Australian Development Gateway

The Australian Development Gateway (ADG) strives to support members of the development community in their efforts to reduce poverty and enhance sustainable development in the Asia Pacific region. The site has been created with participation from members of government, private, academia and non-government organisations. User feedback mechanisms have been incorporated to guide future directions of the site. The site is optimised for low bandwidth access to enable the widest participation throughout the Asia Pacific region.

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Participatory approaches

According to the World Bank, participation is a process through which stakeholders influence and share control over development initiatives and the decisions and resources which affect them.

Unless the poor are given an opportunity to participate in the development of interventions designed to improve their livelihoods, they will continue to miss the benefits of any intervention.

 

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