New Publications! LOK NITI The Monograph Series The Asian Development Forum (ADF) Series Conference Reports Before 2006 Publications     New Publications                                                                                                                                                                                                                   TIPS (Tools, Insights and Practices)   TIPS are articles that draw from the experiences of civil society organizations and projects in Asia on building rural poor organizations (RPOs). Written for development practitioners, these articles aim to encourage innovation and effective practice in organizing and strengthening RPOs- with the end goal of reducing poverty.     Insights and Lessons on Strengthening RPOs in Asia: SCOPE Experience   This publication is a record of the past three and a half years of striving to come to terms    with the issues and challenges involved in building self-sustaining organizations of the poor. It is also our contribution to the effort-- perhaps still nascent and little appreciated--to improve development support by focusing on the people and the groups that constitute the beneficiaries of our projects.     In Search of Common Ground: Forging Land Partnerships in the Philippines   This publication is a record of the efforts of the past three years to reconcile farmers and indigenous peoples by finding some common grounds between them. It also tries to capture the experience in building partnership among the government, groups supporting both farmers and indigenous peoples, and other agencies in order to address inconsistencies in the country's laws and programs in regard to land and asset reform.     CSO Experiences in Strengthening Rural Poor Organizations in Asia   This Publication documents selected experiences of CSOs in Asia - on working with the poor, developing their capacities through self-governing institutions, scaling up RPOs through coalitions and federations, and mediating the access of the poor to assets, technologies, policies and markets.      Strengthening Capacities of Organizations of the Poor: IFAD's Experience in Building and Strengthening Rural Poor Organizations in Asia   This publication contains a review of IFAD's projects in Asia and the Pacific, particularly looking at experiences in building organizations of the rural poor.  It reflects on successes and failures, draws out lessons, and provides suggestions to IFAD in building and strengthening organizations and coalitions of the rural poor.     Proceedings of the Third Country Training Program on Building Capacities of Asian NGOs in Poverty Reduction through Community Actions: "Promoting Participatory Local Governance for Rural Development"   ANGOC-JICA Third Country Training Program is on Participatory Local Governance. Included in this report are the summaries on the lectures on principles and concepts, techniques and practices for local governance.     NGO/CSO Engagement in Poverty Reduction Strategy Processes in Asia   This book is a product of the Round Table Discussion held in May 2006 among CSO representatives from Bangladesh, Lao PDR, the Philippines, and Vietnam where participants shared their experiences and insights on engagement in the PRSP processes.     Enhancing Access of the Poor to Land and common Property Resources   This resource book is a collection of best practices, lessons learned and experience gained by those who have been involved in facilitating the access of poor communities to land and common property resources. The Paper included in this compilation generally focus on the principles and lessons that underpin the initiatives being documented, or on policy options to improve resource access.     Sustainable Agriculture as Strategy for Poverty Reduction in Asia   Enhancing Capacities on Sustainable Agriculture for Poverty Reduction     Directory of Japanese Sustainable Agriculture Practitioners   Asian NGO Perspectives on Agrarian Reform and Access to Land   This paper draws its insights and policy positions from a variety of sources. These consist mainly of research studies (both published and unpublished) as well as recent position paper on agrarian reform that have been directly prepared, or contributed to, by Asian CSOs - both within and outside of the ANGOC network.