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Who Controls the City in the Global Urban Era? Mapping the Dimensions of Urban Geopolitics in Beira City, Mozambique

open access: yesLand, 2019
In recent years, a new era of interventionism has emerged targeting the development of African cities, manifested in ‘fantasy’ urban plans, surging infrastructure investments and global policy agendas.
Murtah Shannon
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Indigenous Perspectives on Community Economic Development: A North-South Conversation

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Nonprofit and Social Economy Research, 2013
This article analyses an online forum on Indigenous Community-Based Economic Development (CED), in which twenty-two participants from Canada and Latin America shared and reflected on experiences ranging from cultural tourism in Bolivia to a food ...
Gretchen Hernandez
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Informing the Global Data Future: Benchmarking Data Governance Frameworks

open access: yesData & Policy, 2023
Data has become a critical trans-national and cross-border resource. Yet, the lack of a well-defined approach to using it poses challenges to harnessing its value. This article explores the increasing importance of global data governance due to the rapid
Sara Marcucci   +3 more
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Why Government and Non-Governmental Policies and Projects Fail Despite ‘Evaluations’: An Indicator to Measure whether Evaluation Systems Incorporate the Rules of Good Governance

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2010
Background: While much has been written in the evaluation literature on the theory of evaluations and on specific cases, there is still no comprehensive and easy to use indicator that can be used to hold organizations to the principles of effective ...
David H. Lempert
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The OECD/DAC Criteria for International Development Evaluations: An Assessment and Ideas for Improvement

open access: yesJournal of MultiDisciplinary Evaluation, 2008
The five evaluation criteria from the Development Assistance Committee of the Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD/DAC) have been a strong foundation for international development evaluation since 1991. They have been the most prominent and widely
Thomaz Chianca
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Learning to Shift Power and Center Community Voices in International Development Work

open access: yesInterdisciplinary Journal of Partnership Studies, 2023
International development has long been dominated by primarily white-led, Global North organizations. These organizations are raising money in the Global North and doing work in the Global South, with the intended benefit to less economically developed ...
Jill LaLonde, Sheku Mohamed Gassimu Jr.
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Localization of SDGs through Disaggregation of KPIs

open access: yesEconomies, 2018
The United Nation’s Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) pick up where the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) left off. The SDGs set forth a formidable task for the global community and international sustainable development over the next
Manohar Patole
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Towards Decolonising Research Ethics: From One-off Review Boards to Decentralised North–South Partnerships in an International Development Programme

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
Contemporary North–South research collaborations are fraught with power relations originating in colonialism. Debates about research ethics have tended to turn around the “procedural ethics” formal model and the “everyday ethics” practical model.
Maria Josep Cascant Sempere   +2 more
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Sustainability Assessment of the Agricultural and Energy Systems of Senegal

open access: yesEnergies, 2015
To improve decision-making, sustainability-based approaches to assessment of options and undertakings demand that we move beyond narrowly defined considerations to address the full suite of requirements for progress towards sustainability.
Kyrke Gaudreau, Robert B. Gibson
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Beyond Neglect: Long-term Care Research in Low and Middle Income Countries

open access: yesInternational Journal of Gerontology, 2014
Background: Long-term care (LTC) continues to be a neglected policy issue in most low and middle income countries. This paper assesses whether research on LTC contributes to or reinforces that neglect.
Peter Lloyd-Sherlock
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