- 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...
- Bad news for the urban poor
- J. Levinsohn; S. Berry; J. Friedman / National Bureau of Economic Research, USA, 1999
- Did the recent financial crisis in Indonesia result in dramatic price increases? In the Indonesian case the very poor appear the most vulnerable. The results emphasize the importance of heterogeneity when measuring the impact of the I...
- Affordability of safety net programmes is a normative and political judgement
- S. Devereux / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2001
- This study examined the design and impacts of cash transfer programmes in three southern Africa countries. Design choices such as targeting, transfer levels and transfer mode (cash or food) require sensitivity by policy-makers and par...
- Lives of poor people are most affected by actions at the country level
- African Development Bank, 2000
- This report was prepared for the G8 Kyushu-Okinawa Summit Meeting 2000 by a consortium of multilateral finance organizations including African Development Bank, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, Inter-American Developm...
- Accessing credit can lead to a decline in income for rural smallholders
- A. Diagne; M. Zeller / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
- This report analyzes the determinants of access to credit in Malawi and its impact on farm and nonfarm income and on household food security and seeks to quantify the relationship between the demand for formal loans and that for infor...
- 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...
- Lessons from projects in Africa, Asia and South America
- IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre, 2000
- Eight drinking water and sanitation supply (DWSS) and three integrated water resource management (IWRM) projects from seven countries were reviewed to identify the extent to which they incorporated integrated water resource management...
- Operationalizing sustainable Livelihood approaches: inter-agency experiences and lessons
- C. Ashley; D. Carney / Department for International Development, UK, 1999
- This report emerges from an Inter-agency Forum on 'Operationalizing Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches', executed by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and supported by DFID. Lessons learned It is vital ...
- A review of the fundamental principles behind sustainable livelihood approaches of donor agencies
- D. Carney; M. Drinkwater; T. Rusinow; K. Neefjes; S. Wanmali; N. Singh / Eldis Document Store, 1999
- The article concludes that these agencies are still relatively early on in their efforts to implement sustainable livelihoods approaches, and it is probably too early to draw firm conclusions about differences. However, the four agenc...
- Why the Sustainable Livelihoods approach requires changes in the way programmes and projects are prepared and implemented
- C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Experiences are presented of using the SL approach at CSP and programme level in Cambodia. The sustainable livelihoods approach (SL) was used in the context of a study which aimed to identify options for a programme to support rural l...
- The GAPVU Cash Transfer Program in Mozambique: an assessment
- G. Datt; E. Payongayong; J.L. Garrett; M. Ruel / International Food Policy Research Institute, 1997
- The GAPVU cash transfer program is an important safety net for urban Mozambique. The coverage of the program is impressive within the urban sector, reaching about 16 percent of all urban households. Although the mean transfer amount i...
- Effects of market reform on access to food by low-income households : evidence from four countries in Eastern and Southern Africa
- Development Experience Clearinghouse, USAID, 1996
- This report highlights conclusions from the study which have broader implications for targeting vulnerable groups. There appear to be major opportunities to promote household food security through the use of self-targeting. By further...
- Are school breakfast programmes an effective intervention?
- S. Cueto; M. Chinen; I. Montes; F. Andrade; M. Staeheli / Grupo de Analisis para el Desarrollo, Peru, 2000
- Evaluation of the educational impact of a school breakfast program implemented in rural schools in the highlands of Peru. Specifically, measurements in weight, height, school enrollment, dropout, attendance, cognitivPreue activities, ...
- 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...
- Net public social expenditure [analysis of OECD data]
- A Willem; M Einerhand; E Bengt; J Lotz; M Pearson / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1999
- The OECD Social Expenditure data base (SOCX) allows the monitoring of trends in aggregate social expenditure and changes in its composition. But aggregate social expenditure may sometimes fail to reflect the true ‘effort’ of...
- 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...
- 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...
