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Although much has bee, written on civil society participation in the formulation and monitoring of Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs), very little systematic and scientific evidence exists on the kind of organizations that participate and the elements that explain their involvement in these processes. This article considers one country case, Honduras, for which survey data were gathered from 101 civil society organizations (CSOs) in 2006. This study examines the characteristics these organizations display which explain (non)participation in the next participatory round of the PRSPs. The findings challenge some of the by now widely accepted ideas relating to the kinds of organizations involved in PRSP processes. The idea that predominantly urbanbased, highly professional, well-funded , donor-bred-and-fed nongovernmental organizations participate is too blunt. The Honduran case shows that the players in participative processes are more diversified than much of the current literature on PRSPs suggests. Aunque se ha escrito mucho sobre la participacion de la sociedad civil en la formulacion y el seguimiento de Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP), hay muy poca evidencia sistematica y cientifica sobre el tipo de organizaciones que participan y los elementos que explican su participacion en estos procesos. En este trabajo se considera un caso de pais, Honduras, donde se juntaron datos de la encuesta de 101 organizaciones de la sociedad civil en 2006. Este estudio examina las caracteristicas que estas organizaciones demuestran que explican (no) participacion en la proxima ronda de participacion de PRSP. Los resultados sugieren que algunas de las ideas ya ampliamente aceptadas con respecto al tipo de organizaciones que participan en los procesos de PRSP son equivocadas. La idea de que las organizaciones no gubernamentales que son de base predominantemente urbana, muy profesional, bien financiadas, criadas y alimentadas por donantes, es demasiado embotada. El caso de Honduras muestra que los actores en los procesos participativos son mas diversificados que lo que la mayoria de la literatura actual sobre PRSP sugiere., CIVIL SOCIETY PARTICIPATION UNDER THE NEW AID APPROACH: RATIONALE AND STATE OF THE ART The World Bank launched the Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) in 1999, and it soon became [...]

The article examines the characteristic patterns of Japanese women's movements and presents an overview of women's movements and their socio-political significance in post-war Japan. It is observed that the diversity of these movements has contributed to strengthening democracy at the grassroots.

The article examines development and evolving of Tanzania's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper (PRSP) policy, which aims to build partnership and dialogue between the donors, government and civil society and enhance ownership of reforms. Tensions created by PRSP in Tanzania are examined.

The article discusses about the process of change in informal rules in the European Union between formal treaty revisions and conflict between European Commission and European Parliament while framing informal rules for their interaction with civic society.

A study examining how the Social Forums that took place in southern Africa between 2003 and 2005 reflect and facilitate the effective articulation of growing popular resistance to neo-liberalism, economic injustice and political repression is illustrated. The Social Forum model is used mainly by the southern African social movements to strengthen their own struggles, but the global Social Forum remains biased towards Western activists and agendas.

Three civil action cases are examined to discuss the way in which the cultural practice of jeong and a Korean collective moral responsibility have revitalized ethical civil society in Korea. It is believed that the jeong-based ethical civil society is most culturally suitable and politically feasible in Korea.

Notions of civil society that focus on voluntary associations, interest groups, and a communicative public realm lead to rather bleak prognoses of political autonomy and democratization in the Middle East [...]

'We're launching the attack folks--and if we have our way, it will be on the same scale or bigger than past movements opposing the MAI and free trade.' --Susan Thompson, [...]