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Accountability - A Guide to Budget Work for NGOs“What brings us together . . . is our belief that people have a right to influence the public choices that shape our lives. Public budgets are the chief instruments by which governments make these decisions, and civil society the greatest tool to ensure that people are part of that process .”
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AccountabilityHolding those in power accountable is quite a challenge especially in societies characterised by authoritarian styles of governance. Many civil society organisations around the world have started monitoring and trying to influence government budget policies in order to ensure public spending ...
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Changing from the inside out - Leadership developmentSometimes ‘ learning organisations’ oversell the effects of what they can deliver. The idea is easily used without taking into account all that it takes to have a process of learning within or among organisations. Switching from a traditional organisation to a learning one is difficult. It takes ...
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Networks and partnershipsLike organisations, networks come in different shapes and sizes. At one extreme, they are informal, loosely structured communities of practice, with a shared leadership or none at all. At the other, they have a secretariat, a recognised leader and a clear agenda. The form of a network can evolve ...
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Producer organisations and value chainsOne might think that the recent rise in global food prices presents an opportunity for the developing world’s 450 million smallholder farmers. But too few are responding by increasing production. Why is this so? In this issue, Jack Wilkinson, former president of the International Federation of ...
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