Window on the World
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Window on the World This issue of Window on theWorld introduces a selection of key organizations engaged in promoting alternative development paradigms.Through research activism, campaigns and policy work, they are revealing the level of discontent with the current development model. By engaging in a process of social and economic transformation, they are seeking to tackle negative global development patterns and to address the issue of how participatory democracy can function in today’s fractured world.
Association for Progressive Communication (APC) www.apc.org APC is an international network of civil society organizations dedicated to empowering and supporting groups and individuals working for peace, human rights, development and protection of the environment, through the strategic use of information and communication technologies (ICTs), including the Internet. APC’s members were often the first providers of Internet in their countries. Today, they continue to pioneer practical and relevant uses of ICTs for civil society, especially in developing countries. APC is an international facilitator of civil society’s engagement with ICTs and related concerns, in both policy and practice.
The Corner House www.thecornerhouse.org.uk The Corner House is a UK-based NGO that aims to support the growth of a vibrant, democratic, equitable and non-discriminatory civil society in which communities have control over the resources and decisions which affect their lives and means of livelihood, and have the right to define themselves rather than being defined by others. As part of its solidarity work,The Corner House carries out analysis, research and advocacy with the aim of linking issues, of stimulating informed discussion and strategic thought on critical environmental and social concerns, and of encouraging broad alliances to tackle them.
DAWN (Development Alternatives with Women for a New Era) www.dawn.org.fj DAWN is a network of women scholars and activists from the economic South who engage in feminist research and analysis of the global environment and are committed to working for economic justice, gender justice and democracy. DAWN works globally and regionally in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Latin America and the Pacific on the themes of the Political Economy of Globalization; Political Restructuring and Social Transformation; Sustainable Livelihoods; and Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights, in partnership with other global NGOs and networks. Development (2004) 47(1), 127–130. doi:10.1057/palgrave.dev.1100020
Development 47(1): Window on the World The Development GAP (Development Group for Alternative Policies) www.developmentgap.org Based in Washington DC, Development GAP is a centre for analysis, advocacy and action dedicated to creating synergy between policy and development alternatives of the Global South and the work of policymakers in the North. It plays a mediating role in order to close the wide gap that exists between the two. It also networks with environmentalists, development workers and others i
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