This is a synthesis study of major evaluations and reviews carried out from 1988 to mid-1995 for the Department for International Development... Read more...
This book explores the issues of disaster and vulnerability from a South Asian standpoint. The issues are presented in the form of case studies and... Read more...
This paper describes the scale and nature of development assistance to projects that sought to improve housing and living conditions for low income... Read more...
Examines the evolution of the World Bank's strategy for integrating gender issues in its lending across sectors and reviews the outcomes achieved so... Read more...
This study updates the findings of a 1994 study on how the concepts of women in development and gender have evolved within the World Bank, and how... Read more...
This volume builds on the theme of participation in development through communication in meaningful and culturally specific ways. Read more...
The paper defines participation as a form of partnership between government and service user communities which may be promoted in the context of... Read more...