The Can Cau market in Si Ma Cai district, northern Vietnam is a traditional market of the Red Mhong ethnic minority. The Mhongs have been living here for several generations…
Economics
Small-holder Coffee Grower and Livelihoods in Timor-Leste : Current status, Issues and Challenges
By: Anura Widana
Published: 2013-06-30
Based on a field study in 2013, it analyses the role of coffee production in the socio-economic and livelihoods of small-holders. It presents prospects for livelihoods upliftment and some of…
Community Development Economics & Finances Research & Evaluation
Economics
Lessons from Community Driven Development in Myanmar : Analysis of Preliminary Results
By: Anura Widana and Praful Soni
Published: 2016-08-20
This paper presents the lessons from phase I of the community driven development (CDD) project being implemented in Myanmar. The CDD approach has a special relevance and application in the…
Action Research Community Development Grants, Funding, Contracts & Fundraising
Non-profit Sector
Bris Kanda Incorporated and New Zealand Foreign Aid : Where to from here?
By: Anura Widana
Published: 2013-08-02
This paper presents the role of New Zealand Foreign Aid in supporting an NGO in Papua New Guinea during the past 7 years and the performance of the NGO. It…
Grants, Funding, Contracts & Fundraising Non-profit Sector
Ethnicity and Diversity
Comparison of socio economic characteristics of ethnic minority vis-à-vis main stream population: New Survey Evidence from Vietnam
By: Anura Widana
Published: 2013-05-20
This brief paper provides some key-socioeconomic data fro ethnic minority people and compare with that of the main-stream population.
Poverty and Inequality Race & Ethnicity
Non-profit Sector
Community participation in road works
By: Anura Widana
Published: 2011-10-20
This paper based on evaluation of road construction and rehabilitation programs in Asian countries outlines the main areas for community participation and strategies to secure the participation
Community Development Research & Evaluation
Ethnicity and Diversity
Si Ma Cai ethnic market in the Northern Vietnam
By: Anura Widana
Published: 2008-01-01
This article describes about the Si Ma Cai market in the northern Vietnam. The importance of the market in the life of Mhong ethnic minority and the new developments in…