Information on "Social Development"
August 1999
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Aug 1999
The Conditions and Consequences of Choice: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment
Author: Naila Kabeer
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper provides a critical assessment of attempts to construct measurement mechanisms for gauging levels of female empowerment. More on «The Conditions and Consequences of Choice: Reflections on the Measurement of Women's Empowerment» -
Aug 1999
Relativism in Agricultural Research and Development
Author: Nour-Eddine Sellamna
Publisher: Overseas Development Institute (ODI)
This paper discusses post-modernist thought in development studies in order to construct a paradigm around the practice of Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA). More on «Relativism in Agricultural Research and Development»
June 1999
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Jun 1999
Gender in the World Bank's Poverty Assessments: Six Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa
Author: Ann Whitehead, Matthew Lockwood
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper provides an in-depth examination of poverty assessments from a gender perspective in four sub-Saharan African countries. More on «Gender in the World Bank's Poverty Assessments: Six Case Studies from Sub-Saharan Africa» -
Jun 1999
Land Reform in Developing Countries: The Role of the State and Other Actors
Author: Solon L. Barraclough
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper discusses the role of the state and other actors in land reform processes in developing countries. More on «Land Reform in Developing Countries: The Role of the State and Other Actors» -
Jun 1999
Peasant Mobilization for Land Reform: Historical Case Studies and Theoretical Considerations
Author: Gerrit Huizer
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper examines more and less successful social mobilizations for the promulgation of agrarian reform laws and their implementation. More on «Peasant Mobilization for Land Reform: Historical Case Studies and Theoretical Considerations »
May 1999
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May 1999
Präventive Diplomatie
Author: Hanne-Margret Birckenbach
Publisher: swisspeace
Gegenstand der vorliegenden Studie ist die Arbeit der OSZE-Langzeitmission in Tallinn, die 1992 vom Committee of Senior Officials der OSZE mit Zustimmung Estlands eingerichtet wurde, um Stabilität, Dialog und Verständnis zwischen den Gemeinschaften i... More on «Präventive Diplomatie»
March 1999
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Mar 1999
Peasants' Pursuit of Outside Alliances in the Process of Land Reform: A Discussion of Legal Assistance Programmes in Bangladesh and the Philippines
Author: Krishna B. Ghimire
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper discusses the impact of land reform on peasants in Bangladesh and the Philippines. More on «Peasants' Pursuit of Outside Alliances in the Process of Land Reform: A Discussion of Legal Assistance Programmes in Bangladesh and the Philippines»
January 1999
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1999
Development Ideology, the Peasantry and Genocide: Rwanda Represented in Habyarimana's Speeches
Author: Philip Verwimp
Publisher: MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies
This paper provides an examination of the speeches and the ideology of the Habyarimana regime which ruled Rwanda from 1973 to 1994. More on «Development Ideology, the Peasantry and Genocide: Rwanda Represented in Habyarimana's Speeches»
October 1998
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Oct 1998
Land Reform and Gender in Post-Apartheid South Africa
Author: Cherryl Walker
Publisher: United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD)
This paper describes how post-apartheid South Africa has embarked on a market-driven program of land reform that can be described both as very ambitious, when measured against existing constraints, and as very modest, when measured against popular de... More on «Land Reform and Gender in Post-Apartheid South Africa» -
Oct 1998
Post-Conflict Rehabilitation
Author: Michael Pugh
This paper contends that external actors do not have well-integrated and strategically coherent policies for dealing with the implementation of peace agreements. More on «Post-Conflict Rehabilitation»
