Tools and Methods
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Analysing power relations is important for understanding the contexts in which decisions about capacity development are made. There is a lot more to power than the simple struggle between those who have it and those who don’t. A more comprehensi...
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Local economic development (LED) projects are being undertaken in many municipal areas of South Africa. These municipalities have been criticised by analysts for prioritising infrastructure and service backlogs above LED. Applying thinking in te...
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Top-down approach water programmes assume people use water for a single purpose. A ‘multiple-use water services’ approach can unleash massive productive capacity in households and communities.
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Consumer Unity and Trust Society (CUTS) conducts research that helps shape policy in India.
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The Ugandan government has chosen oilseed as one of several strategic commodities to spearhead the transformation of its agricultural sector from subsistence to commercial farming.
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Advocacy campaigning requires continuous organisational learning. In particular, allies need to learn about each other’s interests, expectations and commitments. Laura Roper explains how to facilitate such a learning process.
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In 2006, following the elections in Mexico, 14 sexual and reproductive rights organisations met to develop strategies for an advocacy campaign. Julián Portilla and Sylvia Aguilera describe the collective learning process.
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A wide range of characteristics, both hard and soft, together make up effective capacity. Niels Keijzer describes a novel framework that organisations can use to assess their own capabilities, and if necessary refocus their efforts.
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Civil society organisations have a very important contribution to make in the process of transforming fragile states into peaceful and stable nations. Frances Fortune and Ambrose James describe the experiences of Sierra Leone during past electio...
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After more than a decade of monitoring by civil society organisations, the city of Bangalore in southern India has achieved real progress in improving the quality and cost-effectiveness of its public services.