Economic reforms or globalisation in more generalised terms, is dominating the world socio-economic scenario for the last two decades. The process is having significant impacts on India as well. Effectiveness of public sector economic development programs is increasingly being questioned now. Higher accountability and participatory approach are becoming more acceptable means. This paper attempt...

BACKGROUND The nature of community-based participatory research (CBPR) poses distinctive ethical challenges. In the absence of organized guidelines, a remarkable amount of researchers' time and energy will be spent tackling these ethical challenges. The study aimed to explore ethical issues and principles potentially arising when conducting CBPR. METHODS This qualitative study conducted in CB...

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) have, over the past decades, come to play a central role in international environmental negotiations. While this growing NGO participation has attracted considerable academic interest, scant attention has to date been paid to the strategic decisions of NGOs before and during actual negotiations: When do they decide to become active in international politics...

Community–university research partnerships (CURPs) comprise a diverse group of stakeholders who share differing capabilities and insights into the same issues, they are widely regarded as valuable to navigate best course action. Partnering co-researchers is core nurturing these partnerships, but it requires careful navigation complexities. The different insider outsider positionalities occupied...

BACKGROUND This article describes a partnership between a community-based rehabilitation organisation and a non-governmental organisation (NGO) in Tanzania. The partnership focused on income-generating (IG) activities to tackle the problems of poverty faced by families with a child with a disability (CWD). OBJECTIVES The aim of this case study was to describe the partnership between Comprehen...

This paper reflects on the appropriateness of the decision to close down a non-governmental organisation (NGO), state-aided tuberculosis (TB) hospital in the Free State in 2003. Henceforth hospitalisation of TB patients would take place at public district hospitals. A survey conducted late-2001/early-2002 revealed a more positive patient experience of hospitalisation for TB in public hospitals ...

All social entrepreneurship experts state that the issue of definition is main problem affecting research in this field. Although there no single definition, clearly a new domain field on entrepreneurship. The objective study to further knowledge area by means systematic review scientific literature determine conceptual development and identify most interesting trends. This uses method, known a...

The impact of climate change on cities is multifold and critical; one them flooding. aim objective this article to speculate how the needs flooded are addressed using method speculative design. This technique involves various actors, disciplines, local, international participation in brainstorming generating scenarios, discussion, reflection. It practiced through workshops, competitions, exhibi...

While program evaluations are increasingly valued by international organizations to inform practices and public policies, actual evaluation use (EU) in such contexts is inconsistent. Moreover, empirical literature on EU in the context of humanitarian Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) is very limited. The current article focuses on the evaluability assessment (EA) of a West-Africa based huma...