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Co-operation or co-optation? NGOs' roles in Norway's international climate and forest initiative

, 2017
This paper investigates non-governmental organisation (NGO) involvement in policy processes related to Norway’s International Climate and Forest Initiative (NICFI) comparing four countries: Norway, Brazil, Indonesia, and Tanzania.
E. Hermansen, D. McNeill, S. Kasa, R. Rajão   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Methane Pyrolysis Performance in Catalytic Molten Media for Hydrogen Production From the Perspective of Bubble Column Reactor Design and Configuration

Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In the hydrogen production routes from natural gas (methane), methane pyrolysis offers a cleaner option than the established steam methane reforming by producing CO2‐free hydrogen. However, in fixed bed reactors over solid catalysts, this technology experiences rapid catalyst deactivation due to carbon (coke) deposition encapsulating its ...
Muhammad Irfan Fakarudin, Luqmanulhakim Baharudin, Matthew J. Watson, Wan Nor Roslam Wan Isahak   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

NGOs, Micro-finance and Poverty Alleviation: Experience of the Rural Poor in Pakistan [PDF]

Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) continue to be the global ‘flavour of the month’ in international development. They are regarded as “outside” actors perceived to work in the interests of the poor, and in the absence of the state, many NGOs have ...
Khalid Mustafa, Toseef Azid, Zulfiqar Ahmad Gill   +2 more
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The interaction between non-governmental organisations and marginalized communities to build self-sustaining capacity to transfer, absorb and use building technologies in indigenous housing [PDF]

, 2009
Different organisations outside the public and private sectors, such as non governmental organisations (NGOs), are involved in generating, introducing, and promoting capacity building and technology, particularly in marginal areas of less developed ...
Ingirige, MJB, Madubuko, LN, Sexton, MG
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A critical reappraisal of the carotid sinus and carotid bulb: Distinguishing neurohistological function from vascular geometry

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
This review redefines the carotid bulb (CB) as a variable geometric dilation shaped by hemodynamics and the carotid sinus (CS) as a conserved neurohistological baroreceptor field. Distinguishing these entities clarifies a century of anatomical confusion and links geometry, neurohistology, and clinical interpretation within a unified framework ...
Răzvan Costin Tudose, Nicolae Radu, Mugurel Constantin Rusu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Nongovernmental organizations and health delivery in sub-Saharan Africa [PDF]

This paper attempts to present the distinctive characteristics - both positive and negative - of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) as institutions for providing health care.
DeJong, Jocelyn
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Validation of the ABL + DT model: An ecosystemic framework for integrating arts and digital technologies in primary education

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Primary education teachers face increasing challenges in engaging diverse learners and fostering creativity, digital competence and other transversal skills, often lacking clear, practical guidance for integrating these skills into their classrooms.
Nella Escala, Montse Guitert, Teresa Romeu   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Acting Autonomously or Mimicking the State and Peers? A Panel Tobit Analysis of Financial Dependence and Aid Allocation by Swiss NGOs [PDF]

NGO aid is still widely believed to be superior to official aid (ODA). However, the incentives of NGOs to excel and target aid to the poor and deserving are increasingly disputed.
Dreher, Axel, Nunnenkamp, Peter, Weisser, Johannes, Öhler, Hannes   +3 more
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“They say we're a rights‐respecting school but nobody knows what that really means”: Children's rights implementation in a Scottish secondary school

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Education has been an enduring feature of international human rights law since the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948 and is the only human right that is compulsory for children. Appearing in all major human rights treaties, including the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, education is multidimensional and a multiplier of ...
Amy Hanna
wiley   +1 more source

The Web sites of New Zealand non-governmental development organisations : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Philosophy in Development Studies at Massey University, School of People, Environment and Planning, College of Humanities and Social Sciences [PDF]

, 2002
New Zealand Non-Governmental Development Organisations (NGOs) are facing challenges in areas of accountability, effectiveness, efficiency, and communication and sharing of information, both internally and externally.
Webster, John
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