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Beyond technology and finance: pay-as-you-go sustainable energy access and theories of social change [PDF]

, 2015
Two-thirds of people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity, a precursor of poverty reduction and development. The international community has ambitious commitments in this regard, e.g. the UN's Sustainable Energy for All by 2030.
Alstone P, Byrne R, Hankins M, Ladd T, Lighting Africa   +4 more
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Developing a Socioculturally Nuanced Systems Model of Childhood Obesity in Manhattan’s Chinese American Community via Group Model Building [PDF]

Journal of Obesity, 2020
The purpose of this study was to develop a qualitative and socioculturally tailored systems model of childhood obesity in the Chinese American community in Manhattan’s Chinatown. We utilized group model building (GMB) methodology as a form of participatory systems modeling. The study was conducted in Manhattan’s Chinatown community.
Ewelina Swierad, Terry T.-K. Huang, Ellis Ballard, Karen Flórez, Sheng Li   +4 more
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Animación sociocultural, educación y educación no formal [PDF]

, 1988
El objeto central de este artículo es presentar y debatir algunos aspectos conceptuales de la relación entre la animación sociocultural y la educación. Para ello, en primer lugar se polemiza con algunos posicionamientos reticentes o tibios en cuanto a la
Trilla i Bernet, Jaume
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A proposal to establish indicators for the evaluation of municipal councils’ socio-cultural policies

Revue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2012
How can municipal sociocultural policies promote community empowerment, citizenship or social cohesion? What objectives should be proposed at the municipal level to promote processes of sociocultural community development? How can we identify local needs
Anna Planas i Lladó, Pere Soler i Masó
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How village funds influence economic development in South Papua, Indonesia [PDF]

Problems and Perspectives in Management
This quantitative study aims to determine the elements that influence the efficiency of village funds in terms of social and economic empowerment. Individualized solutions based on the demographics of the village, including financial support, business ...
Inez Phoek, Amiya Bhaumik, Osama Isaac, Alexander Tjilen   +3 more
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The Kabylian Community: Towards a People Centred Socio-cultural Development

Revue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2019
This paper highlights ways of achieving socio-cultural development in Kabylian region in Algeria. This Amazigh (Berber) community has suffered much because of its mountainous geographical position and because of its marginalization by authorities for ...
Redouane Touati, John Traxler
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Language motivation in a reconfigured Europe: access, identity, autonomy [PDF]

, 2006
In this paper, I propose that we need to develop an appropriate set of conceptual tools for examining motivational issues pertaining to linguistic diversity, mobility and social integration in a rapidly changing and expanding Europe.
Benson P., Benson P., Block D., Bourdieu P., Breidbach S., Bremer K., Canagarajah S., Deci E. L., Dewey J., DiPardo A., Dörnyei Z., Dörnyei Z., Ema Ushioda, Gardner R. C., Giddens A., Graddol D., Holliday A., Jenkins J., Karpov Y., Kymlicka W., Little D., Markus H., Meisel J., Norton B., Norton B., Oxford R. L., Pavlenko A., Pavlenko A., Pennycook A., Pintrich P. R., Richterich R., Rueda R., Simpson Lazenby B., Thorne S. L., Toohey K., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., Ushioda E., van Ek J., van Lier L., van Lier L., Vygotsky L., Vygotsky L., Wright S.   +44 more
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Sociocultural Approach: The Development Of Salt Farmers Community In Jeneponto District Of South Sulawesi

European Journal of Business and Management Research, 2020
As the smallest social unit in society, family is the first and foremost cultural environment in the context of developing various norms and behaviours that are considered important for personal, family and community life. In the context of family coaching in certain communities, the approach through sociocultural is considered very effective.
M. Ilham Muchtar, Abbas ,, Hasan bin Juhanis, Andi Satrianingsih   +3 more
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Intervention sociale innovatrice

Revue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2014
Le texte aborde d’abord les conceptions théoriques et pratiques fondées, d’une part, sur le protagonisme du réalisme utopique, soit des options utopiques basées sur les contributions de l’« inédit viable » de Paulo Freire et, d’autre part, de l ...
Luiz Eduardo W. Wanderley
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L’animation rurale pour l’émancipation des populations : des perspectives pour le développement du Sénégal

Revue Internationale Animation, Territoires et Pratiques Socioculturelles, 2015
L’échec de projets de développement participatif doit être pensé à partir de leurs objectifs, de leurs contenus et des méthodes employées par les gouvernants pour impliquer les populations concernées.
Assane Diakhate
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