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| Livelihoods |
| Land |
| Public Services |
| Political Economy |
| Economics |
| Aid Management |
| Darfur |
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| October 2009 |
| S. SUDAN In August, JM led a review of DFID's Basic Services Fund and its comparative advantage as a recovery funding mechanism in a post-conflict environment. PAKISTAN JM is advising the Rural Support Programme Network on assessing the impact of Com- munity Driven Development. A book on the RSP experience is to be published shortly. |
James Morton & Company
A small consultancy supporting international efforts to promote growth and social development, JM & Co is based on its founder's 30 years experience across Africa, Asia, the Middle East and S. America.
Livelihoods
Bridging the gap between analysis and day-to-day reality, with an understanding based on:
- a unique set of field studies
- 15 years' work with public services in difficult areas
Land
From settlement in Darfur to national reform in Guyana, focussing on:
- Impact: Who gains and who loses?
- Institutions: Sustainable and affordable land law and land services?
Public Services
Taking Poverty Reduction Strategies through to Public Service Action, by combining:
- experience at the front line of service delivery
- a strategic approach which links policy reform with public expenditure management, and institution building. TOP
Political Economy
'.. the success or failure of an aid programme is essentially related to aspects of political economy ..’ That lesson from Darfur in the 1980s has been at the centre of JM’s work ever since.
Economics
Practical solutions underpinned by rigorous analysis, with a focus on:
- Innovation, especially in agriculture
- Growth: private sector development, market chains and rural finance
- Environmental Economics TOP
Aid Management
A systematic, tested approach to:
- Planning and implementing multi-million dollar programmes
- Evaluating welfare impacts
- Policy formation
Darfur
An understanding born of 6 years living in Nyala and Zalingei, a unique body of field material and theoretical research ranging from semi-arid ecologies through institutional economics to Islamic sociology. TOP
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| A new series, Livelihoods in Literature is launched with Georgia's Ruling, A Tale of De Soto's American Land Law. |
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| James Morton
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Company No 6331945
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| Tel: + 44 1 844 213063 |
| mail@jfmorton.co.uk |