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How to improve sustainability: the critical role of education for Syrian refugees Полный текст
2019
Albakri, Tareq Z. | Shibli, Rabih
The Middle East region has witnessed tumultuous humanitarian crises over the past decade resulting from political conflict and forced migration of refugees fleeing for safety. Fulfilling Sustainable Development Goal 4 within the context of protracted conflict and large-scale forced migration has been very challenging to host countries and concerned civil society organisations. The Syrian conflict has generated 5.6 million registered refugees in Lebanon, Turkey, Jordan, Iraq, and Egypt. This viewpoint highlights the critical role of education in relation to SDG4, sharing the Ghata schools project as a case study, which was designed with a view to sustainability and equitable opportunity for Syrian refugees in Lebanon. Key lessons from this five-year project are shared, offering considerations to broader efforts towards sustainable quality education for refugees.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]A road to development? Rural perspectives on infrastructure maintenance in Solomon Islands Полный текст
2019
Hobbis, Stephanie Ketterer
A road to development? Rural perspectives on infrastructure maintenance in Solomon Islands Полный текст
2019
Hobbis, Stephanie Ketterer
The Solomon Islands Government and its development partners are heavily investing in road maintenance programmes to promote development in the small islands least developed state. Based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article challenges the future orientation of these programmes. Instead it emphasises rural Solomon Islanders’ past and present experiences with road-based mobilities and state-sponsored road maintenance projects. These experiences reveal roads and road repairs as a source of insecurity, immorality, and potential state violence that sideline, if not obstruct, hopes for any imagined future that a maintained road may (or may not) bring.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]A road to development? Rural perspectives on infrastructure maintenance in Solomon Islands
2019
Hobbis, Stephanie Ketterer
The Solomon Islands Government and its development partners are heavily investing in road maintenance programmes to promote development in the small islands least developed state. Based on 12 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this article challenges the future orientation of these programmes. Instead it emphasises rural Solomon Islanders’ past and present experiences with road-based mobilities and state-sponsored road maintenance projects. These experiences reveal roads and road repairs as a source of insecurity, immorality, and potential state violence that sideline, if not obstruct, hopes for any imagined future that a maintained road may (or may not) bring.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Beliefs, values, and traditions: re-thinking sustainable development using the Hñähñu example Полный текст
2019
Lugo Morín, Diosey Ramón | Garcia-Sanchez, Enoc | Cruz-Vazquez, Rosa Isela
Historically humans have used their territorial resources to meet their reproductive needs. In doing so, they have developed informal institutions through their systems of beliefs and values that have determined the sustainability of the resources they use from their environment. In this sense, this article evaluates the artisanship of the Hñähñu indigenous group as a case study that potentially help us to re-conceptualise sustainable development.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Socio-political tensions in Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) development in low-income Asian cities Полный текст
2019
Wijaya, Suryani | Imran, Muhammad | McNeill, Jeffrey
International development agencies, with the help of the central government, support building state of art Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in low-income Asian cities. However, BRT investment over indigenous modes of mobility is creating socio-political tensions at the local level. This article uses multi-level governance as a theoretical lens to examine the relationships among actors in BRT investment decisions in Bandung and Surabaya, Indonesia. The research finds that local stakeholders can distort national and supranational policy initiatives totally or in a way that while projects are delivered, they are of limited use to the local communities they intended to help.
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2019
Fonseca, Elize Massard da | Teixeira, Mariana Ramos | Costa, Nilson do Rosário
This viewpoint reflects on the challenges of promoting affordable and innovative medicines while fostering a competitive environment for research and development in developing countries. We explore the life sciences industrial policies of Brazil and the United Kingdom in order to identify mechanisms and conditions that could serve as lessons to practitioners in other countries. We suggest three crucial design attributes: a strategic collaboration between a health system and the private sector, coordination and accountability mechanisms, and a network of support (that is, embeddedness).
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Not just any toilet – women’s solutions to sanitation in informal settlements in Nairobi Полный текст
2019
Winter, Samantha | Barchi, Francis | Dzombo, Millicent Ningoma
Evidence suggests sanitation development is more effective when women are involved. The purpose of this study was to provide women with an opportunity to share their perspectives and solutions to sanitation in informal settlements. Data were collected through 55 in-depth interviews with women in Mathare Valley informal settlement in Nairobi, Kenya. The most common solution was to build more toilets, but women had a variety of suggestions – including gender-specific solutions. Findings from this study suggest that it is imperative to start addressing women-specific burdens associated with sanitation in informal settlements.
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2019
Chakraborty, Sayan | Sarmah, S. P.
The Government of India introduced the National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2013 to strengthen the public distribution system (PDS) in India. Extending the PDS service network is a contentious issue, especially for India’s rural regions. This article aims to estimate the level of expansion of the PDS network, additional food grain requirement, and increased storage facilities required to serve the growing population of India up to 2025. The statistical analysis highlights the need for significant changes in the PDS to meet NFSA, and the findings can aid policy-makers to design a more robust PDS.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Facilitating industrial symbiosis programmes in developing countries: reflections from Gauteng, South Africa Полный текст
2019
Oguntoye, Olamide | Geissdoerfer, Martin | Nuwarinda, Henry | Evans, Steve
This viewpoint reflects on how to improve the process of introducing facilitated industrial symbiosis programmes (FISPs) to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries. Although FISPs are a long-established industrial practice, their formal introduction to SMEs in developing countries has only recently begun, mostly through support from international development agencies. Based partly on anecdotal evidence from Gauteng, South Africa, we identify six key questions which need to be addressed to improve the process of facilitating FISPs.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Paths for improving non-profit impact on society: lessons from government–non-profit relationships in Brazil Полный текст
2019
Costa, Marcelo Marchesini da
How can non-profit organisations achieve their intended impact on society? This article analyses factors that influence non-profit action in two key situations: when these organisations work autonomously from the government, and when they work in collaboration with the government. Based on interviews with experienced non-profit leaders in Brazil, the article presents typical paths for success and common reasons for failure in achieving non-profits’ intended outcomes. Organisational, relational and contextual factors influence non-profit action, leading to different outcomes. Brazilian non-profits provide lessons for non-profit action in developing countries contexts that experience cycles of political and economic instability.
Показать больше [+] Меньше [-]Coupling a ladder to the safety net: reinventing MGNREGA for asset creation Полный текст
2019
Tambe, Sandeep | Bhutia, Nima Tashi | Pradhan, Sarika | Basi, Jigme
India’s rural employment act (MGNREGA), the world’s largest public works programme, is designed to guarantee wage employment as a statutory right. It is viewed by many as a drain on the public exchequer, as wages are paid but durable assets are not created. Can this safety net be restructured to double up as a ladder of opportunity for the poor without altering its entitlement-based framework? This article shows that implementing four sets of interventions – policy for household livelihood assets, convergence approaches, pro-poor participatory planning, and strengthening accountability, can accelerate the creation of livelihood assets in the lands of the poor.
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