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Johnson, Chris – Community Development Journal, 1998
In conflict-torn Afghanistan, international nongovernmental organizations are attempting to build indigenous capacity for development. Strategies include support for women, involvement of local elders, and integration of internal and external value systems. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Conflict Resolution, Females, Foreign Countries

Hillman, Mick – Community Development Journal, 2002
Environmental justice provides a linking theme with which community development workers and environmental activists can build cross-sectoral coalitions. Examples of Australian environmental problems illustrate constraints that must be overcome. Building vertical and horizontal links between and within nongovernmental organizations is one solution.…
Descriptors: Community Action, Community Development, Conservation (Environment), Foreign Countries

Robinson, Mike – Community Development Journal, 1995
The new model of community development focuses on the following: participatory methodologies of research; practical and generalist skills; local-driven revenues in small business and nongovernmental organizations; rethinking all products, processes, and services; international small business trade networks; and the integration of leisure and work.…
Descriptors: Community Development, Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations, Research Methodology

Sahley, Caroline M. – Community Development Journal, 1995
Presents a preliminary assessment of the prospects and options for developing income-generation programs in partnership with local small business associations, as suggested by the trend in Peru. (Author)
Descriptors: Community Development, Entrepreneurship, Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations

Korazim-Korosy, Yossi – Community Development Journal, 2000
Governmental and nongovernmental community work in Israel is examined through five dimensions: locus of initiation, funding, goals, intervention methods, and levels of complexity. A new division of labor among public, voluntary, and private sector community work is proposed. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries, Government Role

Vergara, Ricardo – Community Development Journal, 1994
Nongovernmental organizations in developing countries tend to depoliticize citizens. They must change their perception of their role, stop portraying themselves as nonaccountable, stop creating community businesses that do not incorporate the market, and admit a role for private industry. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Democracy, Developing Nations, Economic Development

Lundy, Patricia – Community Development Journal, 1999
In Jamaica, people most likely to be affected by environmental degradation are less likely to be involved in environmental nongovernmental organizations and community-based conservation projects. Funders, practitioners, and policy makers should work to remove barriers to participation and ensure equitable allocation of funding. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Involvement, Conservation (Environment), Disadvantaged

O'Gorman, Frances – Community Development Journal, 1994
Reviews community development in Latin America (self-help local improvement projects, popular education, nongovernmental organizations). Identifies challenges--increasing the participation of all levels, reorganizing priorities, and supporting the development of economic democracy. (SK)
Descriptors: Community Development, Democracy, Economic Development, Foreign Countries

Brown, David – Community Development Journal, 1991
An information-based rather than a knowledge-based approach to evaluation of social development programs has two advantages: (1) relative objectivity and (2) equity. Increasingly equitable flows of information are one indicator of social development. (SK)
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavior Change, Community Development, Evaluation Methods

Packer, Jasmin; Spence, Rebecca; Beare, Emma – Community Development Journal, 2002
The Torrens Valley Youth Programme in rural Australia is an example of a partnership between a community center and a nongovernmental organization to provide youth services. The program overcame such barriers as differing organizational values and culture, different approaches (top-down, hands-on), insufficient funding, and opposition from the…
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Organizations, Foreign Countries, Nongovernmental Organizations

Oliver, Quintin; And Others – Community Development Journal, 1990
Includes "Community Development in Areas of Political and Social Conflict" (Oliver); "Women and Development in Peru" (Barrig); "Some Reflections on Community Development Experiences in Brazil" (O'Gorman); "Informal Networks for Pre-School Children in a Black Community in South Africa" (Lines); "The…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Advocacy, Blacks, Community Development