Essays about: "ngos rural development"

Showing result 46 - 49 of 49 essays containing the words ngos rural development.

1. 46. Sustainable water management through user participation : a field study in rural Maharashtra, India

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

   Author : Patrik Cras; [2008]
   Keywords : participation; water management; development economics; common pool resource; rural India;

   Abstract : This research project deals with the topic of drinking water provision in rural Maharashtra, where availability of suitable drinking water is a major difficulty for the rural population. The focus is on hand pumps. These resource systems have been provided as tax financed public goods by the central government. READ MORE

3. 47. Operationalising the SARD-Initiative in Viet Nam

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Rasmus Kløcker Larsen; [2006]
   Keywords : sustainable agriculture and rural development; Agenda 21; partnership; dialogue; stakeholder; learning; self-organisation; civil society; indigenous; ethnic minority;

   Abstract : The SARD (Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development) Initiative is a partnership programme which emerged at the World Summit on Sustainable Development in 2002 to support the implementation of Agenda 21, Chapter 14. Described as a multi-stakeholder umbrella framework designed to support the transition to people-centred sustainable agriculture and rural development it is intended as a civil society led, government supported, FAO facilitated undertaking. READ MORE

4. 48. Local Cooperation in Water Management : A Minor Field Study from South India

   University essay from Tema vatten i natur och samhälle

   Author : Camilla Ståhlberg; [2006]
   Keywords : Community Based Water Management; locals’ participation; collective action; CPR; irrigation tank; institutional analysis; MFS;

   Abstract : Decentralized development approaches have in recent years gained wide acceptance in policy circles. In India the national and the state governments have for a long time undertaken the primary responsibility for water management. In recent years however, there has been a clear shift of policy towards increased reliance on the local communities. READ MORE

5. 49. Assessment of the Role of Micro-credit in the Development of Social Capital : A Field Study about Micro-credit Programme Clients in Bangladesh

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Tm Abdullah Al Mamun; [2005]
   Keywords : South Asia; Bangladesh; Micro-credit; women; NGO; social capital; women s empowerment; network; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The aim of the study is to investigate how does the micro-credit does, small scale loans to poor people, work in poverty alleviation and building social capital in rural Bangladesh. The major objective of the study is to show how the NGO activities help to increase women's access to micro-finance, generate new income earning opportunities, and to enhance social mobilization and create formal network, norms and trust for collective action and thus develop social capital. READ MORE