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Papers and abstracts from the 2002 DevNet conference listed by session

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Session Author Abstract Paper Title
Aid & Poverty: Economic Perspectives   Gounder Abstract Paper Ethnicity, Land Property Rights, Conflict and Development Assistance: A Case Study of Fiji
McGregor Abstract n/a The Politics of Aid: Ethics, Rights and "Generational Sacrifice" in Myanmar
Olivia Abstract Paper Is There Still a Moral Economy in Java, Indonesia?
Sharma & Reddy n/a Paper Financial Exclusion in Fiji: Market versus Self-Driven Causes
AIDS, Health & Gender   Shand (Keynote) Abstract Paper Making an Informed Choice: AIDS and the Dynamics of Gender and Development in Africa
Kumar Abstract  TBA In or Against the Developmental State? Negotiating Gender in Reproductive Politics in India
Williams Abstract Paper Gender Matters: Culture, Power and the Development of Communities
Appropriate Technologies   Anstiss Abstract Paper Bridging Science and Technology with Development
Mahat Abstract Paper Rural Energy Technologies: Towards the Empowerment of Women. A Case Study of Kavre District, Nepal.
Cities & Development   Hartfield Abstract Paper A Participatory Approach to the Assessment of Built Heritage: An Example from Wellington
Reddy, Naidu & Mohanty Abstract Paper Impediments and Growth Dynamics of the Urban Informal Sector: A Case Study of Fiji's Urban Informal Sector
Sikabongo Abstract Paper (22pp, 1.5MB) Urban Governance and the Problem of Waste Management in Post-Apartheid Oshakati - Namibia
Weyman Abstract Paper Implementation of Local Agenda 21 in Ireland
Development in Practice Wade (Keynote)  TBA  TBA The World Bank and Asia
Development Projects & Partnerships Henriques Abstract n/a Refining Appraisal Tools for Small Scale Assistance Projects
Jennings Abstract Paper The Big Ask of the Small Grants Application Process
Nowland-Foreman Abstract n/a Assessing the Value of Participatory Impact Assessment - Implementing NGOs' Perspectives
Richards Abstract Paper Partnership? What Partnership? Where?
Sanderson & Kindon Abstract Paper Participation in Cross-Cultural Knowledge Production: An NZODA Case Study
Thomas Abstract Paper Development Project Design: Towards Better Practice
Wayne & Banks Abstract Paper Developing Local Organisations Through Self-Assessment
Development Research & Education Chamberlain Abstract n/a Development Education: Coming in from the Margins
Greenaway Abstract Power Point A Very Rough Guide for Development Tourists (aka Development Researchers)
Sanga & Nally Abstract Paper Rethinking Development Practice
Small Abstract Paper Can Development Studies Be Development Education?
Gender & Development   Chandrasekar TBA  TBA Gender and Development: Empowering Women
Cupples Abstract n/a Moving Beyond WID and GAD in Disaster Relief: Understanding Women's Responses to Hurricane Mitch
Dyson Abstract Paper Sustainable Development, Solidarity and the Sisterhood
Siahaan Abstract  TBA Decentralisation in Indonesia: Bringing Governance to Women?
Governance & Participation   Bhatta Abstract Paper Governance in the Development Agenda
Oliver Abstract Paper The Three Levels of Participation
Storey Abstract   The Urban Pacific: Inclusive Citizenship as the Basis for Good Governance
Whyte Abstract Paper Gardening Good Governance in Pacific Island Communities
Human Rights Waring (Keynote)  TBA  TBA Development Assistance and Human Rights: Whose Responsibility?
Indigenous Development   Duituturaga (Keynote)  TBA  TBA  
Tafuna'i (Keynote) n/a Paper Poverty of Opportunity
Lubett Abstract n/a Institutionalising Participation: The Pacific Islands Experience
Maiava Abstract Paper When is Development Not "Development"? Recognising Unofficial Development (or Practicing Post-Development).
Tuilaepa & Nartea Abstract Paper Poverty Alleviation in Samoa: A Brief Review of the Experience from 1970 to 2000
Maori Development   Durie (Keynote)  TBA Paper  
Dodd Abstract Paper Nation Building and Maori Development
Duffy Abstract  TBA New Zealand's "Native Schools" System: Lessons for Development
Gibbs Abstract Paper A Maori "Right to Development" Under the Treaty of Waitangi
Iremonger & Scrimgeour Abstract  TBA Removing Barriers to Learning in Sustainable Economic Development for Maori and Indigenous Peoples
Reid & Morrison Abstract Paper The Vision and Intentionality of Development
Simon Abstract Paper Searching for Synergy: Maori / Indigenous and Scientific Conservatory Values - Reconciling Affinity and Difference?
