This page is also available in Russian

The Central Asia programme has generated a huge range of resources that we are committed to sharing with other development practitioners. The materials listed below contain much of what we have learnt during our work helping to strengthen civil society in Central Asia. We also offer a growing range of materials in Russian.

Books

• The Struggle for Civil Society in Central Asia: crisis and transformation by Charles Buxton (2011, Kumarian Press) Copies available from the Central Asia office
• The Development of Civil Society in Central Asia by Janice Giffen and Lucy Earle with Charles Buxton (2005)

Praxis Papers and Notes

• Praxis Note 59 - Leadership, gender and youth: Reviewing the old and experimenting with the new (2011)
• Praxis Note 53 - Using Action Learning Sets methodology in an NGO capacity building programme (2010)
• Praxis Paper 21 - Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation in Practice: Lessons learnt from Central Asia by Jerry Adams and Anne Garbutt (2008)
• Praxis Paper 19 - Leadership in Transition: Developing Civil Society Leaders in Kyrgyzstan by Charles Buxton and Kazbek Abraliev (2007)
• Praxis Paper 15 - Organisational Capacity Building in Central Asia: Reflections from Kyrgyzstan and Kazakstan by Lola Abdusalyamova (2007)

Research, case studies and conference reports

• Decentralisation in Kyrgyzstan (2011) (report for Swiss Development Cooperation)
  
• Comparing civil society's trajectory of development in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan (presentation to School of Oriental and African Studies, London, November 2011)
• Models of civil society (collaboration, confrontation etc) (presentation to Civic Alliance national forum, Astana, October 2011)
• Analysis of situation in Kyrgyzstan 18 months after the Osh events (presentation to ACT Alliance national forum, Bishkek, Sept 2011) Notes (English) and powerpoint (Russian)
• Caucasus and Central Asia as “South countries” Accountability of global financial institutions: first steps by Central Asia NGOs (paper presented at CERCEC conference, Almaty, August 2011)
• The Role of Civil Society in Promoting Political Accountability in Fragile States: the case of Tajikistan
• From Self-Help to a Wider Role in Society: A Review of Self-Help Group Methodology in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan
• Monitoring and Evaluation and Accountability of Poverty Reduction Strategies in Central Asia
• Social Movements and Conflict in Post-Revolution Kyrgyzstan
• Community Development in Rural Areas of Central Asia, Conference Report (2004) 

Occasional Paper Series

• OPS 42 - Who Benefits? The Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Programmes in Central Asia by Charles Buxton (2004)
• OPS 40 - Community Development in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan by Lucy Earle (2004)
• OPS 39 - Growing Civil Society in Central Asia by Anne Garbutt and Simon Heap (2002)
• OPS 34 - 'Top-down - 'Bottom-up'? A Study of Women's Participation in NGOs in Kyrgyzstan by Martina Hunt (2001)
• OPS 33 - Emerging NGO-Business Relations in Central Asia by Simon Heap et al (2000)

Receive copies of ONTRAC in Russian

The Russian version of ONTRAC is disseminated among researchers and practitioners, and staff of local and international NGOs in Central Asia. To get a printed or electronic version of ONTRAC in Russian, please email the Central Asia team and indicate your name, organisation and post (or electronic) address.

All issues of ONTRAC in Russian are available in our resources database.