Civil Society at a New Frontier. ‘Civil society at a new frontier’ conference report
INTRAC’s international development conference in December 2011 focused on civil society, economic growth and the post-aid environment. Recent world events […]
Global changes and civil society. Background paper for ‘Civil society at a new frontier’ conference
This short paper explores the challenges confronting civil society at a time of unprecedented and widely underestimated global change.
OPS 50. Shortcut to the Frontline: Supporting Local NGOs on Climate Change in Bangladesh
The impetus for this report came from a common impulse among those who work on development in Bangladesh: ‘this country […]
Strengthening Civil Society in Malawi
An external evaluation of the Malawi Programme of INTRAC was commissioned by Cordaid a long-time donor, and undertaken between November […]
Organising Railway Workers and Land Migrants: Another Side of Civil Society in the Kyrgyz Republic
Since the political events in early 2005, which culminated in the fleeing of President Askar Akaev and his subsequent replacement […]
Praxis Paper 16. We’re Too Much in ‘To Do’ Mode.
International development organisations are continually urged to do things better by learning more from their experiences. For this, organisational learning […]
ONTRAC 33. Aid Harmonisation: Challenges for Civil Society
Is the present focus on aid harmonisation, as embodied in the Paris Declaration, yet another attempt to marginalise civil society […]
Praxis Paper 5. Capacity Building: Perspectives from the NGO Sector in Spain
This is the second Praxis Paper in the contextual capacity building studies series which aims to complement existing literature by […]
Praxis Paper 1. Capacity Building from a French Perspective
This Praxis Paper depicts how French NGOs perceive the notion of capacity building, and how they apply the concept in […]
Anthropological Perspectives on Civil Society and NGO Development in a Post-Socialist Context
In recent years the sub-field of political anthropology, NGO-graphy, has dramatically expanded as anthropologists have begun to examine the work […]
Briefing paper 3. NGOs and Impact Assessment
The role and approach of NGOs in development has changed radically over the last 20 years. NGOs are now accepted […]
OPS 24. Squaring the Urban Cycle: NGOs and Urban Poverty Alleviation in Addis Ababa
Tackling urban poverty is a complex and time-consuming task. Overstretched municipal bureaucracies, confused allocations of responsibilities between local authorities, para-statals […]