Market development
- How biomass and bio-energy contributes to livelihoods while promoting trade and sustainable development
- F. Johnson; F. Rosillo-Calle / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2007
- How can biomass and bio-energy contribute to creating livelihoods while also promoting trade and sustainable development? What are the prospects for this in different regions?This report, an outcome of a workshop held in London in 2005, rev...
- Does microfinance empower women?
- A Lakwo / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2006
- This book on empowerment evaluation research explores the wider facilitatory impacts of microfinance on the empowerment of married rural women in Nebbi district, northwestern Uganda. The author finds that both theoretically and practi...
- Linking agriculture and social protection: is more joined-up thinking needed?
- J. Farrington; R. Slater; R. Holmes / Overseas Development Institute, 2007
- Agricultural growth can be socially protecting, but is also vulnerable to shocks and stresses, particularly for small farmers and farm workers. This paper sets out current practice and future prospects in respect of how social protect...
- A policy analysis examining the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions
- T. Wise / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007
- This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It gives the following ...
- Young people’s and parent’s views on education, qualifications and livelihoods, Sri Lanka
- A.W. Little; N. Fernando; S.T. Hettige / Eldis Document Store, 2006
- This report synthesises fieldwork survey results from the Globalisation, Qualifications and Livelihoods (GQL) Research Project in Sri Lanka. The GQL project examines shifts in the aspirations and expectations of youth regarding...
- Poorer or rural young people are excluded from the new white-collar jobs in Sri Lanka
- A.W. Little; S.T. Hettige / Eldis Document Store, 2006
- This report examines shifts in the livelihood structure of Sri Lanka after two decades economic liberalisation. Based mainly on analyses of secondary sources, this report complements field study household surveys undertaken in Sri Lan...
- The cashew nut industry in India and power relations in global value chains
- K. Harilal; N. Kanji; J. Jeyaranjan; M. Eapen; P. Swaminathan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India. The report is based on fieldwork in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in south India an...
- Trade negotiations: posing a danger to people and their environments around the world
- Friends of the Earth International, 2006
- This publication argues that current trade negotiations pose danger to people and their environments around the world, and highlights how people are losing their livelihoods and natural resources in the process. Those on the losing en...
- Addressing institutional weakness within anti-poverty efforts in India
- N. Mukherjee; M. Jayaswal; S. Roy; A. Mukherjee / Eldis Document Store, 2005
- The paper reports on a field study into the effectiveness of institutional processes to address anti-chronic poverty interventions in Paschim Medinipur district in the State of West Bengal in India. In the framework of Sustainable Liv...
- Livelihood diversification and poverty reduction
- P. Deshingkar / Overseas Development Institute, 2004
- This paper aims to stimulate debate about the importance of diversification in poverty reduction, agricultural development and economic growth. It argues for: a broader entry point for poverty reduction that is multi-se...
- How biomass and bio-energy contributes to livelihoods while promoting trade and sustainable development
- F. Johnson; F. Rosillo-Calle / Stockholm Environment Institute, 2007
- How can biomass and bio-energy contribute to creating livelihoods while also promoting trade and sustainable development? What are the prospects for this in different regions?This report, an outcome of a workshop held in London in 2005, rev...
- Does microfinance empower women?
- A Lakwo / Microfinance Gateway, CGAP, 2006
- This book on empowerment evaluation research explores the wider facilitatory impacts of microfinance on the empowerment of married rural women in Nebbi district, northwestern Uganda. The author finds that both theoretically and practi...
- Linking agriculture and social protection: is more joined-up thinking needed?
- J. Farrington; R. Slater; R. Holmes / Overseas Development Institute, 2007
- Agricultural growth can be socially protecting, but is also vulnerable to shocks and stresses, particularly for small farmers and farm workers. This paper sets out current practice and future prospects in respect of how social protect...
- A policy analysis examining the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions
- T. Wise / Global Development and Environment Institute, Tufts University, 2007
- This policy analysis examines the room for alternative policies for agricultural provisions in Mexico under existing economic and environmental agreements, including North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). It gives the following ...
- Young people’s and parent’s views on education, qualifications and livelihoods, Sri Lanka
- A.W. Little; N. Fernando; S.T. Hettige / Eldis Document Store, 2006
- This report synthesises fieldwork survey results from the Globalisation, Qualifications and Livelihoods (GQL) Research Project in Sri Lanka. The GQL project examines shifts in the aspirations and expectations of youth regarding...
- Poorer or rural young people are excluded from the new white-collar jobs in Sri Lanka
- A.W. Little; S.T. Hettige / Eldis Document Store, 2006
- This report examines shifts in the livelihood structure of Sri Lanka after two decades economic liberalisation. Based mainly on analyses of secondary sources, this report complements field study household surveys undertaken in Sri Lan...
- The cashew nut industry in India and power relations in global value chains
- K. Harilal; N. Kanji; J. Jeyaranjan; M. Eapen; P. Swaminathan / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2006
- This report explores the impacts of an expanding global market for cashew nuts on the livelihoods of women workers in the cashew processing industry in India. The report is based on fieldwork in Kerala and Tamil Nadu in south India an...
- Trade negotiations: posing a danger to people and their environments around the world
- Friends of the Earth International, 2006
- This publication argues that current trade negotiations pose danger to people and their environments around the world, and highlights how people are losing their livelihoods and natural resources in the process. Those on the losing en...
- Addressing institutional weakness within anti-poverty efforts in India
- N. Mukherjee; M. Jayaswal; S. Roy; A. Mukherjee / Eldis Document Store, 2005
- The paper reports on a field study into the effectiveness of institutional processes to address anti-chronic poverty interventions in Paschim Medinipur district in the State of West Bengal in India. In the framework of Sustainable Liv...
- Livelihood diversification and poverty reduction
- P. Deshingkar / Overseas Development Institute, 2004
- This paper aims to stimulate debate about the importance of diversification in poverty reduction, agricultural development and economic growth. It argues for: a broader entry point for poverty reduction that is multi-se...
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