03.15.06
An Analysis of Bias in Participatory Methods
Here is another guide on participatory methods, or rather what to avoid when implementing them.
Bias was assessed on three levels:
* practitioner
* community
PDF-document: Poverty and participation: an analysis of bias in participatory methods. Livestock Participation Group / Livestock Development Group , 2003
Guide on Logical Framework Approach (LFA)
LFA, the Logical Framework Approach, is an instrument for objectiveoriented planning of projects. The method may also be used for analysis, assessment, follow-up and evaluation of projects. LFA is based on the idea that the user, the project owner (local organisation), assumes the main responsibility for the planning process. However, assistance with planning may be needed and useful.
The LFA method contains nine different steps:
1 Analysis of the project’s Context
2 Stakeholder Analysis
3 Problem Analysis/Situation analysis
4 Objectives Analysis
5 Plan of Activities
6 Resource Planning
7 Indicators/Measurements of Objectives
8 Risk Analysis and Risk Management
9 Analysis of the Assumptions
PDF-document: Guide on Logical Framework Approach (LFA). Sida 2003.
Create a Village Phone programme
Guide on creating sustainable access to affordable telecommunications for the rural poor.
It draws on Grameen’s experience in both Bangladesh and Uganda and establishes a template for creating sustainable initiatives that simultaneously bring telecommunications to the rural poor, create viable new businesses for microentrepreneurs, and expand the customer base of telecommunications companies. The authors point out that no two implementations of the Village Phone programme will be exactly alike. Each country will have unique variables, participants, and environments. However, it is expected that there will be common structures, applications, and processes.
03.14.06
The 4th World Water Forum
Sampsa Daily has couple of thorough posts about water privatisation debate and the problems of financing the water sector. Good reading before The 4th World Water Forum beginning on 16th of march in Mexico.
03.05.06
FAO: World progresses towards sustainable forestry
The new Global forest resources assessment 2005 by Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) shows positive global progress towards socially and environmentally sustainable forest management. The progress has been espcially strong in forest policies and legistlation.
According to the report, there are more positive than negative trends at the global level, including a move in forest management towards multiple-use, including social and environmental benefits. Forests dedicated for conservation of biological diversity have increased by 6.4 million hectares per year to include 11 percent of all forests.
Forests for protection of soil and water and for recreation have also increased significantly. Planted forests are expanding and provide an increasing proportion of the world’s wood supply.
However, negative trends are still alarming in some regions. Forests are rapidly being lost to agriculture in Africa, Central America, South America and in Southeast Asia, accounting for almost 90 percent of the world’s deforestation of 13 million hectares per year.
Primary forests, crucial for maintaining biological diversity, are converted to agriculture or degraded through logging at a rate of 6 million hectares per year, mainly in South America and Southeast Asia.
Here is the full report Global forest resources assessment 2005
