This 68-page workbook, containing numerous illustrations, was developed in collaboration with Masangane ('to embrace' in Xhosa), an orphan care project supported by the Moravian Church in South Africa's Eastern Province.
'The Child Within' arose out of a need expressed by volunteer caregivers who were experiencing serious difficulties in looking after orphaned children. The book breaks new ground in promoting resilience in children who have suffered grief and personal loss. It does so by more...
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V P Chintan Memorial Lecture, 30th October 2006, 'The State under neo-liberalism', by Dr. Prabhat Patnaik, Chairman, State Planning Commission, Kerala. Organized by Indian School of Social Sciences, Chennai. (Portions - less than 5 minutes or so didn't record at all - after around 52 minutes from the beginning)
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'The Sourcebook is a product of the OECD-DAC Joint Venture on Managing for Development Results, a group of bilateral and multilateral donors – and, more recently, of partner country representatives – that are working to promote the implementation of the Paris commitments.
'Most of all, the Sourcebook is intended to be a living document. As new good practices emerge and more countries and agencies gain experience, new case studies are intended to be added, continually updating the Sourceb more...
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'This publication presents the findings of the Initiative’s 2005-2006 thematic review on curbing corruption in public procurement. It highlights trends, approaches and achievements across 25 jurisdictions in Asia and the Pacific in a comparative overview that also presents a framework to guide policy development. It also contains reports on individual jurisdictions that provide details on existing policies in national contexts and on key elements of legal and institutional frameworks.'
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The document lists the principles involved in 'Good Procurement Practices.' Moving a step further, the paper also covers various Procurement forms and suggests ways of being transparent.
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COMPENDIUM OF DONOR REPORTS ON IMPLEMENTING THE PARIS DECLARATION-Vol .1: SUMMARY OF EMERGING TRENDS
'This reporting exercise is an integral part of the contributions to the Third High Level forum on Aid Effectiveness, to be held in Accra, Ghana on 2-4 September 2008. It provides, in particular, an opportunity for agencies to assess how far the aid effectiveness agenda has been mainstreamed into agencies’ activities and to identify the key advances and challenges ahead. This compendium of donor reports on implementing the Paris Declaration (PD) provides a source of information and innovative more...
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'Australia has made significant progress in implementing core aid effectiveness principles, including those captured in the Paris Declaration. While the rate of progress since signing the Paris Declaration in 2005 is impressive, more innovation is required to improve the rate of implementation of the Paris principles, and to adapt the Paris principles to specific country circumstances. Australia remains committed to intensifying its efforts to pursue core aid effectiveness principles as a comple more...
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