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Showing 1 to 13 of 13 for “"Local empowerment"”.
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Community-based resource use monitoring at the Olifants River Estuary
… Research suggests that involvement of local resource users in resource monitoring is beneficial as it promotes local empowerment, community stewardship and contributes to social and resource sustainability. This study aims to contribute knowledge about the nature and effectiveness of a …
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Beyond Community: "Global" Conservation Networks and "Local" Organization in Tanzania and Zanzibar
… CBNRM is an undertaking which is fundamentally local but also integrally connected to transnational conservation ideology and national structures of authority. While recent critiques of community-based conservation projects have challenged the universal efficacy of the approach, CBNRM continues …
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The contradictions of empowerment promotion through social engineering. Mozambique’s Peace and the ‘7 million’ Initiative
The concept of ‘empowerment’ has been widely used among development practitioners since the early 1990s. This thesis aims to contribute to the literature on empowerment by developing an analytical framework that incorporates: (a) the dialectical nature of power, (b) multiple levels of analysis, and …
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Ownership, rights and access to minerals in Namibia: A contemporary legal perspective
… benefit more from the mining proceeds than locals. Therefore, the unequal distribution and ownership of natural resources can equally impact on the distribution of other forms of wealth in the Namibian society. In a bid to reverse the current status quo, the contemporary legal perspective to …
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The emergence of social sustainability in the development of Olympic parks: the case of Sydney Olympic Park
… how the principles of social sustainability—local empowerment, identity and community—were considered in the longterm development of SOP: conceptualising the new visions introduced in the bid for the 2000 Olympic Games; developing the site for Games; managing the site in the post-2000 years; …
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The influence of decentralisation on tourism development in decentralised rural communities
… with delivering responsive and transparent local governance and promoting good governance nationally. However, its specific influence on tourism development in decentralised rural communities remains underexplored, particularly regarding power dynamics, community empowerment and …
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Competitività in sostenibilità urbana e territoriale. L’Emilia Romagna, regione d’Europa
… development. So, European, national and local Institutions are firmly interested in promoting urban and local interventions and projects. Section two deals with economic-geography methods, which consists on collecting indicators and the benchmarking methodology. It also specifically …
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Tourism development in transition economies: an evaluation of the development of tourism at a Black sea coastal destination during political and socio-economic transition.
… (1989-2009), from the stakeholder groups at a local, regional and national level. This research employed the path-dependent path-creative approach to analyse the nature of transformation and conceptualise the forces which impact on tourism development on Bulgaria‟s North Black Sea coast. The …
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Translating MDG 3: Gender, Empowerment and the Adolescent Girl in Maharashtra, India
… was aimed at gender equality and women’s empowerment. Despite an extensive scholarship on the MDGs in general and on the specific issue of women’s empowerment in the development context, there has been little scholarly attention directed at the place and role of adolescent girls in the …
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Identifying key notions of corporate responsibility : The perspectives of qualified Finnish corporate executives in Latin American countries and of Latin American employees living in Finland
… resources in Latin America, 5) benefits of local empowerment, 6) the power of the media in Latin American countries, and 7) the level of corruption in Latin American countries. The strongest CSR notions among the employees include 1) excellence of the Finnish healthcare and welfare system, …
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Bridging the divide : the role of sport events in contributing to social development between disparate communities
… capital provide key benefits for community empowerment and sustainable social development within divided societies. The social psychological study of intergroup relations forms the theoretical basis for the analysis of social identities and group categorisation processes at intercommunity …
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"Very Sumba": New Forms of Regional Cultural Reflexivity in Eastern Indonesia
… and creative economy are tied to narratives of local empowerment, this research approaches the promise of the creative economy with caution, consistently emphasizing the relationships between structures and practices. This research also pays close attention to power plays in how international …
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A critical analysis of decentralization in Zimbabwe: focus on the position and role of a Provincial Governor
… democracy, accountability, devolution and empowerment, as ideals of decentralization. This contribution examines provincial governance in Zimbabwe as part of the local government system.