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The Legacy of Paulo Freire. Interview with Kevin Kester

Submitted on the 25th of November 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
All people have the capacity to make informed and substantial decisions, and that the titles of teacher and learner were misguided, as both had distinct knowledge, and all...

Education for Transformation: A conversation between Stephen Moseley, Mark Ginsburg, Mary Joy Pigozzi and Ana Agostino

Submitted on the 25th of November 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
The editorial team of Development 53.4, Ana Agostino, Stephen Moseley, Mark Ginsburg and Mary Joy Pigozzi engage in a conversation on the transformative power of education.  Can...

In Times of Crisis how to Sustain Local Economies? Hivos launch of Development 53.3

Submitted on the 12th of October 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
A major question is how to use the momentum of the crisis to rethink the economy as citizens hold governments and businesses accountable and we try to move from quick fixes to...

Getting Out of the Trap. Interview with Josine Stremmelaar

Submitted on the 2nd of September 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
  On the occasion of the virtual launch of Development 53.3 'Sustaining Local Economies', Assistant Editor Laura Fano Morrissey interviews Josine Stremmelaar, Hivos' Knowledge...

Online launch of Development 53.2: Gender and Empowerment

Submitted on the 24th of June 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
Twenty years after the first publication of the UNDP Human Development report, the 2010 journal volume revisits the concept of human development. How can human development be...

Gender and Empowerment: A conversation with Nejra Cengic

Submitted on the 18th of June 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
This is a commentary article by Nejra Cengic, in response to Wendy Harcourt's editorial 'Lady Gaga meets ban Ki-Moon' for the 53.2 Development issue on gender and Empowerment. On...

Gender and Empowerment: A conversation with Yvonne Underhill-Sem

Submitted on the 18th of June 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
This is a commentary article by Yvonne Underhill-Sem in response to Wendy Harcourt's editorial ' Lady Gaga meets Ban Ki-Moon, for the 53.2 Development issue on Gender and...

Final Report of 'Beyond Economics'

Submitted on the 15th of April 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
  Click here to download the final report.    In 2009-2010 the Society for International Development (SID), in partnership with the Humanist Institute for Cooperation with...

Lady Gaga Meets Ban Ki-Moon

Submitted on the 27th of March 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
by Wendy Harcourt* What is gender and what is empowerment, and why do we even talk about these terms in development? Articles in this issue place both terms under close scrutiny....

Human Development and Buen Vivir. Interview with Catherine Walsh

Submitted on the 9th of March 2010 by DevelopmentPLUS.
'Human development' is a concept conceived in the Global North within a design of (international and national) social policy. Buen vivir, roughly translated in English as living...

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