Te Momo Abstract Paper Stories from the Field: Developing Practical Research Methods in Maori Communities
North-South Relations   Challies & Murray Abstract Paper New Zealand and Chile: Partnership for the Pacific Century?
Hurtado-Roberts Abstract Paper Some Reflections on the Integration of Latin American Communities into New Zealand Society, Through the Example of "Arcoiris".
Malavisi Abstract Paper North-South Relationship: Partners or Pawns
Peace, Conflict & Post-Conflict   Cassells Abstract Paper Establishing and Maintaining a Development Programme in Post-Conflict Solomon Islands
Friesen Abstract Paper Economic Impacts of the "Ethnic Tension" in Solomon Islands
Howell Abstract Paper Peace-Making in Indonesia
Swain Abstract Paper Development Practice in Post-Conflict Societies: VSA's Experience
Population & Poverty Hobbs (Keynote)   Speech Notes State of the World's Population Launch
Poverty Policy   Mausio Abstract Paper Examining the Interface Between International Development Funding and Governance, Poverty and "Equity"
Naidu Abstract Paper The Millennium Development Goals and the South Pacific
Pollock Abstract Paper Establishing the Foundations for Poverty in the Pacific
Storey, Bulloch & Overton Abstract  TBA The Poverty Consensus: Some Limitations of the "Popular Agenda"
Qualitative Perspectives on Development   Lynch Abstract Paper The Challenge of Inner Development
Ruth Abstract Paper The Notions of Development, Managing Knowledge and the Manufacturing of Ignorance
Simpson & Chile Abstract Paper Spirituality and Community Development: Exploring the Links Between the Individual and the Collective
Refugees & Resettlement   Dibley & Dunstan Abstract Paper Refugee Voices: A Study of Refugee Resettlement
Emmott Abstract Paper Reintegration of Refugees in Afghanistan: Bridging the Gap Between Relief and Development in Practice
Margerison Abstract n/a Late Arrival: Gender Perspectives in Refugee Camps on the Thai / Burma Border
Relationships & Partnerships   Gould Abstract Paper Maintaining Good Partnerships: The Challenge of Long Distance Relationships
Huetter Abstract Paper Government as First Among Equals
Nanami Abstract Paper The Role of NGOs in Japan's Aid Policy
Ponter Abstract Paper The Development of Cooperatives in Melanesia: The Case of Vanuatu 1962 - 1996
Rural Development & Food Security   Banks Abstract Paper Governing the Rangelands of Western China
Boardman Abstract Paper Seasonal Household Food Insecurity and the Challenges for Development Practice
Havemann Abstract Paper Community Resource Management of the Nipa Palm: Loay and Loboc, Bohol, Philippines
Rajapaksha Abstract Paper Household Food Security: Role of Traditional Food Plants in Sri Lanka
Sustainable Development & Environment   Intoo-Marn Abstract Paper Discourse Dialogue: Grassroots' Perspective on Sustainable Development
Julian Abstract Paper A Global Perspective on Sustainable Development: Afterthoughts from Johannesburg
Mathias Abstract Paper Selfish Genes or Selfish Development: An Ecological Perspective on our Development Trajectory
Sustainable Livelihoods   Cahn Abstract Paper Sustainable Livelihoods Approach: Concept and Practice
Dustdar-Sinclair Abstract Paper Sons for the Return Home: A Human Capabilities Approach to Migration
Emby Abstract Paper Changing Occupation as a Survival Strategy: A Case Study of a Malay Village
Glavovic Abstract Paper Neighbours, Worlds Apart: Livelihood Prospects in Malawi and Mozambique
Glavovic Abstract Paper Blood is Thicker than Water: The Evolution of Coastal Management in South Africa
Glavovic, Scheyvens & Overton Abstract Paper Waves of Adversity, Layers of Resilience: Exploring the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach
Nowak Abstract

Sustainable Livelihoods Among Hma' Btsisi' Households of Peninsular Malaysia
Tourism & Development   Borchers Abstract Paper Impediments to Community Participation in the Management of Komodo National Park, Indonesia
Fisher Abstract Paper Tourism, Culture and Development: Whose Culture? Whose Development?
Scheyvens Abstract Paper Growth and Benefits of Budget Beach Fale Tourism in Samoa
Trade Issues   Burt Abstract Paper A New Business Model for Aid and Development
Chatterjee Abstract n/a Trips and Other Tricks in the New WTO Round: Some Warning Signals for the Developing World
Reddy, Prasad & Naidu Abstract Paper Trade, Environment and Economic Development in the Forum Island Countries (FICs): A New Pathway to Development?
Schischka Abstract Paper The Capabilities Approach as a Metric for Economic Development

n/a = not available

TBA = to be ascertained