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Do Community Driven Development (CDD) Programs Improve Social Relationships measured by Perceived Discrimination among Different Ethnicities in Nepal?

Creator:: Dhakal, Gunjan
Abstract:: Community driven development (CDD) is one of the recent approaches in the development arena that integrates people into mainstream development. Bringing people together into the development prospects through social capital is an important aspect of this approach that harnesses greater social inclusion and wider participation at the grass root level....
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: presented on May 9, 2011 APPROVED: Patrick Emerson, representing Economics

Hungary's Declining Democracy : A Study of Organizational Power in Hungarian Politics

Creator:: Sandoval, Jonathan
Abstract:: Scholars posit that the successful consolidation of post-communist Central and Eastern European democracies can be linked to their subsequent accession to the European Union (EU). This led observers to assume that the continued democratization of Hungarian society was assured due to their integration into EU institutions. However, since the 2010...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Sandoval presented on Jun 14th, 2018 APPROVED: Sarah Henderson, representing

Entrepreneurial policy in South Eastern Europe : the role of culture, economics and regulation in augmenting MSME development

Creator:: Braybrooks, Melissa
Abstract:: MSME development has emerged at the forefront of economic policy, with the majority of policy mechanisms aimed at creating the regulatory and institutional environments, which have historically proven to augment entrepreneurial activity. In the case of Europe a large portion of entrepreneurial policy resides within the European Community framework, however...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: appreciation to her graduate committee members Sarah Henderson, Patrick Emerson, and Roger Hammer, in

The Influence of NGO Strategies on the Sustainability of Biosand Water Filters in Cambodia

Creator:: Whinnery, Jaynie L.
Abstract:: This essay evaluates the effectiveness of NGO strategies to promote program sustainability using a case study of two NGOs that install biosand water filters in Cambodia. While the ownership-focused strategy of cost-sharing is the most commonly used and studied, there is evidence to suggest that certain more neglected strategies can...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: : ______________________________________________________ Dr. Sarah L. Henderson This essay evaluates the effectiveness of NGO strategies to

Family Planning Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure of Policy Transfer

Creator:: Daniel Andrianaivosoa, Landy Miary
Abstract:: After Colonization and since the beginning of the globalization era, governments in developing countries have been restricted in implementing certain policies and reforms, often being forced to accept or borrow policies from former colonizers or other developed countries and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). Previous studies found that borrowing policy often leads...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: June 7, 2016 APPROVED: Patrick Emerson, representing Economics Elizabeth

Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

Creator:: Michaels, Julia
Abstract:: The promotion of democracy abroad has become a critical national security objective for the United States. Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, newly independent states have received millions in aid to facilitate their transition to democracy. A significant portion of this funding has been administered by the United States...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: and unconditional emotional support; the Michaels family; Dr. Sarah Henderson, for giving me so much

Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

Creator:: Dugan, Dennis
Abstract:: Oregon State University and the City of Corvallis have recently embarked on a three-year series of meetings and forums (‘Collaboration Corvallis’) designed to increase collaboration between the two organizations and other relevant stakeholders as well as find solutions to worsening problems in the areas of parking, noise and student population...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: recent definition of collaborative governance has been offered by Emerson

Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

Creator:: Pakenham Stevenson, Anna
Abstract:: One of the greatest challenges in the West is the sustainable management of limited water resources. In recognition of localized responses to natural resource challenges, there has been considerable work in the area of adaptive capacity and collaborative governance to help understand a community’s capacity to manage change. This study...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Governance and Adaptive Capacity Models, overlapping concepts indicated by colors (modified from Emerson et

Understanding Welfare As We Know It: A Comprehensive and Updated Mixed-Methods Analysis on the Relationship between Public Opinion and Welfare Policies

Creator:: Molina, Rafael Felipe S.
Abstract:: After the 1996 national welfare reform known as the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) was enacted with more stringent eligibility and work requirements for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) program, a plethora of analyses have followed assessing the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Do Community Driven Development (CDD) Programs Improve Social Relationships measured by Perceived Discrimination among Different Ethnicities in Nepal?

Hungary's Declining Democracy : A Study of Organizational Power in Hungarian Politics

Entrepreneurial policy in South Eastern Europe : the role of culture, economics and regulation in augmenting MSME development

The Influence of NGO Strategies on the Sustainability of Biosand Water Filters in Cambodia

Family Planning Policies in Sub-Saharan Africa: Failure of Policy Transfer

Donating Democracy: Measuring the Effectiveness of Foreign Aid in Central Asia

Applying a Collaboration Model to Collaboration Corvallis

Assessing the Adaptive Governance Capacity of Western Water Communities

Understanding Welfare As We Know It: A Comprehensive and Updated Mixed-Methods Analysis on the Relationship between Public Opinion and Welfare Policies

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