Updated July 1, 2007
Development Topics of Particular Interest to Me
One of the best ways to find information when one doesn't have easy access to libraries is to post information a web site that you are looking for such; sooner or later, Google and other directories and search engines pick up the page, per the content of the page, and, often, this leads to people finding the page -- and, hopefully, offering resource leads.
This web page is a list of the development-related topics I am looking for research about -- or, that I am interested in researching myself (with time and funding to do so).
If you have resource leads about any of these topics (books, dissertations, white papers, etc.), please contact me. In your email, please be explicit about why you are writing -- don't just send the name of a book, with no explanation as to why you are sending me this information. I receive a tremendous amount of email, relating to a huge variety of topics, and without an explanation, I won't know why you are writing me.
What I want to read about -- or research myself:
- In this era of growing emphasis of empowering local people to meet their own local needs, reasons why international volunteers are still often needed in the developing world, outside of mere "gap-filling" (where there is a lack of critically-needed skills and expertise among the local population).
- The impact of rumor, myths and "urban legends" on development interventions, aid work and relief efforts, ways such have been addressed in various situations, and ways to prevent such from becoming a problem that defeats a much-needed program or activity.
- Ways that religious and cultural barriers prevent the education of girls and women, and how various organizations and advocates have worked to overcome such.
- Ways that religious and cultural barriers prevent women from engaging in businesses, from farming to selling things on the street to owning a shop, and how various organizations and advocates have worked to overcome such.
- Ways that religious and cultural barriers, as well as misinformation, prevent the use of condoms, and how various organizations and advocates have worked to overcome such.
- Training and supporting women in traditionally-restrictive societies as advocates, organizers, reporters and outreach workers.
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If you have resource leads about any of these topics (books, dissertations, white papers, etc.), please contact me. In your email, please be explicit about why you are writing -- don't just send the name of a book, with no explanation as to why you are sending me this information. I receive a tremendous amount of email, relating to a huge variety of topics, and without an explanation, I won't know why you are writing me.
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