DevNeT
2008 - Conference Proceedings
Papers now available [NB: all in PDF]:
Further conference papers will be available soon. Empty categories indicate papers awaiting to be submitted. We apologise for the delay as we await permission from individual presenters. If you were a presenter, you can assist by contacting info@devnet.org
Wednesday 3rd December
Keynotes
Building Social Enterprises in the Philippines: Strategies for Local Development [video] presented by Professor Katherine Gibson (details below)
trade
learning
Janis Blong Toktok - Lessons from Volunteer Service Abroad’s partnership with Pri-Skul Asosiesen Blong Vanuatu
Dr Peter Swain
Capacity Development in the Pacific: Which Pacific Future? [via ADB] Steve Pollard
tourism
power
leadership
land
Informal Settlers, Security of Land Tenure, Livelihoods and Intervention: A Case Study from Urban Fiji (Working Title) Luke Kiddle
aid effectiveness
issues of power
Women's life in a Fijian village by Tamarisi Yabaki
african perspectives
An African Success Story: Civil Society and the ‘Mozambican Miracle’ Aaron J Reibel
The Emergence of Private Higher Education and the Issue of Quality Assurance in Ghana, the Role of National Accreditation Board (NAB) by Godwin Utuka
From Tension to Violence:
Identities and Perceptions in Kenya’s Post-Election Conflict Steven Ma
student work in progress
Living on a crowded island: Urban transformation in the Maldives Mohamed Faisal
United States foreign aid to Pakistan and democracy: Rhetoric versus reality Murad Ali
Thursday 4th December
Keynote
Controversial Land Legislation in Samoa: It's not just about the land Iati Iati
rights
Labour Contract Reform Under the Fourth Generation:
Some Current Issues and Emergent Problematics [ppt] Alan & Beverley Williams
sustainable development
The Nam Theun 2 Hydro Project: A better kind of dam? Rob Laking
Energy and Development: Climate Change as a Development Challenge to Asian Development Bank’s Operations in Southeast Asia Laurence Delina
The potential of Fair Trade in integrating development and environmental sustainability: a case study of cocoa, Ginger and Vanilla producers in Samoa Grace Leung
economic or social development
Impact of Agricultural Trade Liberalisation in Bangladesh on Rural Livelihoods Dayal Talukder and Kenneth Jackson
health
Tobacco control: a case study of development practice Matthew Allen
Public health policy and regulation the Pacific: a practice model David Clarke
disability, disadvantage and development
gender and development
Siho Mai: Listening and responding to the voices of Rural Women Alice Pollard
Female Representations as Symbols of Ethical Revival Mahrukh Khan
innovative development
Bringing back what has been ‘lost’: knowledge exchange through the diaspora Sheila V. Siar
development challenges
Agribusiness for Rural Development: A Peripheral View? Michael Lyne and Sandra Martin
The Challenges of Urbanistion Onuwa Okwuashi
participatory research
family and community based development
peripheral perspectives
The Image Dilemma Rachel Tallon
effective organisations
student work in progress
Friday 5th December
Keynote
linking theory and practice
Researching the Practice of the Public Budget Gerard Prinsen
mentoring
public health and ngos
learning
Exploring an Unconventional Movement: projecthonduras.com Sharon Joy McLennan
Learning in action for social change: What Pakeha Treaty workers can learn from Kenyan sugar cane farmers Jen Margaret
tourism and local communities
gender and development
student work in progress
DVD
• Building Social Enterprises in the Philippines: Strategies for Local Development [video] presented by Professor Katherine Gibson:
This 50 minute DVD is narrated and written by Professor Katherine Gibson, a human geographer from the Australian National University and Ms Maria Angela Villalba, Executive Director of Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation Inc. and Philippines Social Entrepreneur of the 2007 (awarded by Ernst and Young and the Schwab Foundation). It looks at how some social entrepreneurs and social enterprises are pursuing new development pathways in the Philippines provinces of Surigao del Norte, Bukidnon, Bohol and Lanao del Norte. It features: Matin-ao Rice Center, FAM-Dev Farm, Laca Ginger Tea Community Enterprise, Jagna Nata de Coco Enterprise, Jagna Porters’ Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Dressmakers of Malbog, Jagna, Linamon Creative Hands of Women, Linamon Virgin Coconut Oil Enterprise, Social Entrepreneurship and Enterprise Development Services (SEEDS) Lanao. The DVD is ideal for teaching or training as it can be shown in short segments or in full.
This DVD was filmed and produced by Katherine Gibson, Ann Hill and Paul Maclay and funded by the Australian Research Council, AusAID, Australian National University, Unlad Kabayan Migrant Services Foundation Inc.
- Those interested in obtaining a copy of this DVD please email sandra.davenport@anu.edu.au
 
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