This resource book shows how group promoters (GPs) can help men and women in rural communities to join together and work to improve their income and living conditions. It presents a participatory approach in which GPs play a key role. [...]

The philosophy behind Success Case Replication (SCR) is that among the rural poor are farmers and groups that have achieved a remarkable level of success at their occupations, whether in agriculture, animal husbandry, micro-enterprises or management of participatory groups or [...]

This new edition is an update of the previous directory published in 1996, and covers NGOs, research institutes and information centres based in Europe. It contains detailed information on the projects run by these organisations, which work with and for [...]

New political and economic orientations over the past two decades call for the restructuring of rural institutions. With the State playing a newly defined role, restructuring is the means to profound structural change, with enhanced initiative and participation by civil [...]

In this issue, we would like to introduce you to three more partner organisations of the Dimitra Project. They are based in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Jordan and have started the information collection in their respective sub-regions.