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Author: Janice Giffen and Lucy Earle with Charles Buxton
Series: NGOMPS 17
Publication date: 30/09/2005
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 200
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Author: Lucy Earle (ed.)
Series: NGOMPS 18
Publication date: 01/10/2004
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 173
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Short description: This book captures the dynamics and discussions of INTRAC’s fifth international conference on monitoring and evaluation (M&E). It addresses theoretical concerns and presents case studies of innovative M&E experiences.
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Author: Alan Fowler
Series: OPS 45
Publication date: 01/01/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 40pp
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Short description: Today's architecture of international aid and the emerging impact of counter-terrorism measures demand that NGDOs have well thought through strategies. This paper identifies questions for NGDOs to ask themselves about their identity and their activities in a rapidly changing environment.
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Author: Vicky Mancuso Brehm with Emma Harris-Curtis, Luciano Padrăo and Martin Tanner
Publication date: 01/07/2004
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 207
Price: £8.50
Short description: This book explores the concept and practice of ‘partnership’ between non-government organisations (NGOs) in the North and South.
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Author: Esther Mebrahtu
Publication date: 31/05/2004
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 236
Price: £9.00
Short description: This book focuses on eight UK-based international NGOs (INGOs) engaged in the participatory monitoring and evaluation of rural development interventions in Ethiopia.
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Author: Emma Harris-Curtis, Oscar Marleyn and Oliver Bakewell
Series: Occasional Papers Series 41
Publication date: 18/11/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 50
Price: £9.95
Short description: The paper presents the experience of some Northern NGOs in engaging with rights-based approaches. It is based on research carried out by INTRAC and South Research among 17 Northern European NGOs.
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Author: Jonathan Goodhand
Publication date: 25/09/2006
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 256pp
Price: £15.95
Short description: Drawing on research and contemporary writing on conflict, NGOs, and peace-building, this book provides an overview of key theoretical and policy debates surrounding the changing role of NGOs and donors in situations of armed conflict, and outlines the implications for improving policy and practice.
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Author: Rick James with Brenda Katundu
Series: Praxis Paper 11
Publication date: 09/10/2006
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 34 pp
Price: £3.00
Short description: This paper suggests how CSOs in sub-Saharan Africa can build organisational resilience in order to survive the loss of valuable staff, time and money that HIV/AIDS will cause. It also concludes with practical recommendations for their donors in how they can move beyond being ‘concerned bystanders’.
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Author: Fatima Alikhan, Peter Kyei, Emma Mawdsley, Gina Porter, Janet Townsend, Saraswati Raju, Rameswari Va
Series: N/A
Publication date: 01/12/2006
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 208pp
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Author: Brian Pratt (ed.)
Series: NGOMPS 16
Publication date: 01/01/2003
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 215pp
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Short description: This volume provides an insightful overview both of the concept of civil society and its operationalisation.
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Author: Caroline Sahley and Brian Pratt
Series: NGOMPS 9
Publication date: 01/01/2003
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 137pp
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Short description: This book is a comparative analysis of the work of urban NGOs in the South. It considers the roles, relationships, internal organisation and programme performance of urban NGOs in India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, South Africa and Peru.
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Author: Anne Garbutt and Simon Heap (eds.)
Series: OPS 39
Publication date: 01/01/2003
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 57pp
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Author: Emma Mawdsley, Janet Townsend, Gina Porter and Peter Oakley
Series: NGOMPS 14
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 172pp
Price: £8.50
Short description: This book explores how Southern NGOs can have more of a voice in determining the work they do, and how they can get more of their ideas onto the international development agenda.
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Author: Rick James
Series: OPS 38
Publication date: 01/01/2002
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 41pp
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Author: Simon Heap
Series: NGOMPS 11
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 309pp
Price: £9.00
Short description: This book presents the findings of INTRAC’s enquiry into the changing nature of relationships between NGOs and the private sector and explores the potential for the two sectors to work together for global development in the future.
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Author: INTRAC
Series: NGOMPS 8
Publication date: 01/01/1998
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 112pp
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Author: Mariano Valderrama
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 106pp
Price: £11.95
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Author: Ruth Jolly (ed.)
