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{"title":"BRAC in Bangladesh and beyond: bridging the humanitarian–development nexus through localisation","authors":"Sophie Roborgh, Nicola Banks, Md. Akramul Islam, K.A.M. Morshed, Jérôme Oberreit","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2273756","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2273756","url":null,"abstract":"Since its inception, BRAC has combined emergency assistance with longer-term development interventions, grounding its approach in empowering local communities. Its experiences in navigating tension...","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138512406","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Grassroots INGOs as a channel for diaspora philanthropy","authors":"Susan Appe","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2279010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2279010","url":null,"abstract":"The development literature had for some time ignored the differences among international nongovernmental organisations (INGOs). However, recent research has looked at grassroots INGOs in particular...","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138512397","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Rigour, timeliness, and trade-offs in research: experience from India’s Swachh Bharat Mission","authors":"Jamie Myers, Naomi Vernon, Robert Chambers","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2270634","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents lessons learnt from the evolution and usage of rapid action learning methods developed to support the Swachh Bharat Mission – Gramin (the Clean India Mission – Rural) in India. The Mission, started in 2014, aimed to change the sanitation behaviours of over 530 million people across 706 districts in five years. Participatory, action-orientated research and learning methods were trialled with government implementers, development partners, and communities. It was found that these methods enabled both a greater understanding of impacts at the community level, horizontal learning across districts, and the capacity development of Mission implementers.","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135093465","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Determinants of women-owned micro- and small tourism enterprise growth in Bale Zone, South Ethiopia","authors":"Zemin Guadie Tegegne, Tess Astatkie, Desalegn Degu Tebeje, Sintayehu Aynalem Aseres, Versavel Tecleab Haile","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2272064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2272064","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTGender gaps in tourism entrepreneurship are wide in Ethiopia, and women entrepreneurs underperform more often than men entrepreneurs. This study aimed to explore the determinants that affect the growth of women-owned micro and small enterprises (MSEs) in the tourism sector. Stratified random sampling was used to select 238 women-owned enterprises and analyse the data collected from them using a logit regression model. The findings show that being an older operator and operating a micro- (instead of small) enterprise have a negative effect, but family size, operator’s experience, credit access, and training received by the operator have positive effects on growth. These findings give useful information to relevant stakeholders, the Government of Ethiopia, and governments in other African countries to promote and empower women to grow their tourism MSEs.KEYWORDS: Women's tourism enterprisegrowthgrowth constraintsmultiple regressionsurvey Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Notes1 The definition of micro- and small enterprises (MSEs) varies considerably across countries, and different institutions within the same country (Ali and Ali Citation2013). In Ethiopia, the current definition of MSEs was revised in 2016 (Andaregie et al. Citation2022). In the revised definition, a firm is (i) micro-enterprise if it has ≤5 employees and has a total asset of ≤US$4,630 if it is an industrial sector, and ≤US$2,310 if it is a service sector; and (ii) small enterprise if it has between 6 and 30 employees and has a total asset of between US$4,630 and US$69,500 if it is an industrial sector, and between US$2,310 and US$23,150 if it is a service sector (MUDH Citation2016).Additional informationNotes on contributorsZemin Guadie TegegneZemene Guadie Tegegne is a lecturer in tourism management at Injibara University, Ethiopia. His area of research interest is tourism development.Tess AstatkieTess Astatkie is a professor of statistics at the Faculty of Agriculture of Dalhousie University, Canada. He is also a professional statistician accredited by the American Statistical Association and the Statistical Society of Canada. He conducts collaborative research with researchers in 31 countries.Desalegn Degu TebejeDesalegn Degu Tebeje is an economics lecturer at Injibara University, Ethiopia. His research areas are related to economic efficiency, small business, livelihood security, and development issues.Sintayehu Aynalem AseresSintayehu Aynalem Aseres is an assistant professor of tourism management at Madda Walabu University. His research interest is tourism branding, sustainable tourism, tourism and the environment, tourism and women’s empowerment, ecotourism, and conservation.Versavel Tecleab HaileVersavel Tecleab Haile is a lecturer in the department of Marketing Management of Madda Walabu University, Ethiopia. Her research is mainly focused on gender-related matters in different aspects, including in service marketin","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135479800","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding reference groups for norms and behaviour change: the intersection of relationship dynamics and family planning","authors":"Mari Dumbaugh, Alain Manda, Francesca Quirke, Felix Tshibangu, Anjalee Kohli","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2268876","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2268876","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTReference groups can influence an individual’s perceptions of social and gender norms which can affect health beliefs, behaviours, and outcomes. This qualitative study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo explored young women’s and men’s reference groups for relationship dynamics and family planning. Some reference groups and mechanisms of influence were common to relationship dynamics and family planning. Some exercised influence through certain mechanisms but not others. Understanding these dynamics can contribute to effective interventions which curtail intimate partner violence and increase access to voluntary uptake of family planning, both paramount to advancing the rights and health of women and girls.KEYWORDS: Youthhealthsub-Saharan Africafamily planning and sexual healthgender and intersectionalityreference groups AcknowledgementsFT (researcher) and AM (research manager) of EXPERT S.A.R.L. were based in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. AK (Principal Investigator) of the Institute for Reproductive Health and MD (consultant) of Insight Impact Consulting and the University of Illinois-Chicago were based in the United States. AK conceived of the study, developed the study tools, and managed the study. MD coordinated the research activities and led report writing. FT and AM led training and data collection teams. FQ reviewed drafts of the paper and contributed to contextualising the findings. All research team members contributed to data collection team training and data analysis. The authors would like to thank Tearfund DRC and the Eglise de Crist au Congo (ECC) in the DRC for their support for this study. Sincere thanks to all community partners and research participants for their time, enthusiasm, and contributions without which this work would not have been possible.