SOCIAL SCIENCE / Developing & Emerging Countries
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Working with Men for Gender Equality
Working with men on gender equality is essential to challenge patriarchal constraints that men experience in their own lives. Authors here share experience of working with men to question traditional ideas about masculinity. Men rejecting these norms are not only happier, but are also critical allie...
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Politics Rules
Whether we like it or not, we are subject to politics wherever we go and in whatever we are doing. Development is always and everywhere political, and frequently occurs with the interests of the powerful at the forefront. Can we hope to better understand the politics that shapes and controls our liv...
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Attributing Development Impact
James Copestake, Marlies Morsink, Fiona Remnant
Substantiating cause and effect is one of the great conundrums for those aiming to have a social impact, be they an NGO, social impact investment fund, or multinational corporation. All face the same quandary: how do you know whether, or how, you contributed to an observed social change? A wide rang...
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Perspectives énergétiques des populations pauvres 2018
L’accès à l’énergie pour tous a été consacré dans le Programme de développement durable à l’horizon 2030 (ODD7) et l’Accord de Paris sur le changement climatique ; les bienfaits qu’il libère du point de vue du bien-être et du développement sont désormais largement reconnus. Néanmoins, il subsiste un...
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Scaling-up Community-Led Total Sanitation
Scaling-up Community Led Total Sanitation starts with detailed instructions on how to facilitate CLTS in a village or cluster of villages. It then explores how to scale up and institutionalize CLTS at a regional and national level by gaining the commitment of leaders within government ministries. Th...
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Systems Thinking and WASH
Water supplies in developing countries fail at unacceptable rates. In an era of high technology and a global drive for sustainable water and sanitation (SDG6), we need to find solutions to the ‘wicked problems’ that characterize water for development programmes around the world. Systems Thinkin...
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Panorama energético de los pobres 2018
El acceso a la energía para todos se ha consagrado en la Agenda 2030 para el Desarrollo Sostenible (ODS 7) y el Acuerdo de París relativo al cambio climático, y, hoy en día, se acepta de forma generalizada que aporta bienestar y grandes beneficios para el desarrollo. No obstante, sigue sin comprende...
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Voices of Latin America
These are uncertain times in Latin America. Popular faith in democracy has been shaken; traditional political parties and institutions have stagnated. And yet, in recent years, autonomous social movements have multiplied and thrived. Voices of Latin America tells the story of the major issues, confl...
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Innovations Pour l'Assainissement Urbain
Jamie Myers, Sue Cavill, Samuel Musyoki, Katherine Pasteur
Plus de la moitié des occupants de la planète habitent désormais en milieu urbain et une forte proportion d'entre eux vit sans assainissement amélioré. Dans les zones rurales, les efforts déployés pour lutter contre la défécation en plein air ont été dirigés par le mouvement de l'Assainissement tota...
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El Manual Esfera
El Manual Esfera presenta un enfoque basado en principios para abordar la calidad y la rendición de cuentas en las respuestas humanitarias. Traduce a la práctica la convicción fundamental de Esfera de que todas las personas afectadas por desastres o conflictos tienen derecho a una vida con dignidad...