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THE TEMPORAL LOGIC MODEL - A CONCEPT PAPER
The Logical Framework Analysis (LFA) has become a standard feature of the aid and development industry. Yet its usefulness for “civil society building” is open to serious question. It “cannot capture the fluid motion of a program as it adapts to a chaotic environment and stakeholders who are constantly learning. In the absence of process, management and evaluations are limited to measuring accountability, losing an opportunity for learning from the program.” “In order to address this issue, IDRC’s Evaluation Unit has researched and developed an alternative logic model that could include program responsiveness to environmental changes and the organizational learning process. The alternative model, entitled the Temporal Logic Model (TLM) achieves this through periodically recording contextual changes, interim assessment and integrating any subsequent modifications.” Go to model
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TOOLS FOR POLICY IMPACT: A HANDBOOK FOR RESEARCHERS
The Overseas Development Institute in London has recently published this 68-page handbook to encourage policy research activism by civil society organisations. The handbook's importance, according to its introduction, stems from the following: "The changing nature of the international development context has led to an increasing emphasis on the crucial . and as yet not fully utilised . role of civil society organisations (CSOs) in poverty reduction policy. Experience has shown that when CSOs are able to assemble and communicate information effectively, there is a significant and pro-poor impact on policy. The role of civil society is at the moment especially relevant to the large-scale development efforts around democratisation, where strong CSOs are among the .drivers. for democratic change, and PRSPs, where CSOs can potentially play a vital part in the planning process and in the immediate response phase." The handbook offers tools for research, context assessment, communication and policy influence. It further suggests sources, most of them mainstream and Anglo-Saxon, of further information and guidance.
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COMMENTARIES & FURTHER READING RE CULTURE AND PUBLIC ACTION
The collection of essays 'Culture and Public Action', (Vijayendra Rao & Michael Walton (eds), 2004), has elicited a number of critical reflections on development, aid, public action -- and the role of culture in all of those pursuits. The editors have set up a website containing a number of these reflections, some of which go to the heart of 'civil society building'.
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THE POLITICS OF 'PARTICIPATION': CIVIL SOCIETY, THE STATE AND DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE
Posing hard questions about aid for "civil society building", this paper is a must-read.Written by James Putzel, London School of Economics, originally for a DfID seminar, it reaches some sobering conclusions, such as: "By supporting the endless proliferation of NGOs as a site for both employment and organisational opportunities of the middle classes, donors may well be contributing to weaking the potential for consolidation of democracy."
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ANSWERS TO AFRICA'S PROBLEMS INCREASINGLY LIE WITH SPIRITUALITY RATHER THAN POLITICS
While Africa may be struggling to integrate into the global economy, its integration into the global religions is gathering apace. The astonishing growth of Pentecostal churches throughout Africa is being driven by US evangelical missionaries and their wallets. Meanwhile, the Saudis and Kuwaitis are pouring huge sums into Muslim communities across Africa. Known Saudi aid transfers to the continent amount to $1bn a year (the real figure could be much higher), which is not far from the British level of aid. Yet this is rarely acknowledged in the west.
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KYRGYZ EX-PRESIDENT BLAMES US 'GOOD GOVERNANCE' AGENCIES
Ousted president blames US for coup Washington accused of training Kyrgyz oppositionNick Paton Walsh in MoscowThursday March 31, 2005 Guardian The ousted Kyrgyzstan president, Askar Akayev, last night accused the US of being behind the "anti-constitutional coup" which forced him to flee the country last week, and said he would only resign if given sufficient a guarantee of his personal safety.ARCHIVES ON CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Eva Charkiewicz provides a historical overview of global corporate behaviour and interventions by governments and civil society organisations. Through the article, Charkiewicz aims to raise awareness on the issue, encouraging counter action with regard to corporate socially irresponsible behaviour.UKRAINE'S UNTOLD STORY
by Jonathan Steele The Nation 20 December 2004Intervening in foreign elections under the guise of an impartial interest in helping civil society has become the run-up to the postmodern coup d'état, the CIA-sponsored Third World uprising of cold war days adapted to post-Soviet conditions. Even if conducted impartially around the world, this heavy use of money in another country's elections (which would be illegal in the United States and most Western countries) raises serious questions. What makes it worse is its selectivity.
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PUBLIC RESISTANCE TO PRIVATISATION IN WATER AND ENERGY
The process of privatisation in water and energy has proved widely unpopular and encountered strong political opposition. This paper examines the role of this opposition in delaying, cancelling, or reversing the privatisation of water and energy.
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