What do buzzwords do for development policy? A critical look at 'participation', 'empowerment' and 'poverty reduction'

Article Abstract:

The three buzzwords, 'participation', empowerment', and 'poverty reduction' play an important part in framing solutions, in the present world of development policy. These words are used in the context of two contemporary development policy instruments, the Poverty Reduction Strategy Powers (PRSPS) and the Millennium Development Goads (MDGS), but their use in development policy offers little hope of the world free of poverty, that the words are used to evoke.

Economic Programs, Analysis, Economic policy, Poverty

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Putting the 'rights-based approach' to development into perspective

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An attempt is made to situate competing interpretations of 'rights-based' development against a backdrop of the emergence of a discourse on rights amongst development actors and agencies. A series of questions are posed about why rights have come to be of interest to international development actors and thus the implications of different versions and emphasis are explored.

International Affairs, Public affairs, Human Rights, Ethics, International aspects, Ethical aspects, Ideology, Political ideologies

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The firm rules: multinational corporations, policy space and neoliberalism

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The restraints on the state policy liberty of state brought forth by globalization are discussed. It concludes that state, especially in the developing world, has lost policy liberty in the face of globalization.

Chile, Argentina, Mining & Extractive Industries, Mining, Multinational Corporations, All Other Metal Ore Mining, METAL MINING, Ferroalloy Ores, Chemical & Fertilizer Minerals, Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying, Economic aspects, Mining industry, International business enterprises, Mineral industry, Case study

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