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Systems Thinking and WASH introduces practitioners, researchers, programme managers and donors to the tools and approaches that have been most successful in this area. This book explores the different applications of systems thinking used by an interdisciplinary group of WASH researchers and practitioners.

Water supplies in developing countries fail at unacceptable rates. In an era of high technology and a global drive for sustainable water and sanitation (SDG6), we need to find solutions to the ΓÇÿwicked problemsΓÇÖ that characterize water for development programmes around the world.Systems Thinking and WASH introduces practitioners, researchers, programme managers and donors to the tools and approaches that have been most successful in this area. This book explores the different applications of systems thinking used by an interdisciplinary group of WASH researchers and practitioners. With additional commentary from the field, each chapter helps us to imagine different ways to understand and work with communities, development agencies and governments to create a better world through more appropriate WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) programming.The book includes an annotated list of additional resources that anyone interested in non-linearity, complex adaptive systems, systems thinking, social network analysis or system dynamics will find useful as a practical guide to getting started.This book is highly important reading for WASH programme managers, government and NGO staff and donor agencies interested in the application of systems thinking techniques.

Writers in this book explore women's experience of care work in different contexts from a feminist perspective, highlighting the impact that care work has for their lives, choices and wellbeing. The goal is for care work to be divided fairly between the sexes, and between the household and other social institutions, including the state.

Writers in this book explore women's experience of care work in different contexts from a feminist perspective, highlighting the impact that care work has for their lives, choices and wellbeing. The goal is for care work to be divided fairly between the sexes, and between the household and other social institutions, including the state.

Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning explores the tools and approaches used by different organizations to monitor women's economic empowerment, incidence of violence against women and girls and other aspects of women's empowerment.

Gender, Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning explores the tools and approaches used by different organizations to monitor women's economic empowerment, incidence of violence against women and girls and other aspects of women's empowerment.

Le guide a été rédigé à l'intention de ceux qui sont directement impliqués dans les PMP - qu'ils soient parties prenantes, dirigeants, facilitateurs ou bailleurs de fonds - pour leur fournir les concepts de base et les outils pratiques qui sous-tendent des partenariats réussis.

Smart Risks focuses on questions, such as 'who is a smart risk?' and 'what is your role in smart risks?' It includes case studies, personal stories of lessons learned over time, provocative insights on power and privilege, and practical frameworks for choosing, investing in, and measuring the impact of grassroots organizations and movements.

Smart Risks focuses on questions, such as 'who is a smart risk?' and 'what is your role in smart risks?' It includes case studies, personal stories of lessons learned over time, provocative insights on power and privilege, and practical frameworks for choosing, investing in, and measuring the impact of grassroots organizations and movements.

In recent years, multi-stakeholder partnerships (MSPs) have become popular for tackling the complex challenges of sustainable development. This guide provides a practical framework for the design and facilitation of these collaborative processes that work across the boundaries of business, government, civil society and science. The guide links the underlying rationale for multi-stakeholder partnerships, with a clear four phase process model, a set of seven core principles, key ideas for facilitation and 60 participatory tools for analysis, planning and decision making. The guide has been written for those directly involved in MSPs - as a stakeholder, leader, facilitator or funder - to provide both the conceptual foundations and practical tools that underpin successful partnerships. What's inside draws on the direct experience of staff from the Centre of Development Innovation (CDI), at Wageningen University & Research Centre, in supporting MSP processes in many countries around the world. The guide also compiles the ideas and materials behind CDI's annual three week international course on facilitating MSPs and social learning. This work has been inspired by the motivation and passion that comes when people dare to "e;walk in each other's shoes"e; to find new paths toward shared ambitions for the future.

LEGS est un manuel essentiel pour tous ceux qui fournissent une assistance en situation d'urgence là où l'élevage contribue aux moyens d'existence des populations, y compris les gestionnaires de programme et les experts techniques des organisations d'aide, les agences internationals, ainsi que les bailleurs de fonds et les décideurs.

With findings from a variety of settings, this book calls for the recognition of children as holders of rights and agents in their own development. It points to the experience of children living in poverty and draws attention to their roles: as learners, as migrants, users of financial services and entrants to the world of work.

Bringing together findings from a variety of settings, this book calls for the recognition of children as holders of rights and agents in their own development. It points to the experience of children living in poverty and draws attention to their many roles: as learners, as migrants, users of financial services and entrants to the world of work.

The Barefoot Guide 2 is a practical resource for leaders, facilitators and practitioners involved in social change who want to improve and enrich their learning processes. But this is not just another book on organisational learning and social change.

Islamic Microfinance critically examines the performance of fifteen institutions and demonstrate how Islamic methods can efficiently satisfy the needs of some types of client but not all. It asks which types of products are affordable and beneficial, for which purposes and for whom.