*PRGA Newsletter issue No. 26 October 2007
Rethinking Impact Workshop: Capturing the Complexity of Poverty and Change
In association with the CGIAR's Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative and Innovation Works, and the Sustainability Science Program of the Center for International Development (Harvard University), the PRGA Program is co-organizing a workshop on 'Rethinking Impact: Capturing the Complexity of Poverty and Change,' at CIAT headquarters, Cali, Colombia, March 26-28, 2008.
Prospective participants are requested to submit an abstract by November 9, 2007.
Open Nominations for PRGA Program Advisory Board Positions
Current positions waiting for new appointments: NRM representative, Farmer representative, CGIAR representative
Deadline November 2th
We would greatly appreciate any assistance in bringing this announcement to the attention of qualified candidates. If you or the candidate would like more information about the opportunity in question, please inquire directly to the PRGA Program Coordination office at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Applications should also be sent to this same e-mail.
New in PRGA Program Web-site's Recommended Resources
Simulating Regional Impacts of Afforestation on Average Annual Streamflow in the Loess Plateau. Forest Ecology and Management. 251, 65-81.
China is facing increased environmental pressures as its economy rapidly develops, with shortages of water potentially limiting development-especially in its dryer north andwest. The highly erodible Loess Plateau in theYellow River Basin is themain source of high sediment loads resulting in poor water quality. Engineering and re-vegetation measures have been (and are being) widely implemented to reduce these environmental problems, but it has since been found that re-vegetation activities result in a decrease of streamflow.
Learning Leadership Development form African Cultures: A Personal Perspective
Leadership development is currently a very high priority for capacity building in Africa. Practitioner experience, however, would suggest that the plethora of initiatives are largely imported from the West, and tend to have only limited application to the specific African contexts and cultures in which they operate
Leading to Choices: A Leadership Training Handbook for Women
Leading to Choices, developed by the Women's Learning Partnership for Rights, Development, and Peace (WLP) in collaboration with its partner organizations in the Global South, is based on a conceptualization of leadership as horizontal, inclusive, and participatory.
Businesswoman Creates Opportunities for Women in Conflict Zones
An American woman who was uprooted by conflict during her childhood is focusing her business acumen on marketing gifts made by women in war zones in the Middle East, Central America, Asia and Africa.
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