Series: SBS 2
Publication date: 14/03/2005
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 118pp
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Author: Jo Boyden and Sara Gibbs
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 216pp
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Author: NGO Co-ordination at Field Level
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 76pp
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Author: Jon Bennett (ed.)
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 184pp
Price: £7.00
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Author: Jon Bennett and Sara Gibbs with Rick James and Paul Ryder
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 76pp
Price: £4.50
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Author: Andrew Clayton (ed.)
Series: NGOMPS 5
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 277pp
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Author: Andrew Clayton (ed.)
Series: NGOMPS 2
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 136pp
Price: £6.00
Short description: This book includes case studies which draw on the experiences of NGOs in Africa, Asia and Latin America, and cover a wide range of issues concerning the role of NGOs in civil society, advocacy, legal reform and democracy movements.
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Author: John Hailey, Rick James and Rebecca Wrigley
Series: Praxis Paper 2
Publication date: 14/03/2005
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Page extent: 29pp
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Author: Mia Sorgenfrei
Series: Praxis Paper 1
Publication date: 14/03/2004
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 40pp
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Author: Charles Buxton (ed.)
Series: OPS 42
Publication date: 14/03/2004
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 60pp
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Author: John Hailey and Mia Sorgenfrei
Series: OPS 44
Publication date: 01/01/2004
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 30pp
Price: £9.95
Short description: This paper responds to the current climate in which NGOs are under pressure to invest in evaluation and impact assessment.
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Author: Oliver Bakewell with Jerry Adams and Brian Pratt
Series: Praxis Guide 1
Publication date: 01/01/2004
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 140pp
Price: £12.95
Short description: The purpose of this book is to provide a detailed introduction to the process of developing monitoring and evaluation systems which will provide a foundation on which to develop personal and organisational learning. It is based on the work of INTRAC in research, consultancy and training and is rooted in real experiences.
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Author: Rick James
Series: OPS 43
Publication date: 14/03/2003
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 54pp
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Author: Sue Soal (CDRA), Rick James and Liz Goold (INTRAC) and William Ogara (CORAT)
Publication date: 14/03/2002
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 56pp
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Author: Rick James
Series: NGOMPS 15
Publication date: 14/03/2002
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 161pp
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Short description: Using a mixture of case studies, illustrations from experiences and articles based on reflective practice, People and Change provides practitioners with ideas, suggestions and challenges to improve the effectiveness of the capacity building interventions.
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Author: Rick James (ed.)
Series: NGOMPS 12
Publication date: 14/03/2001
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 152pp
Price: £8.50
Short description: This book seeks to contribute to our understanding of capacity-building by analysing a number of specific capacity-building interventions, drawing out the issues and insights from practice. It also highlights the consequent implications, particularly for Northern NGOs involved in developing strategies for capacity-building. It is aimed at all development professionals engaged in capacity-building, but has particular relevance to Northern NGOs, Southern NGOs and capacity-building providers.
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Author: John Cammack
Series: NGOMPS 10
Publication date: 14/03/2000
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 168pp
Price: £8.00
Short description: This book is written for non-financial staff and members of governing bodies of NGOs who need to understand financial systems and statements.
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Author: Ian Smillie and John Hailey
Publication date: 14/03/2000
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 240pp
Price: £16.95
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Author: Rick James
Series: NGOMPS 7
Publication date: 14/03/1998
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 230pp
Price: £8.50
Short description: This book examines the theory and practice of organisation development consultancy with NGOs.
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Author: Alan Fowler
Publication date: 14/03/2005
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: English 298 pp; Russian 351pp
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Author: Caroline Sahley
Series: NGOMPS 4
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 164pp
Price: £8.00
Short description: This book examines the common organisational weaknesses of a range of enterprise development agencies and considers how these constraints can be addressed.
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Author: David Marsden, Peter Oakley and Brian Pratt
Series: NGOMPS 3
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 178pp
Price: £7.50
Short description: This book is intended primarily as a practical guide for undertaking the evaluation of social development projects, and combines a theoretical overview of the concepts involved, with insights into the planning and implementation of evaluation.
