Vol 3, No 1 (2012)

Special issue on Decentralization, Local Development and Women’s Empowerment: Innovating Knowledge and Practice

UNIVERSITAS FORUM : Journal on Human Development and International Cooperation

Editorial committee: Gilda Esposito, Italy; Roberta Pellizzoli, Italy; Haram Sidibé, Mali; Sara Swartz, Canada (coordinator)

Editorial advisory board: Eileen Alma, IDRC, Canada; Rita Cassisi, UN Women, Guatemala; Maria Angelica Fauné, Nicaragua; Lucia Kiwala, UN Habitat, Kenya; Ananya Mukherjee, York University, Canada; Bianca Pomeranzi, Italian Development Cooperation, Italy; Gabriella Rossetti, University of Ferrara, Italy; Sarah Silliman, Huairou Commission, USA.

Editorial collaborators: Giulia Malagoli and Mariapaola Pietracci Mirabelli

The views expressed in this journal are those of the individual authors and do not necessarily represent those of the Universitas Programme, the KIP International School or the collaborating organizations.

Table of Contents

Editorial

Universitas Forum
Sara Swartz

In Practice

M. Manjula
Kalyanasundaram Vijayalakshmi, R. Abarna Thooyavathy
Saswati Roy
Rokia Sanogo, Sergio Giani
Agencia de Desarrollo Económico Local ADED Valle
Annie Barber
Melissa MacLean, Katherine Gifford
Mini Sukumar
Regula Modlich
Assetou Founé
Pilar Campaña, Andrea Bascuñán
Françoise Bibiane Yoda
REDMUCH Red Departamental de Mujeres Chiquimultecas
Esther Mwaura Muiru, Jael Amati, Anne Wamaitha Mbotela
Amina Nakintu-Mbaziira, Frances Birungi
Masitulla Nakisozi, Frances Birungi

Roundtable

Rita Cassisi, Ananya Mukherjee, Bianca Pomeranzi, Gabriella Rossetti, Sarah Silliman

Viewpoint

Ananya Mukherjee
Anabella Cerezo
Connie Guberman

From our archives

Bianca Pomeranzi
Rita Cassisi

Partners' links

IDRC International Development Research Centre, CRDI Centre de Recherches pour le Développement International
UN HABITAT
Huairou Commission
UN Women