Publications (Papers): Papers
Factors affecting OVC dropping out from school
Zambia
this thesis is an anysis on the Zambian education sector in relation to Orphans and Vulnerable Children and how theya re able to access the education, the research was done in Kitwe district, in Mulenga compund and looks at the main factors that cause school drop outs.
Emerging Non-State Actors in Global Development: Challenges for Europe
European Association of Development Research and Training Institute
New EDC2020 Working Paper by Erik Lundsgaarde
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The MDGs and Beyond
Insitute of Development Studies
Edited by Andy Sumner and Claire Melamed
IDS Bulletin Volume 41.1, 2010
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Global Financial Crisis
Overseas Development Institute
Dirk Willem te Velde et al
When the global financial crisis broke out in earnest in September 2008, it quickly became clear that developing countries would also be affected, but that the impacts would vary markedly. The Overseas Development Institute (ODI) coordinated a multi-country study over January-March 2009 involving developing country teams in 10 countries. This showed that, while the transmission mechanisms were similar in each (trade, private capital flows, remittances, aid), the effects varied by country, and much was not yet visible. As such, further country-specific monitoring was required. Most findings suggested that, as a result of time lags, the worst effects were yet to come. This synthesis of the effects of the global financial crisis on developing countries updates the description of the economic and social situation during the course of the crisis in 11 countries.
The synthesis includes a series of easy-to-read comparative tables of how the 11 countries have been affected.
Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration: The co-evolution of concepts, practices and understanding,
States and Security Program, City University of New York
Programs for the Disarmament, Demobilization, and reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants have become more common as an element in the peacebuilder’s toolkit. They have evolved over the last 15 years, and can interact positively with an ongoing peace process. The literature assessing DDR is reviewed in this paper. Results have not always been positive, however. Despite recognition of the need for a more holistic, integrated approach, there are real challenges in implementing such a complex program in a post-conflict environment. Qualitative studies have highlighted these difficulties, and the few quantitative assessments of the outcomes are mixed. However, understanding of DDR is being advanced by a rich policy literature, together with specific "best practice" studies. Recognition of the importance of a participatory approach, and ownership of the process by the beneficiaries, has added to this understanding. The paper concludes that DDR is set to remain an important tool, and that it is most effective when used flexibly, appropriately, and with the genuine participation of those it is supposed to benefit.
Lawyers' Movement in Pakistan
Institute of Social Studies, Netherlands
This paper explores the modification of a discourse in the context of emergence of social movement from a single issue professional campaign through a framework of Habermasian communicative action theory. The paper analyses the communicative acts in the movement discourse through argumentation, modification of legal discourse into social discourse, and structural aspects of lawyers‘ organisation. The single professional issue was the deposition of Chief Justice of Supreme Court of Pakistan on March 9, 2007 by the then President/General. The lawyers started a movement for restoration of Chief Justice and with due coverage from the newly founded private electronic media in Pakistan it attempted to became a populist movement linking to wider reform of Pakistani society. The research also explores why the movement was not sustained as a mass social movement.