The New Generation of Community Foundations

Community foundations have enjoyed considerable growth in recent years, not only in their number but also in their character. This emergence of a "new generation" of community foundations is occurring within a larger context of other emerging forms of "social solidarity" movements and institutions, including rural development philanthropy, member-based organizing and other hybrid forms of citizen-led actions. In an effort to strengthen a conceptual framework for this phenomenon, this paper identifies synergies and linkages across networks (and their respective bodies of literature) that may previously not have been well connected

A Typology of Market-based Approaches to Include the Most Marginalised: Annex

This Annex presents the 22 promising examples that were analysed in the development of our typology of market‐based approaches to reach and benefit extremely marginalised populations (Thorpe, J.; Mathie, A. and Ghore, Y. (2017) A Typology of Market‐Based Approaches to Include the Most Marginalised, ADD, the Coady Institute and IDS

A Typology of Market-based Approaches to Include the Most Marginalised

In recent years there has been a surge of interest in the role that markets and the private sector play in development, and interest to understand how development actors may most effectively support ‘inclusive economies’. What is missing, however, is a systematic analysis of what it takes for market-based approaches to include the most marginalised. In light of the Sustainable Development Goals’ pledge that ‘no one will be left behind’, this research identifies and analyses 22 examples of market-based approaches that show promise in reaching and benefiting extremely marginalised people. By ‘market-based approaches’ we mean initiatives that generate viable livelihood opportunities by supporting the most marginalised to engage in markets, on better terms, and strengthening demand for the goods or services they produce. By ‘extremely marginalised’ we refer to those living at the intersection of economic and social exclusion, lacking the minimum to meet their basic needs while facing exclusionary social norms due to gender, caste, ethnicity, disability and other factors that leave them in positions of low status and power. Through a literature review, identification and analysis of the 22 ‘promising’ examples, a series of thought-leader interviews and a multi-stakeholder meeting at the Bellagio Center, the research has systemised the ways in which excluded groups and those supporting them respond to and shape circumstances to enable market inclusion. This report presents the resulting typology of five opportunities and multiple pathways to inclusion, and four core design elements: sector, enabling factors, risk and resilience and financial models.The Rockefeller Foundation

Asset-based and citizen-led development : using a diffracted power lens to analyze the possibilities and challenges

Asset-based community development or Asset-based and citizen-led development (ABCD) is being used in a range of development contexts. Some researchers have been quick to dismiss ABCD as part of the neoliberal project and an approach that perpetuates unequal power relations. This article uses a diffracted power analysis to explore the possibilities associated with ABCD as well as the challenges. It focuses on the application of ABCD in the Philippines, Ethiopia and South Africa, and finds that ABCD can reverse internalized powerlessness, strengthen opportunities for collective endeavours and help to build local capacity for action

Qualitative research for tobacco control : a how - to introductory manual for researchers and development practitioners

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Testing an asset-based, community-driven development approach : 10 years of action research in Ethiopia; a reflection paper for the 2013 IDRC Canadian Learning Forum

In all projects in this report, active community groups have responded to opportunities to collaborate with local NGOs using the assets-based community development (ABCD) approach, despite minimal external inputs in the initial phase. Ongoing action research continues to inform activity at the community level and the development practice of NGOs and other stakeholders. As NGO fieldworkers and community members uncover often-undervalued strengths, people regroup and initiate new, mutually-beneficial activities. Uncovering or acknowledging assets in this way builds confidence in individual and collective agency. This paper reports on the evolution of projects, pinpointing aspects of excellence in research

HRI Malta 2017—Cutting Edge Research in Homeopathy: HRI's Third International Research Conference in Malta

The third international conference on “Cutting Edge Research in Homeopathy” organised by the Homeopathy Research Institute (HRI) was held on the inspiring and historic island of Malta from 9th to 11th of June, 2017. One hundred and two abstracts underwent peer review by the HRI Scientific Advisory Committee and external experts to produce the programme of 36 oral presentations and 37 posters, presented by researchers from 19 countries. The 2.5-day programme covered a diverse range of topics, including quantitative and qualitative clinical research, basic research, veterinary research, and provings. These intensive plenary and parallel sessions were interspersed with multiple opportunities for delegates to discuss and exchange ideas, in particular through interactive panel discussions and a pre-conference workshop. The continuing commitment of the homeopathy research community to generate high-quality studies in this rapidly evolving field was clear. In this conference report, we present highlights from this memorable event

Crafting, Communality, and Computing: Building on Existing Strengths To Support a Vulnerable Population

In Nepal, sex-trafficking survivors and the organizations that support them have limited resources to assist the survivors in their on-going journey towards reintegration. We take an asset-based approach wherein we identify and build on the strengths possessed by such groups. In this work, we present reflections from introducing a voice-annotated web application to a group of survivors. The web application tapped into and built upon two elements of pre-existing strengths possessed by the survivors -- the social bond between them and knowledge of crafting as taught to them by the organization. Our findings provide insight into the array of factors influencing how the survivors act in relation to one another as they created novel use practices and adapted the technology. Experience with the application seemed to open knowledge of computing as a potential source of strength. Finally, we articulate three design desiderata that could help promote communal spaces: make activity perceptible to the group, create appropriable steps, and build in fun choices.Comment: 14 pages, 1 figure. In Proceedings of the 2020 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI'20

Global Patterns and Controls of Nutrient Immobilization On Decomposing Cellulose In Riverine Ecosystems

Microbes play a critical role in plant litter decomposition and influence the fate of carbon in rivers and riparian zones. When decomposing low-nutrient plant litter, microbes acquire nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) from the environment (i.e., nutrient immobilization), and this process is potentially sensitive to nutrient loading and changing climate. Nonetheless, environmental controls on immobilization are poorly understood because rates are also influenced by plant litter chemistry, which is coupled to the same environmental factors. Here we used a standardized, low-nutrient organic matter substrate (cotton strips) to quantify nutrient immobilization at 100 paired stream and riparian sites representing 11 biomes worldwide. Immobilization rates varied by three orders of magnitude, were greater in rivers than riparian zones, and were strongly correlated to decomposition rates. In rivers, P immobilization rates were controlled by surface water phosphate concentrations, but N immobilization rates were not related to inorganic N. The N:P of immobilized nutrients was tightly constrained to a molar ratio of 10:1 despite wide variation in surface water N:P. Immobilization rates were temperature-dependent in riparian zones but not related to temperature in rivers. However, in rivers nutrient supply ultimately controlled whether microbes could achieve the maximum expected decomposition rate at a given temperature

Abstracts from the NIHR INVOLVE Conference 2017

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