play a substantial role in providing recommendations, oversight, support, and assistance both upwards and downwards. Conversely, China's sustainable development initiatives tend to be driven more by top-down, comprehensive, and planned appro...
Recognizing that Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) do not exist in isolation, this article seeks to analyze NGOs in South Africa who have the mission of addressing HIV/AIDS and how they impact, and are in turn affected, by the surrounding environment. Specific examples of this exchange are...
NGOs exist for a variety of purposes, usually to further the political or social goals of their members. Examples include improving the state of the natural environment, encouraging the observance of human rights, improving the welfare of the disadvantaged, or representing a corporate agenda. Howeve...
Despite being an undeniable panacea for economic indigenisation, land reforms in South Africa, have retained derisive outcomes in economic indigenisation and thereby underscoring the goal of resolving social and economic development of the majority blacks. The aim of this paper is to explore the ...
Additionally, many of these providers may simply exclude users in particular jurisdictions for a variety of reasons, such as the country being too small or controversial for global service providers to prioritize the excluded population. Examples may include Syria, Venezuela, Palestine, and remote isla...
Planning for urban resilience: Framework and examples from the Asian Cities Climate Change Resilience Network This paper summarizes and draws lessons from a great deal of interaction, analysis (including over 70 studies), and planning processes conducted in cities in Vietnam, India, and Indonesia as...
Poverty, HIV/AIDS, disabilities and cultural isolation are examples of issues that ca... P Hulm,P De Sousa,N Domeisen 被引量: 0发表: 2006年 Grass-roots development in rural Thailand: A lost cause? "Grass-roots" development policies have been embraced by governments, international agencies ...
The control of onchocerciasis is not only a major success story in global health, but also one of the best examples of the power of public-private partnership at the international level as well as at the national level. The onchocerciasis story is also a leading example of the contribution of...
The book discusses five examples of NGO action in four countries - Indonesia, Philippines, South Africa and Sri Lanka - with authoritarian regimes. It poses the question of whose interest was served by these activities, the beneficiary group or the NGOs and argues that where these coincided, ...
NGO Advocacy, democracy and policy development: Some examples relating to environmental policies in Zimbabwe and Botswana Historically, relations between church and state in independent Zimbabwe have tended to be co-operative and non-confrontational. However, in 1997 the Zimbabwe Council of Churches (ZCC...