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Author: Lucy Earle
Series: OPS 40
Publication date: 14/03/2004
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 60pp
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Author: Peter Oakley (ed.)
Series: NGOMPS 13
Publication date: 14/03/2001
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 192pp
Price: £8.50
Short description: This is the fourth book in a series based on International Workshops on the Evaluation of Social Development and is based on the Fourth International Workshop held in Oxford in April 2000.
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Author: Peter Oakley, Brian Pratt and Andrew Clayton
Series: NGOMPS 6
Publication date: 14/03/1998
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 183pp
Price: £8.00
Short description: This book draws on the papers and discussions that took place at the Third International Workshop on Evaluating Social Development held in The Netherlands in November 1996.
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Author: Carolyn Jones
Series: SBS 1; videos available (please specify whether English or Russian): SVS1
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 87pp
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Author: Carolyn Jones
Series: SBS 1a
Publication date: 14/03/1997
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 72pp
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Author: Jon Taylor
Series: OPS 37
Publication date: 14/03/2001
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 65pp
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Author: OPS 36
Series: Rick James
Publication date: 14/03/2001
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 42pp
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Author: Vicky Brehm
Series: OPS 35
Publication date: 14/03/2001
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 73pp
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Author: Martina Hunt
Series: OPS 34
Publication date: 14/03/2001
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 60pp
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Author: Alan Fowler
Series: OPS 32
Publication date: 14/03/2000
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 25pp
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Author: Sara Gibbs and Deborah Ajulu
Series: OPS 31
Publication date: 14/03/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 102pp
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Author: Simon Heap, Gulmira Jamanova, Edil Osmorbetov, Syrgak Salmorbekov, Dina Shukurova and Marat Terterov
Series: OPS 33
Publication date: 14/03/2000
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 54pp
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Author: Aruna Rao and Syed Hashemi
Series: OPS 30
Publication date: 14/03/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 63pp
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Author: Ruth Jolly
Series: OPS 29
Publication date: 14/03/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 46pp
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Author: Ruth Jolly
Series: OPS 28
Publication date: 01/01/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 76pp
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Short description: NGO support organisations (NGOSOs) are a relatively recent phenomena on the development aid scene and interest in them is growing, along with a desire to understand better their role and function.
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Author: Rick James and John Hailey
Publication date: 09/11/2007
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 112pp
Price: £12.95
Short description: Ideal for anyone interested in capacity building with NGOs and other civil society organisations – providing an overview of trends and current thinking about NGO capacity building, the challenges and constraints. It also addresses why, despite all our knowledge and experience, capacity building interventions commonly fail to meet expectations. This book is about what works in practice and how best to ensure our investment in capacity building is timely, appropriate and successful. It argues that not only is effective capacity building possible but it can also have a real and tangible impact.
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Author: Kasturi Sen with Tim Morris
Publication date: 16/06/2008
Format: Paperback book
Page extent: 176
Price: £14.95
Short description: This book draws together the findings from INTRAC's workshops with civil society groups in five regions of the world. It highlights how counter-terrorism measures have undermined ordinary peoples' livelihoods and, using examples from participants, also shows how presure is being placed upon civil society in the name of northern security concerns. A veritable industry has been created which is being used mainly to oppress and silence dissent.
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Author: Fran Deans and Louise Oakley
Series: Praxis Paper 14
Publication date: 14/02/2007
Format: Downloadable document
Page extent: 44 pp
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Author: Peter Oakley and Andrew Clayton
Series: OPS 26
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 69pp
Price: £5.00
Short description: This resource document was originally written as a background paper for a series of five regional and international workshops - produced by INTRAC - on the evaluation of social development. Its continued demand has led to this formal publication.
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Author: Caroline Sahley with Janet Danziger
Series: OPS 25
Publication date: 01/01/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 99pp
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Short description: This paper is the outcome of a two-phase field research between 1997 and 1998. Drawing from the experience of 120 NGOs and detailed analysis of 3 NGOs, the paper identifies the characteristics of NGOs and analyses issues relating to resource constraints, internal organisation and strategic policies crucial to their effectiveness. It also examines the roles of co-ordination and institutional learning in enhancing operational effectiveness, sustainablitity, scale and replication of projects and programmes.
