Babken V Babajanian

Biographic Data

ID1400793
NAMEBabken V Babajanian
GIVEN NAMESBabken V
FAMILY NAMEBabajanian
SIGNATUREBABAJANIAN B V
AFFILIATIONSLondon School of Economics and Political Science
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS23
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2011
H-INDEX3

  • Problematising the community-contribution requirement in participatory projects

    Babken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLEDevelopment in Practice2011Cited by: 1References: 4

    This article examines the extent to which the World Bank-funded Village Investment Project in Kyrgyzstan promoted empowered participation of citizens in co-financing arrangements. It is based on in-depth qualitative interviews and focus-group sessions in 16 rural communities. The study found that the poor and marginalised did not always have the ability to engage in the processes of consensus building, influencing local decision making, and exerc…

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    Peter Hinchcliffe, Mark Valeri et al.ARTICLEBritish Journal of Middle Eastern…2009

    Additional informationNotes on contributorsPeter Hinchcliffe© 2009Peter Hinchcliffe© 2009Marc Valeri© 2009Julie Colegrove© 2009Husam Mohamed© 2009Husam Mohamed© 2009Cherine Shams El-Din© 2009Bruno De Nicola© 2009Will Smiley© 2009Amanullah De Sondy© 2009Babken V. Babajanian© 2009Luke Peterson© 2009Luke Peterson© 2009Manar H. Makhoul© 2009Ewan Stein© 2009Stephan Soehnchen© 2009Stephan Soehnchen© 2009Yonatan Mendel© 2009

  • Social Capital and Community Participation in Post-Soviet Armenia

    Babken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLEEurope Asia Studies2008Cited by: 5References: 6

    This article argues that the social capital framework used by development agencies in community-driven development projects in post-Soviet countries may not be adequate for analysing conditions affecting community participation. Research in Armenia shows that the availability of social capital in a community may not necessarily translate into participation. The governance environment plays a key role in affecting the nature and forms of community…

  • Social Welfare in Post-Soviet Armenia

    Babken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLEPost-Soviet Affairs2008Cited by: 8References: 28

    A drastic shift from strong social citizenship rights to a liberal, privatized, informal welfare model took place in post-Soviet Armenia. Drawing on the Armenian National Statistical Service's 2005 Integrated Living Conditions Survey and research conducted by the Armenian government and international agencies, this article evaluates the system of social welfare in post-Soviet Armenia. It identifies the direction of social policy reform during the…

  • Local governance in post-Soviet Armenia

    Open AccessBabken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLECommunist and Post-Communist…2008Cited by: 2References: 8

    This paper analyzes the effectiveness, responsiveness and accountability of local mayors in governing local development in Armenia. The research conducted in eight rural communities shows that in order to be effective, elected local mayors are compelled to resort to informal strategies to attract development resources to their communities. As formal opportunities for supporting rural livelihoods are limited, informal governance helps enhance peop…

  • The social exclusion framework and poverty reduction strategy in Tajikistan

    Babken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLECentral Asian Survey2006Cited by: 2

    This paper examines the usefulness of the ‘social exclusion’ framework for analysing and understanding the nature and causes of poverty in Tajikistan. Firstly, it briefly reviews the concept of soc

  • Civic participation in post-Soviet Armenia

    Babken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLECentral Asian Survey2005Cited by: 4

    The main objective of this paper is to discuss whether the concept of civil society or civic participation is applicable to the context of post-Soviet Armenia. In exploring this issue this paper ex

  • Bottom Up and Top Down? Community Development in Post‐Soviet Armenia

    Open AccessBabken V Babajanian, Babken BabajanianARTICLESocial Policy and Administration2005Cited by: 1References: 7

    The main objective of this article is to discuss the effectiveness of bottom‐up, community‐driven approaches in promoting community participation and building local capacity within the post‐Soviet social, institutional and political context of Armenia. In exploring this issue, the article examines the nature of local participation and social relations in rural communities in Armenia and the impact of the World Bank‐supported Armenia Social Invest…