People working together around the world to generate ideas and action for social change
"Turning our Eyes from the Forest": The Role of the Livelihoods Programme at Kilum-Ijim Forest Project, Cameroon in Changing Attitudes and Behaviour towards Forest Use and Conservation
Cambiando Perspectivas para Apreciar el Cambio: Enfoques Participativos para Monitoreo del Medio Ambiente
Linking the community to local government: action research in four African countries
This paper introduces the work of the project introduces the work on the project Action Research on Community-Based Planning (CBP), providing both the background to the topic and findings after two years. How community involvement in planning and management can link to decentralised delivery systems has formed the basis of this DFID funded action research project covering Uganda, Zimbabwe, Ghana, and South Africa.
Overview: decentralisation and participatory planning
This overview introduces the concept of community-based planning (CBP) looking back at its development and how it has evolved in the light of an increased emphasis on decentralisation in many countries during the 1980s and 90s. In this context it also considers the relevance of community-driven development models, including participatory poverty analysis, being promoted by parts of the World Bank over the last five to ten years, which typically have included a CBP component.