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Author: Leo Thomas and Jon Taylor
Series: OPS 24
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 46pp
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Short description: This study looks at several questions concerning the roles, relationships, internal organisation and performance of NGOs in an urban environment.
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Author: Brian Moholo with Leo Thomas and Jon Taylor
Series: OPS 23
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 43pp
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Short description: This report examines examples of successful NGO interventions in the housing sector and attempts to outline areas in which these practices could be improved.
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Author: Shrawan Acharya
Series: OPS 22
Publication date: 01/01/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 75pp
Price: £9.95
Short description: The paper is the outcome of a detailed examination of the NGO sector in Ahmedabad between 1997 and 1998. The research identifies the characteristics of ten NGOs and analyses issues relating to their resource constraints, internal organisation and strategic policies.
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Author: Martina Hunt and Samantha Wade (eds.)
Series: OPS 21
Publication date: 01/01/1999
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 49pp
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Short description: This publication offers an exploration of diversity and the experiences of international agencies in addressing diversity.
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Author: Liz Goold, William Ogara and Rick James
Series: OPS 20
Publication date: 01/01/1998
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 60pp
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Author: Sara Gibbs, with contributions from Ian Smillie, Brian Pratt and Alan Fowler
Series: OPS 19
Publication date: 01/01/2000
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 45pp
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Author: Andrew Clayton
Series: OPS 18
Publication date: 01/01/1998
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 43pp
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Author: Bruce Britton
Series: OPS 17
Publication date: 01/01/1998
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 53pp
Price: £9.95
Short description: This paper seeks to stimulate ideas about how NGOs can rise to the challenge of learning from, adapting and continually improving the quality of what they do, if they are to remain relevant as agents of social change into the 21st century.
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Author: Patrick Osodo and Simon Matsvai
Series: OPS 16
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 62pp
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Author: Teobaldo Pinzas
Series: OPS 15
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 55pp
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Short description: Peru has traditionally had a strong NGO sector that has adapted and reacted to the political and developmental events that have taken place. This paper reports on the recent changes in funding mechanisms to local Peruvian NGOs, as funds from Northern NGOs are being replaced by official aid.
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Author: Babar Sobhan
Series: OPS 14
Publication date: 31/12/1996
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 50pp
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Author: Chris Dammers et al.
Series: OPS 13
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 69pp
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Author: Cleo Small
Series: OPS 12
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 34pp
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Author: Ian Smillie, Francis Douxchamps, and Rebecca Sholes/Jane Covey
Series: OPS 11
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 52pp
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Author: Alan Fowler, with Liz Goold and Rick James
Series: OPS 10
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 35pp
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Author: Leo Thomas
Series: OPS 9
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 37pp
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Author: Frits Wils
Series: OPS 8
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 20pp
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Author: Peter Oakley
Series: OPS 7
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 34pp
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Author: Adrian Stone and South Research, Belgium
Series: OPS 6a & OPS 6b
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 35pp (6a) & 130pp (6b)
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Author: Rick James
Series: OPS 5
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 60pp
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Author: Leo Thomas
Series: OPS 4
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 30pp
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Author: Adrian Stone and Brian Pratt
Series: OPS 3
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 54pp
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Author: Alan Fowler and Rick James
Series: OPS 2
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 24pp
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Author: Brian Pratt and Adrian Stone
Series: OPS 1
Publication date: 01/01/1997
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 28pp
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Author: Simon Heap
Series: OPS 27a
Publication date: 31/12/1998
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 51pp
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Author: Bruce Britton
Series: Praxis Paper 3
Publication date: 30/03/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 57pp
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Short description: This Praxis Paper explores the importance of organisational learning in NGOs drawing on examples gathered from interviews mainly with Northern NGO staff and from an extensive review of the literature.
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Author: Rick James
Series: Praxis Paper 4
Publication date: 24/03/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 40pp
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Short description: This paper highlights the vital role of capacity building providers in ensuring that organisational resilience to HIV/AIDS is brought onto the agenda of their clients.
