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The contribution of ecoregional programmes to more effective organisation of agricultural research in sub-Saharan Africa is disappointing. They seem to compete with the National Agricultural Research Systems, rather than being complementary. They have created temporarily niches , well endowed with financially and technical support, not always respecting strategies and procedures of national and local research centres. Ecoregional programmes could make a more effective contribution to development oriented research by focussing more explicitly on the institutional support to national and local centres. The change from the current research focused approach to the facilitation and strengthening of
institutional processes is an enormous challenge, in which the experiences gained by KIT in Kenya, Tanzania, Ethiopia, Benin, Mali and Mozambique could provide assistance.

This manual is intended to help practitioners at all levels to work efficiently and professionally with villagers as they assess their needs and undertake their development activities.

This report concerns the first overall evaluation of Danish bilateral assistance to health. It covers a ten-year period (1988-1997) involving over 400 health interventions and over DKK four billion in support. The main objective of the evaluation was: “to compile relevant ‘lessons learned’ in order to improve the quality of Danish bilateral interventions in the field of health and contribute to the strengthening of health care systems and improved health care status in the developing countries.” During the period evaluated Danida shifted its policy from project to sector programme support. A major focus of the evaluation was directed towards this policy shift.

Ce manuel sur la participation villageoise au Développement Rural a beaucoup de «parents». Il a pu être réalisé grâce à la créativité, au dévouement et au travail novateur de tous ceux qui contribuent, depuis de longues années, au développement des méthodes participatives

Informal social networks and togetherness among women have been approved forms of organization since time immemorial. Women everywhere have formed themselves formally and informally into networks to demand services and promote networks of survival and mutual help to accomplish their reproductive and productive roles.

Gender training: the source book reviews gender training experiences from the point of view of practitioners. Contributors include gender advocates from different geographical regions (South Asia, Middle East, Eastern and Southern Africa and

Many major issues today – whether sustainable development, waste disposal, negotiations about resource use, rural conflict resolution, natural resource management, clean water supply, food distribution or others – have neither clear problem definitions nor readily available solutions.

This Bulletin presents a case study of a Bolivian primary health care project in which two different types of community financing – direct fees and, subsequently, a prepayment plan – were introduced to help finance health services.