Practice
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Like other democracies in transition, Moldova needs leaders who can give a new impetus to the process of achieving a democratic and just society. Serghei Ostaf explains how CReDO’s civic leadership programme is responding to that need.
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This Praxis Note describes an innovative mentoring approach to leadership development that also builds the capacity or the Community-Based Organisation (CBO) as an Organisation. The approach is being pioneered by the Barnabas Trust (http://www.ithemba.org.uk/projectsframe.htmBarnain) in South A...
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This Praxis Note draws from the experiences of 20 Malawian NGO leaders who participated in the Leadership and Management Dynamics programme in 2004. Offered by the South-African consultancy Vision Quest Africa, the programme consists of 2 four-day modules that are offered with 2 - 3 months in b...
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This report from the Sustainable Livelihoods in Southern Africa Programme examines the effects of democratic decentralisation in the village of Mdudwa in the South African Eastern Cape. Looking at disputes over land, forest and water resources in this village, the researchers analyse the power...
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This paper is based on research in Dogbo and Aplahoue, two municipalities in the South-West of Benin. Since the municipal elections in 2003 - the first of their kind in Benin - newly elected councillors are pushed to mobilise as many local resources as possible to finance the development of the...
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This paper examines the impact of capacity development programmes on the peformance of Benin's municipalities in improving the economy, health, education and living conditions of its citizens. More specifically, the paper looks at the relation between their performance in implementing their mun...
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This book presents the proceedings of the 2nd Asian NGO Leaders' Dialogue that took place in March 2005. The dialogue focused on defining the concept of leadership in the midst of globalisation.
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This case study documents the process and findings of a research into the 'informal factors' that influence pastoralist women's access to elective political leadership at the district-level in Kenya.
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This case study presents the findings of a research into the informal factors in the life history of 11 elected women councilors in Northern Tanzania that contributed to their success in politics.
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This paper analyses the experiences of women candidates that won office in the 2004 municipal elections in Niger. Based on research in five municipalities, it examines the formal criteria and informal dynamics that influenced their election.