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Rights-based approaches and beyond: challenges of linking rights and participation
(University of Nairobi, 2004-11)
As more and more development and human rights organisations critically assess their impact and
strategies, there is growing convergence in the questions they raise about how to be most effective in
addressing structural, ...
Kenyan civil society perspectives on rights, rights-based approaches to development, and participation
(University of Nairobi,, 2004-12)
This paper goes beyond conceptual debates to explore country level practice around emergent rightsbased
approaches to development, and their relationship with more established practices of participatory
development. ...
What is the "rights-based approach" all about? Perspectives from international development agencies
(University of Nairobi,, 2004-11)
In the last few years, there has been growing talk amongst development actors and agencIes about a
"rights-based approach" to development. Yet what exactly this consists of remains unclear. For some, its
grounding in ...
Corporate accountability to the poor? Assessingthe effectiveness of community-based strategies
(University of Nairobi,, 2004-10)
This paper investigates how, when and why community-based strategies are effective in promoting corporate
accountability to the poor. It argues that mainstream approaches to corporate social responsibility (CSR)
underestimate ...
Kenyan Exports of Nile Perch: The Impact of Food Safety Standards on an Export-Oriented Supply Chain
(2004)
Over the past decade, exports of fish and fisher
y products from developing countries have increased
rapidly. However, one of the major challenges fa
cing developing countries in seeking to maintain and
expand their share ...
Strengthening the Incentives for Pro-Poor Policy Change
(DFID, 2004-05)
This report is a summary of a study commissioned by DFID Kenya on the drivers of pro-poor
change. It considers the processes, institutional changes and actors that may drive or block propoor
change in Kenya. It argues ...