Alumni

Dr. Mirtha R. Muñiz Castillo

Thesis:
Human Development and Autonomy in Project Aid - Experiences from four bilateral projects in Nicaragua and El Salvador

Year: 2009

Promotor(s):
Chris de Neubourg, Des Gasper and Janet M. Billson

Selected publications by Mirtha R. Muñiz Castillo


Articles (journal, professional, popular)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2014, `Development Projects from the Inside Out: Project Logic, Organizational Practices and Human Autonomy, Journal of Human Development and Capabilities, 15, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. & D. Gasper, 2012, `Human Autonomy Effectiveness and Development Projects, Oxford Development Studies, 40


Book chapters
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2011, Human autonomy and development effectiveness: Introducing a people-centred framework for project assessment, in: Leßmann, O., H. Otto and H. Ziegler (eds.), Closing the Capabilities Gap: Renegotiating social justice for the young, Barbara Budrich Publishers, Germany


MGSoG Working Papers
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2010, Project logic, organisational practices and human autonomy; Four foreign-aided projects in Nicaragua and El Salvador, MGSoG Working Paper 2010-015
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2009, Autonomy as foundation for human development: A conceptual model to study individual autonomy, MGSoG Working Paper 2009-011
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. & D. Gasper, 2009, Looking for long-run development effectiveness: An autonomy-centred framework for project evaluation, MGSoG Working Paper 2009-005
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2008, A proposal to analyse international aid projects: From individual autonomy to human development, In Spanish, MGSoG Working Paper 2008-009
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2007, Autonomy and aid projects: Why do we care?, MGSoG Working Paper 2007-010
Hagen-Zanker, Jessica Sabine & Mirtha R. Muñiz Castillo, 2006, Exploring multi-dimensional wellbeing and remittances in El Salvador, MGSoG Working Paper 2006-002


External working papers
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. & D. Gasper, 2011, Human autonomy effectiveness and development projects, ISS Working Paper, 519, The Hague. International Institute of Social Studies of Erasmus University Rotterdam, More information


Research reports
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , Kattia Tirado Arias & et al., 2015, Examen de Desempeño al Servicio de Mantenimiento de Caminos Vecinales [The maintenance service of rural roads; Performance Audit Report], Informe N° 253-2015-CG/ADE, Performance Audit Department, Supreme Audit Institution of Peru, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , Juan Oriundo Verástegui & et al., 2015, Examen de Desempeño al Servicio de Cuidado Diurno del Programa Nacional “Cuna Más” [The day care service of the national program “Cuna Mas”; Performance Audit Report], Informe N° 058-2015-CG/ADE, Performance Audit Department, Supreme Audit Institution of Peru, More information


Conference contributions
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2014, Human Development and Critical Autonomy: Development projects as social learning spaces, Paper presented at the 5th Conference of the Latin American and Caribbean Association for Human Development and the Capabilities Approach (ALCADECA): ‘Ethics, Agency and Human Development’. Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Peru, Lima, Peru (14-16/05/2014)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2014, Human Autonomy Effectiveness: A people-centred assessment framework, Talk at the Academic Symposium “Pathways to autonomy in microfinance” for the 20th anniversary of ADA, financed by the Luxembourg Directorate for Development Cooperation and Humanitarian Affairs, Luxembourg (15/10/2014) (Invited and sponsored participant)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2013, Development projects from the inside out: Project logic, organisational practices and human autonomy, Paper presented at the International Conference of the Human Development and Capability Association (HDCA): ‘Human Development: Vulnerability, Inclusion and Wellbeing’. Universidad Centroamericana (UCA), Managua, Nicaragua (10-12/09/2013)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2011, Seminar on Economics and Development, organized by Suma Pais, School for Political Leadership, Lima, Peru (26/11/2011)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2010, Seminar on Autonomy and Development Projects, With the participation of the Institute for Research, Training and Development of Women (IMU), San Salvador, El Salvador (29/07/2010)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2010, Project logic, organisational practices and individual autonomy: four foreign-aided projects in Nicaragua and El Salvador, Paper presented at the 3rd ALCADECA Conference. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brasil (11-12/11/2010)


Theses
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2009, Human Development and Autonomy in Project Aid - Experiences from four bilateral projects in Nicaragua and El Salvador, MGSoG Dissertation Series, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2003, The public pension expenditure, is it sustainable?, Master thesis in Social Protection Financing, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands


Other (editorship, media appearance, keynote, etc.)
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2010, Autonomía y proyectos de desarrollo: Cuatro experiencias en Nicaragua y El Salvador, Lima: Corporacion Inthelios S.A, More information
Muñiz Castillo, Mirtha R. , 2008, Book review: Latin America. A new developmental welfare state model in the making?, European Review of Latin America and Caribbean Studies, 84, 118-120

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