poverty
- Internal displacement in Ethiopia
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2004
- This paper reports on a conference on internal displacement held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2004. Representatives of national and regional governments, UN agencies, as well as international and local NGOs participated in the worksh...
- Comparing the impact of agricultural-led and forest resources-led growth in Mozambican villages
- O. San Martin; S. Holden / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004
- This paper investigates the social and economic effects of two different growth strategies (agricultural-led and forest resources-led growth) in a small village economy in Mozambique. The study uses using a Social Accounting Matrix me...
- How valid are neo-Mathusian concerns today?
- H. Urdal / Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, 2003
- Demographic and environmental factors have claimed a dominant position in post-Cold War security discourse. The neo-Malthusian conflict scenario argues that population pressure on natural resources make societies more prone to armed c...
- Combating poverty through access to safe water supply and sanitation facilities
- Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This paper reports on a United Nations conference held in Norway, November 2003, in support of the 12th session of the Commission for Sustainable Development. The conference focused on the plight of the world’s poorest, with part...
- Trends in rural-urban labour migration in sub-Saharan Africa
- A. Tostensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This CMI working paper provides an overview of rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa outlining the major strands of contemporary academic debates on this issue. There author identifies two interrelated debates for discussion. The...
- Participation in the PRSP process in Malawi and Zambia
- E. Bwalya; L. Rakner; L. Svåsand; A. Tostensen; M. Tsoka / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This report discusses the participatory aspects of the protracted policy-making process that led to the formulation of Malawi’s and Zambia’s respective Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). It argues that participation w...
- African social security systems must combine formal and informal mechanisms
- A. Tostensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- The prospects for workable social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa do not appear encouraging. This paper argues that in the current circumstances of widespread economic crisis (and the demographic impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemi...
- Poverty-research strategy for Norway
- Research Council of Norway / Norges forskningsråd, 2003
- Planning Committee report on how to formulate a strategic plan for strengthening poverty research in Norway. The report begins by reviewing how policy documents articulate the need for research-based knowledge, which call for i...
- Food-for-work programmes to promote sustainable land use
- S. Holden; C.B. Barrett; F. Hagos / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004
- This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Eth...
- Impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture in Namibia, Uganda and Zambia
- N. Mesko; E. Wiegers; V. Hermanrud / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
- How can countries support increasing numbers of vulnerable households? What can be done to reverse the trend towards increasing destitution? This report looks at 3 case studies (in northern Namibia, southern Zambia and around Lake Vic...
- Internal displacement in Ethiopia
- Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre, 2004
- This paper reports on a conference on internal displacement held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, May 2004. Representatives of national and regional governments, UN agencies, as well as international and local NGOs participated in the worksh...
- Comparing the impact of agricultural-led and forest resources-led growth in Mozambican villages
- O. San Martin; S. Holden / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004
- This paper investigates the social and economic effects of two different growth strategies (agricultural-led and forest resources-led growth) in a small village economy in Mozambique. The study uses using a Social Accounting Matrix me...
- How valid are neo-Mathusian concerns today?
- H. Urdal / Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex, 2003
- Demographic and environmental factors have claimed a dominant position in post-Cold War security discourse. The neo-Malthusian conflict scenario argues that population pressure on natural resources make societies more prone to armed c...
- Combating poverty through access to safe water supply and sanitation facilities
- Eldis Document Store, 2003
- This paper reports on a United Nations conference held in Norway, November 2003, in support of the 12th session of the Commission for Sustainable Development. The conference focused on the plight of the world’s poorest, with part...
- Trends in rural-urban labour migration in sub-Saharan Africa
- A. Tostensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This CMI working paper provides an overview of rural-urban linkages in sub-Saharan Africa outlining the major strands of contemporary academic debates on this issue. There author identifies two interrelated debates for discussion. The...
- Participation in the PRSP process in Malawi and Zambia
- E. Bwalya; L. Rakner; L. Svåsand; A. Tostensen; M. Tsoka / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- This report discusses the participatory aspects of the protracted policy-making process that led to the formulation of Malawi’s and Zambia’s respective Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSP). It argues that participation w...
- African social security systems must combine formal and informal mechanisms
- A. Tostensen / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2004
- The prospects for workable social security systems in sub-Saharan Africa do not appear encouraging. This paper argues that in the current circumstances of widespread economic crisis (and the demographic impacts of the HIV/AIDS pandemi...
- Poverty-research strategy for Norway
- Research Council of Norway / Norges forskningsråd, 2003
- Planning Committee report on how to formulate a strategic plan for strengthening poverty research in Norway. The report begins by reviewing how policy documents articulate the need for research-based knowledge, which call for i...
- Food-for-work programmes to promote sustainable land use
- S. Holden; C.B. Barrett; F. Hagos / Department of Economics and Resource Management, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, 2004
- This paper assesses the potential of Food-For-Work (FFW) programs to reduce poverty and promote sustainable land use in the longer run. The study uses empirical evidence and an applied bio-economic farm household model in northern Eth...
- Impacts of HIV/AIDS on agriculture in Namibia, Uganda and Zambia
- N. Mesko; E. Wiegers; V. Hermanrud / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2003
- How can countries support increasing numbers of vulnerable households? What can be done to reverse the trend towards increasing destitution? This report looks at 3 case studies (in northern Namibia, southern Zambia and around Lake Vic...
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