by John Coonrod | Jun 29, 2017 | Aid Effectiveness, Governance, Top 10 Lists
June 28, 2017: The Hunger Project recommends that international governmental organizations (IGOs) adopt the following practices for effectively engaging with civil society as an essential element of good governance: Major Groups: IGOs should utilize a framework like...
by Nikita C. Birkbeck | Mar 15, 2017 | Activism, Aid Effectiveness, Community-led Development, Education, Food Security, Gender, Governance, Health, Human Rights, Hunger, Leadership, Livelihoods, Nutrition, Right to Food, Uncategorized, youth
Indonesia’s Program Nasional Pemberdayaan Mandiri (PNPM), or National Program for Community Empowerment, is a government-led, multi-donor trust-funded pilot program, which is managed by the World Bank Group (WBG) and delivered through the PNPM Support Facility (PSF)....
by Andrea Ayers | Nov 22, 2016 | Data, Governance, Uncategorized
Fiscal Decentralization and Development Countries around the world are increasingly recognizing the impact fiscal decentralization can have on both national and community level development. Fiscal decentralization is characterized by a shift in financial...
by Erin East | Aug 24, 2016 | Gender, Governance, Uncategorized, WASH
In 2010, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the World Bank (WB) conducted an analysis of agricultural extension and clean water access in rural areas in India, Ghana, and Ethiopia. The surveys were conducted in approximately 1,000 households...
by Rayricus Matthews | Feb 25, 2016 | Community-led Development, Governance, Human Rights, Leadership
Jon-Andreas Solberg and Douglas Ragan co-authored a very enlightening post on UN-Habitat Youth covering five principles of youth-led development that are being utilized by youth programs globally and has begun to influence policy at the local, national and global...
by Mary Kate Costello | Oct 22, 2015 | Community-led Development, Gender, Governance, Human Rights, Livelihoods, SDGs
“For us, then, to reach our twin goals, three things have to happen—inclusive economic growth, investment in human beings, and insurance against the risk that people could fall back into poverty. Grow, invest, and insure: that’s our shorthand for it…We...
