Analysis of the key components of a well functioning health system, including: health promotion; access to medicines; health systems financing; health service delivery; governance and health; and human resources for health.
- Impacts of internal and international migration on Indian development
- R. Srivastava; S.K. Sasikumar / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This paper reviews both internal migration in India and emigration of Indians to other countries, drawing on secondary sources to profile migrant workers, and to identify the causes and impacts of migration. Its findings inclu...
- Bangladesh government policy on international migration
- T. Siddiqui / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This paper outlines the history of migration from Bangladesh; identifies the numbers and profile of international migrants; examines labour market conditions and remittance flows; and analyses government policies and programmes for ma...
- Characteristics of Vietnamese migrants in the 1990s
- D.N. Anh; C. Tacoli; H.X. Thanh / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- Internal and international migration has significantly increased in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. This paper reviews patterns of migration in Vietnam in the 1990s, drawing on national census data, in order to gain insigh...
- Effects of poverty on choosing migration as a livelihood strategy
- H. Waddington; R. Sabates-Wheeler / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2003
- This paper takes a sustainable livelihoods approach to understanding the relationship between migration and poverty, and it explores the effects of poverty on people’s decision and ability to migrate. A livelihood approach...
- Migration and livelihoods within Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India
- P. Deshingkar; D. Start / Overseas Development Institute, 2003
- Seasonal and circular migration of labour for employment has become one of the most durable components of the livelihood strategies of people living in rural areas on India .This paper looks at why some groups within India have succee...
- Water, livelihoods and resettlement of displaced people: lessons from Eritrea
- Gaim Kibreab; Alan Nicol / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- In the past decade, the Gash-Barka region in Eritrea’s western lowlands on the borders of Sudan and Ethiopia has become a site of resettlement for refugees returning from Sudan and those displaced by border clashes with Ethiopia....
- Palestinian livelihoods in Egypt
- Oroub Al Abed / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Palestinians, numbering over eight million around the world, are known among other diaspora communities for their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Palestinians in Egypt are currently employed in a wide range of professions, among...
- Rural -urban linkages and poverty in Africa
- C. Tacoli / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
- This paper argues that trends in flows of people, goods, money and information, and patterns of occupational diversification reflect a dynamic process of economic, social and cultural transformation in Sub Saharan Africa which needs t...
- Sustainble livelihoods: the importance of flexible credit for new small enterprises
- R. Chambers; G. Conway / Institute of Development Studies UK, 1991
- Working on the premise that in the 21st century there may be two or three times the human population than at the time of writing, this paper explores the concept of sustainable livelihoods. The analysis points to priorities for policy...
- Collection of papers examining livelihoods in rural Bangladesh
- K A. Toufique; C Turton / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002
- This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UK This...
- Bangladesh government policy on international migration
- T. Siddiqui / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This paper outlines the history of migration from Bangladesh; identifies the numbers and profile of international migrants; examines labour market conditions and remittance flows; and analyses government policies and programmes for ma...
- Characteristics of Vietnamese migrants in the 1990s
- D.N. Anh; C. Tacoli; H.X. Thanh / Eldis Document Store, 2003
- Internal and international migration has significantly increased in Vietnam since the economic reforms of 1986. This paper reviews patterns of migration in Vietnam in the 1990s, drawing on national census data, in order to gain insigh...
- Effects of poverty on choosing migration as a livelihood strategy
- H. Waddington; R. Sabates-Wheeler / Development Research Centre on Migration, Globalisation and Poverty, University of Sussex, 2003
- This paper takes a sustainable livelihoods approach to understanding the relationship between migration and poverty, and it explores the effects of poverty on people’s decision and ability to migrate. A livelihood approach...
- Migration and livelihoods within Andhra Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, India
- P. Deshingkar; D. Start / Overseas Development Institute, 2003
- Seasonal and circular migration of labour for employment has become one of the most durable components of the livelihood strategies of people living in rural areas on India .This paper looks at why some groups within India have succee...
- Water, livelihoods and resettlement of displaced people: lessons from Eritrea
- Gaim Kibreab; Alan Nicol / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2003
- In the past decade, the Gash-Barka region in Eritrea’s western lowlands on the borders of Sudan and Ethiopia has become a site of resettlement for refugees returning from Sudan and those displaced by border clashes with Ethiopia....
- Palestinian livelihoods in Egypt
- Oroub Al Abed / id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002
- Palestinians, numbering over eight million around the world, are known among other diaspora communities for their ability to sustain their livelihoods. Palestinians in Egypt are currently employed in a wide range of professions, among...
- Rural -urban linkages and poverty in Africa
- C. Tacoli / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002
- This paper argues that trends in flows of people, goods, money and information, and patterns of occupational diversification reflect a dynamic process of economic, social and cultural transformation in Sub Saharan Africa which needs t...
- Sustainble livelihoods: the importance of flexible credit for new small enterprises
- R. Chambers; G. Conway / Institute of Development Studies UK, 1991
- Working on the premise that in the 21st century there may be two or three times the human population than at the time of writing, this paper explores the concept of sustainable livelihoods. The analysis points to priorities for policy...
- Collection of papers examining livelihoods in rural Bangladesh
- K A. Toufique; C Turton / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002
- This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UK This...
- Does migration or staying put perpetuate the inter-generational transfer of poverty?
- U. Kothari / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2002
- This paper examines the links between migration and chronic poverty and argues that since migration is a central livelihood strategy for poor people it has to be considered within the overall context of research on chronic poverty. Th...
