemisphere using a pediatric magnetoencephalography
(MEG) system in 25 infants (11–47 weeks),
18 preschool children (2–5 years) and 6 adults (20–39 years)
for two 5-min sessions during two intermixed conditions: a
rest condition in which the hands were at rest, and a prehension
condition in which the subject squeezed a pipette with his/her right hand. In all participants, mu rhythm was present
over the frontoparietal area during the rest condition,
but was clearly suppressed during the prehension condition.
Mu rhythm peak frequency, determined from the amplitude
spectra, increased rapidly as a function of age from 2.75 Hz
at 11 weeks to 8.25 Hz at 47 weeks (r 2 = 0.83). It increased very
slowly during the preschool period (3.1 8 0.9 years; 8.5 8
0.54 Hz). The frequency in these children was, however, lower
than in adults (10.3 8 1.2 Hz). Our results show a rapid
maturation in spontaneous mu rhythm during the first year
of life.

Mu-rhythm detection in infants

by Maurizio Bertollo

Research and the Development Bank of Southern Africa

by Mike Muller

"La démocratie renversée": Sur l'usage de la "bonne gouvernance" en Égypte et au Maroc: le cas des réformes de l'enseignement supérieur

by Florian Kohstall

published in Michel Camau and Gilles Massardier (ed.), Démocraties et autoritarismes: Fragmentation et hybridation des régimes, Karthala, 2009.

Cooperación europea y relaciones euro-latinoamericanas: características, desafíos y proyecciones

by Carlo Tassara

Carlo Tassara
En: Elías Said Hung (Editor). 2012. Desafíos y diálogos euro-latinoamericanos sobre la cultura, los medios, el derecho y la cooperación.
Editorial Universidad del Norte. Barranquilla.
2012 (en imprenta).

La primera parte de este ensayo presenta las características generales de la cooperación europea (con énfasis en su... more La primera parte de este ensayo presenta las características generales de la cooperación europea (con énfasis en su filosofía, estrategia, organización, y modalidades operativas), sin perder de vista el contexto más amplio de la ayuda oficial al desarrollo en los últimos años y de los otros donantes más importantes. En la segunda parte se profundiza el tema de las relaciones y de la cooperación euro-latinoamericana y se intenta dar cuenta de sus alcances e implicaciones. Finalmente, la última parte del texto contiene algunas consideraciones generales sobre los principales elementos innovadores que caracterizan la cooperación de la Unión Europea con América Latina.