- Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN)
- The Asia-Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN) is a network of 22 member country governments that promotes global change research in the region, increases developing country involvement in that research, and strengthens interactions between the science community and policy-makers.
- Evolution of gender and poverty dynamics in Tanzania
- L. da Corta / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- In Tanzania, liberalisation and de-agrarianisation have led to unequal growth; stagnating and in some cases increasing poverty; fragmented landholdings; and a rise in the cost of essentials. Local user costs also continue to cripple l...
- Inheritance practices and gender differences in poverty and well-being in rural Ethiopia
- N. Kumar / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- This paper examines the role of men’s and women’s asset inheritance on the poverty and well-being of women and their families in rural Ethiopia. We use data from the 1997, 2004 and 2009 rounds of the Ethiopian Rural Househol...
- Brief 11 - Women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region: how chronic development challenges and the global crises triggered people’s revolutions
- K. Mohamadieh / Association for Women's Rights in Development, 2011
- Brief 11: Women’s economic empowerment in the Arab region provides an analysis on how the global crises has contributed to exacerbating an already deteriorated context in the Arab region which is marked by political repression, l...
- Women exiting chronic poverty: empowerment through equitable control of households’ natural resources
- J. Espey / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- This paper examines the relationship between women’s vulnerability to poverty and their management of domestic natural resources. It finds that gendered experiences of poverty often derive from discriminatory social institutions ...
- Supporting civic activism among chronically poor women
- R. Amosu / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- This study was undertaken with the support of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre, the Overseas Development Institute, and the George Washington University. Through in-country and desk research, the research team assessed the extent t...
- Annotated bibliography: The efficacy of women’s social movements to include chronically poor women and give voice to their demands
- R. Amosu / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- Social movements are known to struggle to include, or be representative of, chronically poor women (Mumtaz, 2005; Schady, 2001; Thorp et al., 2005). The objective of this annotated bibliography and the accompanying literature review i...
- Addressing chronic poverty and vulnerability through social assistance in Tanzania: assessing the options
- A. Shepherd / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- Insecurity and vulnerability are widespread in Tanzania. Many people appear trapped in poverty, lacking the resources to participate in growth. Economic growth has not reduced income poverty as expected and upward mobility has become ...
- Growth without poverty reduction in Tanzania: reasons for the mismatch
- O. Mashindano / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- This paper seeks to examine why economic growth in Tanzania in recent years has not led to poverty reduction in the country. It analyses data and findings from a range of literature and national accounting data. One reason for this tr...
- Literature review: The efficacy of women’s social movements to include chronically poor women and give voice to their demands
- R. Amosu / Chronic Poverty Research Centre, UK, 2011
- Social movements are known to struggle to include, or be representative of, chronically poor women (Cleaver, 2005; Mumtaz, 2005; Schady, 2001; Thorp et al., 2005). The objective of this review and annotated bibliography is to examine ...
- Social Safety Net Programmes in Bangladesh: A Review
- Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2011
- The major social safety net programmes (SSNPs) in Bangladesh can be divided under four broad categories: (i) employment generation programmes; (ii) programmes to cope with natural disasters and other shocks; (iii) incentives provided ...
- ICT in Africa: Boosting Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction
- Gerster Consulting, 2008
- The purpose of this paper is to illustrate how Africa and the international community can ad-dress the challenges presented by the current situation in Africa. The situation is characterised by its complexity and diversity. This stems...
- The refugee inflows to Tanzania led to a sharp decrease in poverty in the hosting community
- J.F. Maystadt / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
- The role of migration in reducing poverty in developing countries has been investigated mainly from the perspective of migrants and their relatives. This paper, however, reviews the way hosting households in Tanzania traced between 19...
- The world's women 2010 - trends and statistics
- Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2010
- The Beijing Platform for Action – the preeminent international guideline for improving the status of women – lists, among others, specific activities related to increased availability of sex-disaggregated data. It was expe...
- Women's rights, women's resistance: lessons from the Honduran women's collective
- A. L. Restrepo / War on Want, 2011
- Over the past 30 years, hundreds of thousands of young women have spent their lives working day and night in the garment factories of Honduras. While jobs in the production plants of export processing zones, or maquila, have offered w...
- Up front: women at work
- War on Want, 2010
- Women make up roughly three quarters of the world’s poor. Despite often having to perform the duties of both a breadwinner and head of household, women earn a mere tenth of global income. Subjected to the most precarious jobs in...
- Is trade policy an appropriate instrument for addressing poverty in the MENA region?
- N. Minot; M.A. Chemingui; M. Thomas / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2010
- The effect of agricultural trade liberalisation on poverty varies widely across countries, in part because the effect of liberalisation on agricultural prices is ambiguous. This report examines the impact of trade liberalisation on no...
- Development interventions in Bangladesh - reaching the poor may require an individual rather than group-based approach
- A.R. Quisumbing; B. Baulch; N. Kumar / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2011
- Programmes are rarely evaluated in terms of both short- and long-term impact. This paper provides an assessment of the long-term impact of three antipoverty interventions in Bangladesh on monetary and non-monetary measures of well-bei...
- Making markets empower the poor: programme perspectives on using markets to empower women and men living in poverty
- E. Sahan / Oxfam, 2011
- Market-based development programmes can help people living in poverty benefit from markets and lift themselves out of poverty. However, many such approaches do not pay attention to power imbalances that perpetuate marginalisation and ...
- Arab countries are advised to improve developmental data and revamp public services
- C. Breisinger; O. Ecker; P. Al-Riffai; B. Yu / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2012
- It is argued that the Arab World has awakened, and it is time to take the next steps. This publication aims to inform and stimulate the debate on key policy priorities for poverty reduction and food security in light of the Arab Awake...
- Comparative Study of European Aid for Poverty Reduction
- Assesses the contribution of (and coordination between) ten EU Member States and the European Commission in aid programmes directed at poverty reduction.
- Sustainable Banking with the Poor ,World Bank (SBP)
- Aims to help improve the ability of donors, governments, and practitioners to build sustainable financial institutions that effectively reach the poor
- Institute for Research on Poverty, USA (IRP)
- Focuses on the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the USA
- Poverty Research Unit, Sussex (PRUS)
- Undertakes research on poverty and its reduction in both developing and industrialised countries
- Poverty Lines, World Bank
- Summarises work appearing as LSMS working papers (see separate entry)
- United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT)
- Urban development and housing organisation of the United Nations
- Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP)
- Addresses poverty through the support of micro-finance programmes
- Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP)
- CROP was established by the International Social Science Council in 1992. It is a world-wide network of researchers and experts on poverty. The aim of the Programme is to establish a common arena for interdisciplinary and comparative research on poverty in developed and developing countries. CROP organises regional workshops, symposia and international conferences, promotes joint research project...
