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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Participation in development"”.
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Critical examination of community participation in development projects
This research examined the role of community participation in development projects in Tanzania to gain a deeper understanding of its role in the development process and propose a good practice model towards attaining community participation in practice. The research focused on two case studies in …
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Community participation in development projects as Tickyline Village in Tzaneen
Community participation is a concept which is meant to ensure that community members are an integral part of processes that determine their destination in relation to their development needs. It is a means of empowering people by developing their skills and abilities to enable them to negotiate and …
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Towards a new methodology for community participation in development and design
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1986.
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Participatory communication in decentralised planning: community participation in development planning in Zambia
… of a practical attachment on communication in district development planning. It outlines the context in which communities communicate and take action to improve their livelihoods, and describes the extent to which institutions strive to help communities participate in planning for their own …
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Participatory communication in decentralised planning: community participation in development planning in Zambia
… of a practical attachment on communication in district development planning. It outlines the context in which communities communicate and take action to improve their livelihoods, and describes the extent to which institutions strive to help communities participate in planning for their own …
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The Effectiveness of Test -Takers' Participation in Development of an Innovative Web -Based Speaking Test for International Teaching Assistants at American Colleges
… the mismatch between the purpose and its use in a local context and the findings from the needs analysis were aligned with the team's decisions on test design considerations reflected into the development. The results of the group dynamics and audit trail supported positive contributions of …
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Participation is not enough : associations and local government in the social fund of Nicaragua
Community participation in development projects, in which billions of dollars are invested every year, has become quite controversial. While these initiatives can be beneficial, many participatory projects fall short of expectations, succumbing to problems such as corruption amongst local elites. …
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People’s participation for good governance: a study of rural development programs in Bangladesh
International development agencies and developed countries are demanding participatory good governance in local government bodies in developing countries to maximise outcomes from development plan implementations. To comply with this demand, the Government of Bangladesh introduced decentralisation, …
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Interactions between community traditions and geospatial technology in natural resource management: case studies from common property regimes in rural southern Mexico
Issues related to improving community participation and the effectiveness of green economy instruments are central to current debates regarding progress towards sustainable development. Information technology, such as Geographic Information Systems, may be able to play an important role in …
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Employee perceptions of performance appraisal acceptability in a merit pay setting
… Health System performance appraisal system in a merit pay setting. To accomplish this, the study investigated variables having a positive relationship on employee perception of performance appraisal acceptability, fairness and accuracy. The study had three objectives: (1) integrate the …
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Assessment of Youth Participation in Agriculture and Water Development Projects: a case of Mkinga district in Tanga Region
The study aimed at assessing youth participation in agriculture and water development projects in Mkinga District. The specific objectives were to assess youth participation in Conceptualization of Projects,to investigate youth involvement in decision making process of projects, and assess youth …
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Rural territorial dynamics in northeast Brazil: the Jiquiriçá Valley in Bahia
This research undertook a case study in Northeast Brazil to address three inter-related research questions: (i) what factors explain the performance of rural areas combining growth, poverty reduction and social inclusion? (ii) Have coalitions of social actors contributed to progressive outcomes by …
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Transforming researchers and practitioners: The unanticipated consequences (significance) of Participatory Action Research (PAR)
… we come together to listen, we learn, we grow in understanding and we can analyze better the course that needs to be taken. One thing I learned over the past several years is that words and their interpretation have power. Grand Bayou community member This dissertation examines the question of …
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What Happened to Participation? Urban Development and Authoritarian Upgrading in Cairo's Informal Neighbourhoods
Participation appeared in development discourses for the first time in the 1970s, as a generic call for the involvement of the poor in development initiatives. Over the last three decades, the initial perspectives on participation intended as a project method for poverty reduction have evolved into …
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International Development Cooperation from Below: Recipient Agency in Agriculture Development Cooperation in Haiti
Recipient agency has been theorised in different ways in development discourses and practices; but it is widely recognised that development settings have always been uneven fields of power, in which recipient agency faces various forms of constraint and limitation. Since the 1970s, ‘participatory …
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A framework for employee development : a quantitative and qualitative study of individual differences and development outcomes
… with a framework for the research of employee development. To start, the importance of training, development and learning at the societal, organizational, group and individual level is set out. A review of the research on training and development argues that a detailed comparison may further …
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The relationships among participation in employee development programs, organizational commitment, and turnover of non-medical staff in a nonprofit medical institution in Lebanon
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among participation in employee development programs, organizational commitment and turnover of non-medical staff in a nonprofit medical institution in Lebanon. Of the three measures of participation in development programs, only frequency …