- What lessons can be learnt from the Vietnamese success story?
- N. Minot; F Golleti / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- The main objective of this report is to examine the new set of food policy issues facing Viet Nam as a result of its transformation into a major rice exporter and its transition toward a market economy. In particular, the report aims ...
- HIV/AIDS impacts food and livelihood security
- S.I. Michiels / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2001
- This paper aims to provide a suggested framework of action for FAO' s engagement in HIV/AIDS prevention and impact-mitigation in rural Sub Saharan Africa at the community and household level. It presents a list of potential activities...
- Policymakers must recognise that urban poverty exists and that it is increasing
- D. Maxwell; L. Levin; M. Armar-Klemesu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2000
- Substantial abstract of a report studying the impact of urban life on the livelihoods, food security, and nutritional status of the poor in Accra. Examines food consumption and employment and income, as well as hygiene practices, sani...
- Food-for Work policies and income diversification: comparing Cote d'Ivoire and Kenya
- C.B. Barrett; M. Bezuneh; A. Aboud / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000
- This paper presents evidence on the effects of two different sorts of policy shocks on observed income diversification patterns in rural Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya. Research results: In Côte d'Ivoire, ma...
- Petty-traders in peri-urban Africa: burgeoning class of entrepreneurs or underclass of underemployed and unemployed?
- P.D. Little / Land Tenure Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1999
- This article explores the increasing proliferation of petty traders, in Africa's sprawling peri-urban areas. Conclusions: The proliferation of petty traders in most peri-urban areas can be interpreted as an unhea...
- What is the role for targeting the poor in Peru?
- N.R. Schady / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
- This article explores geographic targeting of social programs to the poor in Peru. The potential payoffs of such targeting are large, and differences in outcomes with different targeting indicators are small. Geographic targeting is p...
- Assessing poverty through the prism of safety nets: an Indonesian case-study
- S. Sumarto; A. Suryahadi; L. Pritchett / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2000
- The "safety net" discussed in this paper guarantees against a poverty fall past an absolute level; the "safety rope" guarantees against a fall of more than a given distance. The safety net is concerned with an increase in poverty; the...
- Participatory assessment in community forestry
- K. Schoonmaker Freudenberger / Forests, Trees and People Programme and Network, FAO - SLU, 1994
- Manual offers guidelines for using rapid appraisal methods to gather information on tenure and natural resource management. It translates the concepts elaborated in Community Forestry Note 5, rapid appraisal of tree and land tenure. T...
- Can sustainable livelihood approaches strengthen and add value to national level policy on poverty reduction?
- N. Thin; M. Underwood; J. Gilling / Eldis Document Store, 2001
- DfID paper that asks: how far are social policy and livelihood issues/ approaches currently incorporated in Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs)? Can sustainable livelihood (SL) approaches strengthen and add value to national lev...
- Poverty decline in Jordan related to inquality decline
- R. A. Shaban; D. Abu-Ghaida; A. Al-Naimat / Workshop on the Analysis of Poverty and its Determinants in the MENA Region, 2001
- The purpose of this report is to draw lessons for improving the policy design of poverty alleviation schemes in Jordan. The conclusions herein are based on analyses of trends in consumption poverty in Jordan and assessment of the impa...
- Health and education subsidies in Africa favour the better off
- F. Castro-Leal; J. Dayton; L. Demery; K. Mehra / World Bank Research Observer, 1999
- This paper, published by the World Bank Research Observer (WBRO), examines the effectiveness of public social spending on education and health care in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, South Africa, and Tanza...
- A look at sustainable livelihoods and ethical trade through case studiers
- Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998
- Explores the actual and potential contribution ethical trade can make to the achievement of sustainable rural livelihoods. Summary report includes a description of ethical trade (Section 2), followed by an analysis of the buil...
- Financial sustainability, targeting the poorest and income impact: are there trade off for micro-finance institutions? (CGAP)
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest, 1999
- Political capital in the Sustainable Livelihoods approach
- P. Baumann / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Looks at the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) approach as an analytical framework. The potential of SL was examined by applying the framework for analysis in a research project on decentralised natural resource management in India.The SL ...
- Livelihoods and watershed development in India
- C. Turton; J. Farrington / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998
- India is remarkable not only in the scale of its wastelands, and in the volume of government funds committed to reversing degradation, but especially in the attempt to link environmental improvement and poverty reduction. The governme...
- Early experiences of sustainable livelihoods in DFID
- C. Ashley; D. Carney / Department for International Development, UK, 1999
- DFID review of conceptual development of sustainable livelihoods research and early experiences with programme implementation The approach was was found to be useful for: supporting systematic analysis of povert...
- Biodiversity through the lens of the Sustainable Livelihoods approach
- E. Cromwell / Overseas Development Institute, 1999
- This report reviews policy issues related to the maintenance of biodiversity in agricultural production, focusing on the effects on poor farmers. It provides suggestions for a newer approach to biodiversity, less reliant on ind...
- Using SL to bring together components of the ‘sustainability’ literature into a single methodological approach.
- P. Woodhouse; D. Howlett; D. Rigby / Centre for Agricultural Food and Resource Economics, University of Manchester, 2000
- Report of a project aiming at contribute to planners’ and policy makers’ understanding of what policies and institutions are required for effective, equitable, and sustainable management of renewable natural resources. The...
- Eight principles of self-sufficiency and productivity
- S. Lautze / Feinstein International Center, USA, 1997
- Paper presents set of principles as the basis of a livelihoods strategy for complex emergencies and suggests appropriate actions to implement measures.Principles and actions suggested include: rigorous assessment - pre...
- Sustainable livelihoods as an approach to poverty alleviation
- J. Farrington; D. Carney; C. Ashley; C. Turton / Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1999
- What is poverty – and how it can best be addressed – are central questions at conceptual and practical levels in international development. Increased donor commitment to tackling poverty has made the search for answers mor...
- Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels (CTA)
- On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners. The Brussels briefings website hosts the video documentation of all the speeches given at the conference, as well as the presentations of the speakers, the programme of...
- Climate Focus
- An advisory company committed to the development of policies and projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Asian Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development (AJARD)
- Open access journal focusing on agriculture and rural development
- Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences (RJOAS)
- An interdisciplinary open access journal of agriculture and socio-economic studies
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP)
- The Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) is an independent think tank serving the Pacific islands community. PiPP engages and connects principal stakeholders, promoting fraternity between the Pacific island countries and regional neighbours such as New Zealand and Australia.
- Integrated Development Society
- Integrated Development Society (IDS) Nepal is a non-for-profit, non-government development organisation working in the field of sustainable development, policy research and knowledge mobilisation.
- Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC)
- The Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium (SLRC) is a six year global research programme exploring livelihoods, basic services and social protection in conflict-affected situations. Funded by the UK Department for International Development (DFID), SLRC was established in 2011 with the aim of strengthening the evidence base and informing policy and practice around livelihoods and servic...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- International Growth Centre (IGC)
- The International Growth Centre (IGC) aims to promote sustainable growth in developing countries by providing demand-led policy advice based on frontier research. Based at LSE and in partnership with Oxford University, the IGC is initiated and funded by DFID. The IGC has 13 active country programmes in 12 countries (Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, India (Bihar state and Central), Mozambiqu...
- 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...
