- Poverty is a major cause of malnutrition, but increasing income is not the only way to intervene
- S. Horton; H. Alderman; J.A. Rivera / Copenhagen Consensus, 2009
- Undernutrition leads to increased mortality and morbidity which lead to loss of economic output and increased spending on health. Therefore, reducing undernutrition is one of the Millennium Goals, and is also a key factor underpinning...
- Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion - A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries
- I. Ortiz / United Nations Children's Fund, 2011
- This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World Bank, UNU-WIDER and Eurostat; (ii) discusses the negative implications of rising in...
- Prioritizing Expenditures for a Recovery for All: A Rapid Review of Public Expenditures in 126 Developing Countries
- I. Ortiz / United Nations Children's Fund, 2010
- This working paper examines the extent to which fiscal consolidation is occuring in 2010-11 among 126 low and middle-income countries, and the potential risks for children and poor households at a time when economic recovery is fragil...
- Sparing lives: better reproductive health for poor women
- World Bank, 2009
- The report highlights that the region faces enormous challenges in addressing inequalities in reproductive health of poor women, and focuses on the risks they face. This phenomenon perpetuates an inter-generational cycle of poverty. N...
- Bangladesh: strategy for sustained growth
- World Bank, 2007
- The premise of the report is that Bangladesh could join the ranks of middle-income countries (MICs) within a decade or some time soon after. It has the necessary assets: much-improved economic fundamentals; success in implementing man...
- Dhaka: Improving living conditions for the urban poor
- World Bank, 2006
- The demand for workers and services in the growing industries of Dhaka has prompted large scale migration from rural areas for better opportunities. The migrants contribute to the city’s economic development by providing necessar...
- Ageing, Solidarity and Social Protection: Time to Move Towards Equality
- United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2012
- This document analyses the outlook for population ageing and advocates mainstreaming this issue into the public agenda. It introduces its central theme of equality and ageing. Concepts are presented and analysed, with particular empha...
- Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP)
- Economic Analysis and Policy (EAP) publishes articles from all branches of economics. It features contributions that have policy relevance, both theoretical and applied. EAP particularly seeks to publish passionate, critical, and controversial articles. It is open for orthodox but also unorthodox approaches. EAP runs a strict open access policy. Therefore the journal offers author...
- Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study
- N. Choudhury / BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2011
- Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ultra poor women. Understanding the context in which women would be willing to accep...
- Institute of Rural Research and Development (IRRAD)
- Organisation aiming to implement Integrated Sustainable Village Development (ISVD) in select village clusters, build capacity in rural development, undertake rural research, improve village governance, and serve as a premier knowledge institution for rural development and poverty reduction in India. IRRAD addresses its mission through the following objectives: Develop...
- What contribution does the installation of solar water heaters make towards the alleviation of energy poverty in South Africa?
- H. Wlokas / Energy Research Centre, University of Cape Town (UCT), 2011
- The South African government has publicised plans to install one million solar water heaters in households throughout South Africa by the year 2014, with the goals of reducing strain on existing electricity resources, mitigating green...
- Participation in Self-help Group Activities and its Impacts: Evidence from South India
- D S kumar / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2009
- Institution building is now recognized as vital for poverty reduction across the world. This paper focuses on the determinants of participation in Self-Help Groups (SHGs) and its impacts on household welfare. The participation in SHG ...
- Realising the Right to Development in Bangladesh: Progress and Challenges
- S R Osmani / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2010
- By signing and ratifying various human rights instruments, the State of Bangladesh has committed itself to pursuing socio-economic policies in a way that would promote its people’s right to development, understood as integrated ...
- Restoring balance: Bangladesh's rural energy realities
- M. Asaduzzaman / World Bank Office, Dhaka, 2010
- Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries. Nearly 80 percent of the nation's 140 million people reside in rural area.Low-lying areas are vulnerable to severe flooding, while other regions are prone to drought, erosion, and so...
- NGOs’ Strategies and the Challenge of Development and Democracy in Bangladesh
- N Kabeer / Institute of Development Studies UK, 2010
- Recent research Bangladesh has come to embody an interesting paradox. On the one hand, it has experienced rising rates of growth, a slow but steady decline in poverty and impressive progress in terms of social development, outperformi...
- Poverty, Equity and Access to Education in Bangladesh
- A Hossain / Consortium for Research on Educational Access, Transitions and Equity, 2010
- Bangladesh has made great improvements in the scale and quality of access to education in recent years and gender equality has almost been achieved in primary education (World Bank, 2008). Evidence from CREATE’s nationwide commun...
- Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe
- G. A. Grech / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and R, 2011
- Spurred by the ageing transition, many governments have made wide-ranging reforms, dramatically changing Europe?s pensions landscape. Nevertheless there remain concerns about future costs, while unease about adequacy is growing. This ...
- Agriculture biodiversity and food security: two sides of a coin
- Unnayan Onneshan, 2010
- Biodiversity underpins the agriculture productivity. Recent worldwide food crisis has raised the issue of food security to an urgent basis. Many are arguing that worldwide economic meltdown might cause the crisis. other finds a causal...
- Bargaining with grandma: the impact of the South African pension on household decision making
- K Ambler / Population Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2011
- The expansion of the South African old age pension is interesting to economists firstly because extent to which this money effectively increases the well-being of those who receive it is an important question for a policymaking, but a...
- Climate change: storm brewing for Uganda's booming tea industry
- Participatory Research with Farmers, International Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT), 2011
- Tens of thousands of Uganda’s tea producers – many of them Fairtrade certified – will need to take decisive action to protect their crop and their livelihoods if the latest climate change predictions come true. A new re...
- Project Literacy
- South African project which aims to deliver a wide range of adult basic education and training programmes toeducationally disadvantaged adults by way of adult education centers, teacher training, curriculum development and community outreach. Project Literacy is a 24 year old Non-Government Organisation working in the field of Adult Basic Education and Training based in South Africa. Project Lit...
- Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre (DFID HSRC)
- Provides technical assistance to DFID in support of pro-poor health policies, financing, systems strengthening and services
- Imp-Act: Improving the Impact of Microfinance on Poverty
- Imp-Act is a three year action-research programme designed to improve the quality of microfinance services and their impact on poverty through strengthening the development of impact assessment systems Building on the priorities and agendas of Microfinance Organisations (MFOs) and their clients Imp-Act is designed to develop credible and useful impact assessment. The programme there...
- Young Lives
- International research project investigating the changing nature of child poverty in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
- Poverty Reduction Strategies Newsletter
- Quarterly newsletter highlighting aspects of the PRSP process
- Eurodad's work on Poverty Reduction Strategies and Structural Adjustment
- Background resource on the PRS process
- Southern African Regional Poverty Network (SARPN)
- Facilitates debate in the Southern African region around poverty issues in a cross-sectoral way
- International Council of AIDS Services Organsiations (ICASO)
- Global network of NGOs and community organsiations working on HIV/AIDS related issues
- Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK (CPRC)
- Poverty research centre
- Poverty Mapping
- GIS|Poverty mapping systems|Food security