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Author: Charlotte Hursey
Series: Praxis Paper 5
Publication date: 31/05/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 31
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Short description: This is the second Praxis Paper in the contextual capacity building studies series which aims to complement existing literature by depicting how the notion of capacity building is understood and applied in practice to strengthen civil society organisations (CSOs) in different cultures and contexts.
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Author: Rick James
Series: Praxis Paper 6
Publication date: 07/10/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 61
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Short description: This paper summarises the main findings of a programme of research into leadership undertaken by CORAT Africa in Kenya, INTRAC in Malawi and the Community Development Resource Network (CDRN) in Uganda.
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Author: Mia Sorgenfrei and Rebecca Wrigley
Series: Praxis Paper 7
Publication date: 21/12/2005
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 50
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Short description: This paper highlights how analytical and adaptive capacities might be the key to enhancing the effectiveness of civil society organisations.
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Author: Catherine Squire
Series: Praxis Paper 8
Publication date: 08/05/2006
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 52
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Author: Bill Sterland
Series: Praxis Paper 9
Publication date: 21/06/2006
Format: Downloadable document
Page extent: 69
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Author: Zosa De Sas Kropiwnicki and Fran Deans
Series: OPS 47
Publication date: 29/06/2006
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 54
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Author: John Hailey
Series: Praxis Paper 10
Publication date: 21/07/2006
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Author: Brian Pratt, Jerry Adams and Hannah Warren
Series: OPS 46
Publication date: 31/08/2006
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 60 pp
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Author: Rebecca Wrigley
Series: Praxis Paper 12
Publication date: 05/12/2006
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Page extent: 44pp
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Short description: This paper provides a reflection on a pilot experience of using the ‘Most Significant Change’ (MSC) methodology to evaluate the capacity building services of CABUNGO, a local capacity building support provider in Malawi. MSC is a story-based, qualitative and participatory approach to monitoring and evaluation (M&E). INTRAC and CABUNGO worked collaboratively to adapt and implement the MSC approach to capture the complex and often intangible change resulting from capacity building.
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Author: Katie Wright-Revolledo
Series: Occasional Papers Series
Publication date: 08/01/2006
Format: Research paper
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Author: Mia Sorgenfrei
Series: Praxis Paper 1
Publication date: 14/03/2004
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 44pp
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Author: Rick James with Brenda Katundu, Betsy Mboizi, Emily Drani, Daudi Kweba and Rogers Cidosa
Series: Praxis Paper 13
Publication date: 05/12/2006
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Page extent: 40 pp
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Short description: The survival of many civil society organisations throughout sub-Saharan Africa is threatened by HIV/AIDS, but few are taking it seriously. This paper argues that immediate and proactive response from all stakeholders is necessary to avert a crisis for many CSOs.
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Author: Lola Abdusalyamova and Hannah Warren
Series: Praxis Paper 15
Publication date: 14/02/2007
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 46 pp
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Short description: The paper’s chief message is that effective capacity building hinges on thought-out responses based on knowledge of the culture and context in which work is undertaken. Approaches to capacity building and the methods employed must at all times be flexible, appropriate and context specific.
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Author: Maaike Smit
Series: Praxis Paper 16
Publication date: 14/02/2007
Format: Research paper
Page extent: 48 pp
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Author: Susie Prince and Rebecca Wrigley
Series: Praxis Paper 17
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Author: Rick James and Rebecca Wrigley
Series: Praxis Paper 18
Publication date: 29/03/2007
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Short description: Capacity building is a mystery. Despite all the attention to capacity building over the last decade, we are left with nagging doubts and unanswered questions. We are not sure what works and why. Some are not convinced that capacity building makes any positive difference at all.
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Series: Praxis Papers
Publication date: 31/08/2007
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Author: Esther Mebrahtu, Brian Pratt, Linda Lonnqvist
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Author: Ali Fayyad
Publication date: 16/06/2008
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Short description: This book is unique in that it deals with some of the effects of regional instability on the development trajectories (or lack of them) in the Arab world. Using Lebanon as an example Fayyad explores the real meaning of the fragile states concept that has become part of a dominant policy discourse in recent years – its implications for societal relations, civic space and the nature of socio-economic development.
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