This handbook "provides a practice and comprehensive overview of the latest methods for evaluating public programs, targeted toward researchers as well as policy makers. This book bridges the latest econometric research on impact evaluation with the field experience of program o…
Articles, comparison of the impact of development projects on population dynamics and rural development trends in Sudan and other African countries - discusses rural urban disparity, social implications of internal migration and deliberate rural population geographic distributio…
For over fifty years project analysis techniques have been applied in the assessment of development projects where poorly designed and appraised projects can waste scarce resources. This study examines the continued relevance of this approach, assesses methodological developmen…
"Religious NGOs are important sources of humanitarian aid in Africa, entering where the welfare programs of weakened states fail to provide basic services. As collaborators and critics of African states, religious NGOs occupy an important structural and ideological position. The…
"First published in 1967, Development Projects Observed has been a benchmark in practical thinking about economic development. Now, this classic volume is reissued with a thoughtful new preface by the author." "Albert O. Hirschman, one of the great pioneers in the field, offers …
Vergelijking tussen twee ontwikkelingsprojecten in Honduras, waarbij de verschillende benaderingswijzen worden vergeleken en de mate waarin speciaal vrouwen resultaten zagen op het gebied van machtsvorming.
Our bodies are archives of sensory knowledge and laboratories in which to retool our senses and practices in response to changing circumstances. If global environmental changes continue at an unsettling pace, how will we make sense of the cascade of new normals, where the air, …
This narrative relates the day-to-day experience of an aid worker in Yemen. The author casts an anthropological eye on the people - permanent aid officials, temporary aid workers, the bureaucrats of the host country, and community leaders - involved in the activities.