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Additional informationFundingThis study was sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) under Cooperative Agreement #AID-OAA-A-15-0042. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official views of USAID.","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135479995","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The exclusion of inclusion : A critical analysis of the use of inclusive language in development practice","authors":"Eva Bleeksma, Amara Boumann","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2272057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2272057","url":null,"abstract":"Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size AcknowledgementsThe authors would like to pay their respects to the Bidjigal and Gadigal peoples who are the traditional Custodians of the land on which this paper was conducted. Furthermore, the authors would like to thank Dr Joyce Wu at the University of New South Wales for not only being an inspiring teacher within the field of inclusive development but also for guiding them towards publishing their first reflective paper. Eva and Amara were exchange students at Global Development, School of Social Sciences at the University of New South Wales. They are both students at the University of Amsterdam. This paper was prepared as a part of a gender and development course at the University of New South Wales.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135678932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Economic recovery of the new poor created by COVID-19: evidence from Bangladesh","authors":"Mohima Gomes, Nusrat Jahan, Tanvir Shatil, Nabila Tahsin, Narayan Das, Imran Matin","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2267795","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2267795","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThe COVID-19 shock resulted in a large number of people becoming newly poor in Bangladesh, for whom recovery was slow and difficult. In response, BRAC implemented a nationwide program – credit, business planning support, and mentoring – targeting the economic recovery of the new poor. This paper estimates its impact using a mixed method and finds that the program had a significant positive effect on employment, income, and assets, indicating a faster economic recovery of program participants. The learnings from this program can have major policy implications for future disaster responses targeting livelihood recovery, specifically during the time-sensitive transitory phase from relief to long-term development.KEYWORDS: Poverty; economic recovery; livelihood; development; Bangladesh Acknowledgement of author’s positionalityThe authors work at the BRAC Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), a research institute of Brac University. Brac University is an independent entity under the University Grants Commission (UGC) of the Government of Bangladesh. On the other hand, the intervention was designed and executed by the BRAC NGO, which is not affiliated with BIGD. Therefore, the author’s role at BIGD is free from any biases or interests in promoting BRAC, and rather, their role as independent researchers requires them to conduct impartial research.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.Ethical declarationThis study uses primary data collected through in-person surveys. All respondents of this survey were members of the BRAC UPG program. BRAC UPG also reviewed the questionnaire extensively and provided essential feedback, which was duly addressed by BIGD. Being well aware of the research scope, BRAC UPG provided BIGD with the necessary approval and contact details of the members of BRAC UPG program to conduct the survey. All respondents were surveyed upon their verbal consent and no respondent was surveyed without his/her stated permission.Notes1 People whose income dropped below the poverty line for the first time due to a certain event.2 Asset sale, savings depletion, major cut downs on expenditures, indebtedness from high-interest informal loans (Vatsa Citation2004).3 People who are by definition non-poor (with income above the upper poverty line) but vulnerable to poverty (with income below the national median income and close to the poverty line).4 In Bangladesh, about 85 per cent of the MFIs experienced a deterioration of their outstanding credit portfolios, 80 per cent faced high rates of savings withdrawals, and more than 73 per cent had inadequate equity capital to cope with the COVID-19 crisis (Mujeri et al. Citation2020).5 A situation where people seem to be caught between two stages and are unclear what will happen next.6 According to Grant et al. (Citation2004), several terms are used to identify those who experience poverty most intensely – ultra-poor, extremely poor, hard-core poo","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135678954","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing rural Ghanaian women’s economic empowerment: the cassava dough enterprise","authors":"Peter Asare-Nuamah, Daniella Delali Sedegah, Mavis Anane-Aboagye, Emelia Amoako Asiedu, Rosemary Anderson Akolaa","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2272058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2272058","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTGrounded in a qualitative case study design and relying on key informant interviews and focus group discussion, this study assesses the influence of the cassava dough enterprise on women’s economic empowerment in a rural Ghanaian community. Women in the study community are marginalised in accessing arable land, which is a critical livelihood asset. Cassava dough processing, which is a women-dominated activity, has become an alternative and lucrative business for women. Women's engagement in cassava dough processing is driven by myriad factors that are rooted in their sociocultural settings and gender norms. Women engaged in cassava dough processing and sales have enhanced their economic empowerment through increased access to regular income, improved financial autonomy and saving behaviour, and contributed to community development. The study recommends the need to prioritise policies, programs, and interventions that create an enabling environment for community-based women’s economic empowerment strategies in poor and vulnerable communities.KEYWORDS: Gender empowermentrural economic developmentlivelihoodsself-managed businessGhana Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135590092","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Embodied empowerment: using embodiment to understand nutrition–empowerment connections","authors":"Katharine McNamara, Sarah McKune","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2270787","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2270787","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136102657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Understanding the patterns of agrarian transformation: state-mediated commercialisation and deagrarianisation in Kashmir","authors":"Ubaid Mushtaq, Kishor Goswami","doi":"10.1080/09614524.2023.2268872","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/09614524.2023.2268872","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":47576,"journal":{"name":"Development in Practice","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134907370","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}