Information Pack on Civil Society Building & Empowerment

Publication date: Wednesday 10 August 2005

Hivos India has compiled an information pack containing over 10,000 pages of material on aid and development debates. The CD comprises a wealth of information, and is divided into three sections which makes it easy to navigate: CSB, Development & Democracy; Donor Policy Documents; and Theories and Ideologies of Development.

The sections contain the following chapters:

Section A: CSB, Development & Democracy

1. CSB, Development & Democracy: Citizenship, Community-communitarianism, Empowerment, Globalisation & civil society, NGOs and Civil Society, Participation & Decentralisation, SHGs & Microcredit, Why civil society is important, Miscellaneous.
2. Good governance
3. Social capital
4. Selected Indian studies
5. Sectoral information: Environment, Education, Health, Poverty

Section B: Donor Policy Documents

1.  Bilateral and NNGO
2.  Miscellaneous
3.  OECD/DAC
4.  UNDP
5. WorldBank

Section C: Theories and Ideologies of Development

1. CSB, Development & Democracy
2. Donor Policy Documents
3. Theories & Ideologies of Development: Culture & Dev’t, HR & Dev’t, Neoliberalism

The information pack is produced as a part of the Hivos India Technical Report The Challenge of Democratic Empowerment. You can request a hard copy of the CD by emailing Hivos India. The full contents page can be downloaded here.