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This paper inquires into the nature of “participation” as a cross-section set of principles now applied to many issues of global concern. It argues that “participation” is a type of “global discourse” that is central to current forms of global governance, as well as to debates on, and around

It is generally agreed the last public-private partnership in which EDM was engaged, from 2000 to 2005, was a "resounding failure": international donors, professionals, and the totality of the Malian population are in agreement on this matter. The present study is opposed to such interpretations

GEFOP is a group of vocational training experts set up by the AFD. It brings together vocational training researchers, managers and practitioners from Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as training specialists from international organisations. The contribution to the 2007 World Development Report

To pursue the present path in the development of energy systems would lead to growing insecurity of supply and an unacceptable increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Both climate change (and other environmental hazards) and security of supply would rapidly become formidable obstacles to peace and

Cameroon was originally chosen as one of the five sample countries for the field survey on vocational training in the informal sector because it stands out among the subSaharan African countries

The 2004-2005 food crisis was doubled by a politicoinstitutional crisis that bears witness to the lack of coordination among the various players‘ programmes and raises the following question: what malfunctions in the planned framework for coordination prevented the food security sector programmes

L’approche des questions relatives à l’environnement et à la gestion des ressources naturelles a évolué rapidement au cours des quinze dernières années. Outre de nouvelles mesures d’incitation, c’est l’émergence de nouveaux acteurs et de nouvelles formes de gouvernance qui a profondément marqué la

As part of the efforts of the international donor community to scale up aid to Africa, substantial debt relief has been granted in recent years through the Heavily Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) Initiative and its successor, the Multilateral Debt Relief Initiative (MDRI). This paper tries to assess

The present paper corresponds to Robert Scollay’s contribution at the conference organized by Agence Française de Développement with its CEROM partners on 26 June 2007 in Paris (Maison de la Chimie) on the topic: “Opening the French Overseas Territories for a sustainable growth

This paper aims at summarizing the main arguments and studies, both theoretical and empirical, on this issue of the privatization of land rights, with a specific focus on the factors that can make privatization inefficient or detrimental for the most concerned individuals