Occasional Papers

Coady Occasional Papers Series documents research and issues written by Coady staff and associates, including research in progress to encourage feedback and discussion. Starting in 2015 this series is replaced by the Innovations Series listed above.

• Peters, B., Gonsamo, M., & Molla, S. (2011). Capturing unpredictable and intangible change: Evaluating an Asset-Based Community Development (ABCD) approach in Ethiopia (Occasional paper no. 10). Coady Institute. (9 Mb pdf)
• Cunningham, G. (2011). Community economic literacy and the ‘Leaky Bucket’ (Occasional paper no. 9). Coady Institute. (2 Mb pdf)
• Misra, R. (2009). ITC Choupal Fresh: A case in pro poor value chains (Occasional paper no, 8). Coady Institute. (734K pdf)
• Cunningham, G., & Fiander, K. (2009). By their own hands: 200 years of building community in St. Andrews, Nova Scotia (Occasional paper no. 7). Coady Institute. (504K pdf)
• MacDonald, J. (2006). Village development committees for representative and responsive rural governance (Occasional paper no. 6). Coady Institute. (727K pdf)
• Mathie, A., & Cunningham, G. (2003). Who is driving development? Reflections on the transformative potential of asset-based community development (Occasional paper no. 5). Coady Institute. (503K pdf) (Also appears in Canadian Journal of Development Studies, 26 (1), 175-187).
• Mathie, A., & Cunningham, G. (2002). From clients to citizens: Asset-based community development as a strategy for community-driven development (Occasional paper no. 4). Coady Institute. (576K pdf). Published in Development in Practice 13(5), 2003.
• Fugere, B. (2001). Future directions for development non-governmental organizations (Occasional paper no. 3). Coady Institute. (485K pdf)
• Mathie, A. (2001). Including the excluded: Lessons learned from the poverty targeting strategies used by micro-finance providers (Occasional paper no 2). Coady Institute. (89K pdf)
• Kearney, J., & Mathie, A. (2001). Past, present and future: Educating for social and economic change at the Coady International Institute (Occasional paper no. 1). Coady Institute. (502K pdf)