Bangladesh and Livelihoods
- Capital:
Dhaka - Population:
156118464 - Size:
144000.0 Km2
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- Technology-based non structural measures for managing floods
- A.B. Shrestha / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. They tend to carry with them much higher amounts of debris which can caus...
- Community-based approaches to flash flood risk management
- A.B. Shrestha; S.H. Shah; R. Karim / International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development, 2008
- Frequent flash floods in the Hindu-Kush Himalayan region pose a severe threat to life, livelihoods and infrastructure, both within the mountains and downstream. Vulnerable groups, including people with disabilities, the poor, women an...
- Mandatory systems to expand pension coverage to informal sector in Asia are unlikely to work
- L. MacKellar (ed) / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank, 2009
- The unprecedented speed at which Asian populations are ageing requires a rapid forward looking response from governments in the region to provide protection against the risk of poverty in old age. Given the large and sometimes growing...
- How pensions can affect emotional and physical well-being.
- A.K.M.M. Rana; S.M. Ahmed / Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management, 2008
- This study examines the impact of small-scale old age allowance, initiated by the government of Bangladesh in 1998, on the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of elderly persons. Beneficiaries have been increased from 0.5 million i...
- Designing flexible pensions systems to encompass more workers
- Y. Hu; F. Stewart / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009
- Pension reform around the world in recent decades has focused mainly on the formal sector. Consequently, many of those working in the informal sector have been left out of structured pension arrangements, particularly in developing co...
- Climate change and its impacts on Bangladesh
- J. S. Pender / Norwegian Church Aid, 2010
- This paper aims to summarise current international and national literature on climate change and put it into language which will be more easily understood by development practitioners in Bangladesh and elsewhere. Spe...
- Assessing the impact of agriculture-focused social protection programmes in Bangladesh
- R. Holmes; J. Farrington; T. Rahman / Overseas Development Institute, 2008
- In spite of recent economic growth, Bangladesh remains a country marked by high poverty. Poverty is particularly high in rural areas where the vast majority of people depend on agriculture. In this context, the government and NGOs are...
- Influencing policy processes in inland fisheries in Bangladesh to promote sustainable livelihoods
- J. Keeley / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2003
- What are the dilemmas facing field staff trying to engage with – and influence – policy processes? What successes have there been in implementing Community Based Fisheries Management (CBFM) approaches in Bangladesh? This IDS pub...
- Livelihoods and capacity to adapt to climate change in Bangladesh
- A. Subbiah; S. Baas; J. Ingmar / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2006
- What are people already doing to adapt their livelihoods to climate change in Bangladesh? What can be done to improve their capacity to adapt?This case study report documents responses to the continuing trend of more frequent and intense dr...
- An overview of organisational change and sustainable livelihoods
- K. Pasteur / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- What outcomes does change for sustainable livelihoods aim to achieve? What paths should be taken during the change process? In this booklet Kath Pasteur draws together insights from research on organisational change in India and Bangl...
- Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP)
- The Chars Livelihoods Programme (CLP) works with extreme poor households living on island chars in north western Bangladesh, and aims to improve the livelihoods of over one million people. The CLP is jointly funded by UKaid through the Department for International Development and the Australian Government (AusAID), sponsored by the Rural Development and Co-operatives Division of the Government of...
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute (BEI)
- Bangladesh Enterprise Institute is a non-profit, non-political research centre. Established in October 2000, the Institute has established for itself a reputation for excellence in its research and advocacy work focusing on the growth of private enterprise in Bangladesh. The Institute promotes issues of importance to the private sector and seeks to initiate essential measures and influence policy...
