Community Organization
ABCD and Community Driven Development
- ABCD Institute Workbooks - various titles.
- Kretzmann, J. & McKnight, J. (2005). Discovering community power: A guide to mobilizing local assets and your organization's capacity. (2.01 Mb pdf)
- Kretzmann, J., McKnight, J. & Puntenney, D. (1996). A guide to mapping local business assets and mobilizing local business capacities. (795K pdf)
- Kretzmann, J., McKnight, J., & Puntenney, D. (1998). A guide to creating a neighborhood information exchange: Building communities by connecting local skills and knowledge. (780K pdf)
- Puntenney, D. (2000). A guide to building sustainable organizations from the inside out: An organizational capacity building toolbox from the Chicago Foundation for Women. (812K pdf)
- Foster, M. & Mathie, A. (2001). Situating asset-based community development in the international development context.
- Kretzmann, J. & McKnight, J. (1993). Building communities from the inside out. Chicago, IL: ACTA Publications. Library copy: 307.112 K886b.
- Mathie, A. & Cunningham, G. (2002). From clients to citizens: Asset-based community development as a strategy for community driven development (Occasional Paper 4). Coady International Institute. (576K pdf)
- Mathie, A. & Cunningham, G. (2003). Who is driving development: Reflections on the transformative potential of asset-based community development (Occasional Paper 5). Coady International Institute. (503K pdf)
Aid Effectiveness
Appreciative Inquiry
Sustainable Livelihoods
- Bebbington, A. (1999). Capitals and capabilities: A framework for analyzing peasant viability, rural livelihoods and poverty. World Development, 27/12.
- Dupar, M. & Badenoch, N. (2002). Environment, livelihoods and local institutions: Decentralisation in Mainland South East Asia. World Resources Institute.
- Ford Foundation. (2002). Building assets to reduce poverty and injustice. Asset Building and Community Development Program. (696K pdf)
- Krishna, A. (2002). Active social capital: Tracing the roots of development and democracy. New York: Columbia University Press. Library copy: 306.3 K897a.
- Woolcock, M. & Narayan, D. (2000). Social capital: Implications for development theory, research, and policy. The World Bank Research Observer, 15(2), 225-249.
Participatory Methodologies
- Ashford, G., et al. (Eds.). (2001). Enhancing ownership and sustainability: A resource book on participation. Library copy: 309.212 As35e.
- Davies, R. (1998). An evolutionary approach to facilitating organizational learning: An experiment by the Christian Commission for Development in Bangladesh. In D. Mosse, J. Farrington, & A. Rew, Development as Process: Concepts and Methods for Working with Complexity. London: Routledge/ODI.
- Estrella, M. (Ed.). (2000). Learning from change: Issues and experiences in participatory monitoring and evaluation. Ottawa: ITDG/IDRC. Library copy: 300.72 Es88l.
- Gosling, L. (1995). Toolkits: A practical guide to assessment, monitoring, review and evaluation. London: Save the Children. Library copy: 338.90068 G693t.
- Gubbels, P. & Koss, C. (2000). From the roots up: Strengthening organisational capacity through guided self assessment. Oklahoma City: World Neighbors. Library copy: 338.91 G932f.
- Gujit, I. (2000). Participatory monitoring and impact assessment of sustainable agriculture initiatives: An introduction to the key elements. London: IIED. Library copy: 300.72 G943p.
- Holland, J. & Blackburn, J. (Eds.). (1998). Whose voice? Participatory research and policy change. London: Intermediate Technology. Library copy: 309.212 H719w.
- Participatory Learning and Action (PLA) Notes - series on participatory learning and action approaches and methods.
- Stephens, A. (1988). Participatory monitoring and evaluation: A handbook for training fieldworkers. Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific (RAPA). Bangkok: FAO. Library copy: 300.72 St43p.
- Wates, N. (2000). The community planning handbook. London: Earthscan. Library copy: 307.12 W319c.
The role of NGOs, Local Government, and the Private Sector
- Africa Finance and Private Sector Development, World Bank resource page.
- Private sector and markets resources from Overseas Development Institute (ODI).
- Commission on the Private Sector & Development. (2004). Engaging the private sector in development. In the Commission's report, Unleashing entrepreneurship: Making business work for the poor. (484K pdf)
- Community-Driven Development resources from the World Bank.
- Dhanarajan, S. & Fowler, P. (2008). Business and the Millennium Development Goals. (771K pdf)
- Fowler, A. (2000). Civil society, NGDOs and social development: Changing the rules of the game. (Geneva 2000 Occasional paper No. 1).
- Fugere, R. (2001). Future directions for development non-governmental organizations (Occasional Paper 3). Coady International Institute. (485K pdf)
- Kaplan, A. (1999). The Development of Capacity, UN-NGLS Development Dossier.
- Kaplan, A. (2002). Development Practitioners and Social Process - Artists of the Invisible. London: Pluto Press. Library copy: 307.14 K141d.
- The NGO Café, contains resources for managing an NGO.
- NGO Politics, course outline, material and references from the University of Washington, by Aseem Prakash.
- Non-Profit Good Practice Guide, provides information for managing a nonprofit organization.
- Promoting pro-poor growth: Private sector development, an extract from the publication Promoting pro-poor growth: Policy guidance for donors. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), 2006. (823K pdf)
- Synergos Institute addresses poverty and social injustice by supporting leaders so they can change the systems that keep people in poverty.
Websites
- The Asset-Based Community Development Institute (ABCD)
- CIVICUS: World Alliance for Citizen participation.
- EcoViva works with low-income communities to achieve environmental sustainability, economic self-sufficiency, social justice and peace.
- Green Economics is based on the book Designing the Green Economy: The Postindustrial Alternative to Corporate Globalization, by Brian Milani.
- Holistic Management International, works for land management and renewal practices.
- Honey Care: case study of private sector partnership with NGOs and local communities.
- International Development Enterprises (IDE), a non-profit organization concerned with rural poverty in the world's least developed countries.
- International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)
- International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), download The Positive Path, a book on appreciative inquiry. (2.47 Mb pdf)
- Organisational capacity building at the community level, INTRAC.
- The market of the majority: The BOP Opportunity Map of Latin America and the Caribbean: the majority of the world's people survive on incomes which do not meet basic human needs. These people are the base of the economic pyramid (BOP). (473K pdf)
- Myrada is an Indian organizations that works with appreciative inquiry.
- Oneworld Capacity Building, list of resources.
- Participation, Power and Social Change Team, Institute of Development Studies (IDS).
- Participation in development resources from Eldis.
- Resource Centers for Participatory Learning and Action
- Centre for Sustainable Community Development (CSCD), Simon Fraser University.
- World Council of Credit Unions (WOCCU) publications for sustainability, democracy and ownership of credit unions.