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Scaling up participation: conference

Scaling up participation: conference

Professor Diana Mitlin, Professor of Global Urbanism, Global Development Institute How can participation be scaled up to make an impact that has relevance at the scale required? What are the challenges that must be tackled in terms of exclusion of those who have the...
Water, language and inclusion

Water, language and inclusion

Professor Diana Mitlin, Managing Director, Global Development Institute   After some years away from the water literature I’ve been struck by extent to which a language of neoliberalism has permeated the sector. There are significant costs to this use of language....