Urban development
- Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
- M. Couldrey (ed); M. Herson (ed) / Forced Migration Review, 2008
- In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming one of the major policy challenges...
- Street trading a benefit or hindrance?
- C. Skinner / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008
- This paper aims to outline broad trends relating to street trade in Africa. It also hopes to assess what is known about this phenomenon in the continent and how it has been understood over time, with a view to assist in framing future...
- The different livelihood strategies of urban and rural people in Ethiopia
- M. Seraje / Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2007
- Rural-urban linkages are receiving increased attention in the regional and local economic development discourse because the livelihood strategies of the rural and urban people in Sub-Saharan Africa have become increasingly multidimens...
- Latest developments on food security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- C. Abu Sa'ada; J. Frize; C. Galluzzi / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- How can food security be ensured in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS)? Given the ever-fluctuating political and economic situation, up-to-date information is essential for policy development and programme planning as it re...
- Africa's urban poor are struggling to cope with climate-induced flooding
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already th...
- Discrimination and sustainable livelihoods in South African cities
- L. Landau / Southern African Migration Project, 2005
- This document explores the challenges that discrimination based on nationality or country of origin poses for the sustainable development of South African cities. Migration and urbanisation have created tensions among residents of Sou...
- Local urban centres are a vital component in wider rural development
- S. Dercon; J. Hoddinott / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- Contrary to the popular belief that rural and urban areas are essentially separate entities, this papers examines the important links that exist between the two. Despite the many potential benefits, the importance of local and regiona...
- How social networks address poverty in Afghanistan
- S. Schütte / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2005
- This paper is part of a larger research project that aims to identify indicators of upward or downward movements in the continuum of poverty in Afghanistan, and to isolate characteristics and determinants that shape and differentiate ...
- 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...
- 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...
- Planning and managing the impacts of climate change on human migration
- M. Couldrey (ed); M. Herson (ed) / Forced Migration Review, 2008
- In response to growing climate change pressures on landscapes and livelihoods, people are moving and adapting. Evidence points towards climate and environmentally induced migration becoming one of the major policy challenges...
- Street trading a benefit or hindrance?
- C. Skinner / School of Development Studies, University of Kwazulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa, 2008
- This paper aims to outline broad trends relating to street trade in Africa. It also hopes to assess what is known about this phenomenon in the continent and how it has been understood over time, with a view to assist in framing future...
- The different livelihood strategies of urban and rural people in Ethiopia
- M. Seraje / Norwegian University of Science and Technology, 2007
- Rural-urban linkages are receiving increased attention in the regional and local economic development discourse because the livelihood strategies of the rural and urban people in Sub-Saharan Africa have become increasingly multidimens...
- Latest developments on food security in the West Bank and Gaza Strip
- C. Abu Sa'ada; J. Frize; C. Galluzzi / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007
- How can food security be ensured in the West Bank and Gaza Strip (WBGS)? Given the ever-fluctuating political and economic situation, up-to-date information is essential for policy development and programme planning as it re...
- Africa's urban poor are struggling to cope with climate-induced flooding
- ActionAid International, 2007
- Six years ago, at the UN Millennium Summit, world leaders set a specific target for realising the right to adequate housing and ‘continuous improvement of living conditions’. However, in Africa climate change is already th...
- Discrimination and sustainable livelihoods in South African cities
- L. Landau / Southern African Migration Project, 2005
- This document explores the challenges that discrimination based on nationality or country of origin poses for the sustainable development of South African cities. Migration and urbanisation have created tensions among residents of Sou...
- Local urban centres are a vital component in wider rural development
- S. Dercon; J. Hoddinott / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- Contrary to the popular belief that rural and urban areas are essentially separate entities, this papers examines the important links that exist between the two. Despite the many potential benefits, the importance of local and regiona...
- How social networks address poverty in Afghanistan
- S. Schütte / Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit, 2005
- This paper is part of a larger research project that aims to identify indicators of upward or downward movements in the continuum of poverty in Afghanistan, and to isolate characteristics and determinants that shape and differentiate ...
- 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...
- 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...
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