Impact
- Can social security redress endemic poverty in South Africa?
- S. van der Berg; C. Bredenkamp / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
- Is social security, designed to provide protection against various contingencies, well suited to the elimination or redress of large-scale, endemic poverty? This article attempts to contribute to the debate surrounding social security...
- What is the impact of microfinance on poor household health in Indonesia?
- G. Gertler; D. Levine; E. Moretti / Institute for Development Research, Boston, 2002
- Families in developing countries face enormous financial risks from major illness both in terms of the cost of medical care and the loss in income associated with reduced labour supply and productivity. The authors test whether...
- Safety nets and opportunities in South Asia
- N. Kabeer / Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- This paper aims to review literature on social protection measures in the context of India and Bangladesh. It explores whether some of the lessons learned from responses to vulnerability lend themselves to the notion of 'investment' i...
- Forestry and food security from a variety of perspectives
- Unasylva, FAO, 2000
- Unasylva issue looking at different perpectives on issues of physical and economic access to food for forest dependent peoples. Articles are structured as a series of case studies from around the world to analyse the linkages between ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sustainable livelihoods approaches and methods for assessing the impact of wildlife projects in East Africa
- C. Ashley; K. Hussein / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Describes how key concepts of the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) approach were incorporated into methods for assessing the impact of wildlife projects in East Africa. It shows that the SL approach can be applied not only to planning new...
- 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...
- A livelihoods review of projects in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India
- C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Reviews the design of two new DFID projects in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India. The projects aim to contribute to the Government of India’s efforts to eliminate poverty through support to its watershed development programme. Th...
- Can social security redress endemic poverty in South Africa?
- S. van der Berg; C. Bredenkamp / Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town (UCT), South Africa, 2002
- Is social security, designed to provide protection against various contingencies, well suited to the elimination or redress of large-scale, endemic poverty? This article attempts to contribute to the debate surrounding social security...
- What is the impact of microfinance on poor household health in Indonesia?
- G. Gertler; D. Levine; E. Moretti / Institute for Development Research, Boston, 2002
- Families in developing countries face enormous financial risks from major illness both in terms of the cost of medical care and the loss in income associated with reduced labour supply and productivity. The authors test whether...
- Safety nets and opportunities in South Asia
- N. Kabeer / Overseas Development Institute, 2002
- This paper aims to review literature on social protection measures in the context of India and Bangladesh. It explores whether some of the lessons learned from responses to vulnerability lend themselves to the notion of 'investment' i...
- Forestry and food security from a variety of perspectives
- Unasylva, FAO, 2000
- Unasylva issue looking at different perpectives on issues of physical and economic access to food for forest dependent peoples. Articles are structured as a series of case studies from around the world to analyse the linkages between ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Sustainable livelihoods approaches and methods for assessing the impact of wildlife projects in East Africa
- C. Ashley; K. Hussein / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Describes how key concepts of the Sustainable Livelihoods (SL) approach were incorporated into methods for assessing the impact of wildlife projects in East Africa. It shows that the SL approach can be applied not only to planning new...
- 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...
- A livelihoods review of projects in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India
- C. Turton / Overseas Development Institute, 2000
- Reviews the design of two new DFID projects in Orissa and Andhra Pradesh, India. The projects aim to contribute to the Government of India’s efforts to eliminate poverty through support to its watershed development programme. Th...
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