- Organising for a Philosophy of Internationalism and Multi-Disciplinarity in the Social Sciences: the Case of CROP, the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty
- Else Øyen / Comparative Research Programme on Poverty, 1999
- Unpredictable livestock mortality means that variability is the norm for Kenyan pastoralists
- R. Mace / Pastoral Development Network, ODI, 1989
- The growth of individual, north Kenyan, pastoralist families' herds of smallstock, given to them in restocking schemes, is followed over several years. Very poor families given similar herds at the start of the project showed great va...
- Girls and Schools in Sub-Saharan Africa
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- Poverty and structural adjustment: the African case
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- The ecoregional factor: new perspectives on malnutrition and poverty (HCD Dissemination Note)
- HNPFLASH, 1995
- This exploratory research provides strong initial evidence of the linkages between the natural environment, socioeconomic factors and the incidence of malnutrition and poverty. Exploitation of these linkages has the potential to impro...
- African Journals Online (AJOL)
- International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications, 1999
- The International Network for Scientific Publications (INASP) launched AJOL in 1998 with only 14 journals. By January 2004 it had over 175 African journals covering most subject areas. Journals included in AJOL are scholarly in...
- World Bank and South Africa (World Bank)
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- Human capital and poverty alleviation (World Bank)
- HNPFLASH, 1999
- Politics and effectiveness of foreign aid (CEP)
- Centre for Economic Performance, London, 1999
- [Please note: this article is accessible online, free of charge to residents of nearly any developing country or transition economy, whose internet-access address can be automatically recognised by the NBER website. If you are in a de...
- When is foreign aid policy credible? : aid dependence and conditionality
- Jakob Svensson / Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 1997
- Disbursements of foreign aid are guided (in part) by the needs of the poor. Anticipating this, recipients have little incentive to improve the welfare of the poor. The welfare of all parties might be improved by tied project aid and b...
- Expanding microfinance in Latin America’s rural areas
- M. Jaramillo / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Rural finance has the potential to help poor people out of poverty, and Latin America has met that challenge in some unique ways.This Brief by discusses impacts of microfinance’s in rural areas, presenting evidence on rural pove...
- A new global partnership: eradicate poverty and transform economies through sustainable development
- 2013
- The High Level Panel on the Post-2015 Development Agenda's report sets out a universal agenda to eradicate extreme poverty by 2030 through sustainable development. In the report, the Panel calls for the new post-2015 goals to drive fi...
- Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
- G. Escobar; M. Glave / Evidence and Lessons from Latin America, 2013
- Over time, the rural reality in Latin America has changed, with family farmers now more integrated in markets and significantly less dependent on agriculture for income. What does this mean for family farmers today? In orde...
- Case studies exploring climate change impacts on indigenous peoples in Namibia and their adaptation strategies
- U. Dieckmann; W. Odendaal; J. Tarr; A. Schreij / Legal Assistance Centre, 2013
- Through two participatory case studies, this paper examines the impact of climate change on the indigenous peoples of Namibia. The objectives of the case studies are three-fold: to document how the indigenous peoples are affected by c...
- Final Impact Evaluation of the Saving for Change Program in Mali, 2009-2012
- 2013
- Saving for Change (SfC) is a community savings group programme designed and implemented by Oxfam America, Freedom from Hunger, and the Strømme Foundation. SfC operates in 13 countries in West Africa, Latin America and Asia. ...
- How best to measure pension adequacy
- A.G. Grech / Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economic and R, 2013
- Though the main benchmark used to assess pension reforms continues to be the expected resulting fall in future government spending, the impact of policy changes on pension adequacy is increasingly coming to the for...
- 'Mucupuki' Revisited: Assessing the Implications of PARP/A in Central Mozambique 2008-2011
- I. Tvedten 2012
- This is the final report in a series of six studies to monitor and evaluate Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategies PARP/A (2006-2012). The series focuses on three different areas in the country, including the District of Buzi ...
- Assessing the Implications of PARPA II in Maputo 2007-2010
- I. Tvedten 2011
- This brief presents the main conclusions from the fifth in a series of six studies monitoring and evaluating Mozambique’s poverty reduction strategy PARPA II, using a combination of quantitative and qualitative data. It analyses ...
- Assessing the Implications of PARP/A in Central Mozambique 2008-2011
- I. Tvedten 2012
- In a series of six studies, the local implications of Mozambique’s Poverty Reduction Strategies PARP/A (2006-2014) have been monitored and evaluated by focusing on the district of Murrupula, the city of Maputo and the district of...
- Assessing Mozambique’s PARP/A 2006-2011: Local perspectives
- I. Tvedten 2012
- Six years of impressive economic growth and classical poverty reduction policies in Mozambique have demonstrated the limited extent to which this has ‘trickled down’ to the local level – with the country falling on the ...
- Department of Economics, Strathclyde University
- University department. Research interests in the Department are wide-ranging, with particular emphasis on Applied Microeconomics, Applied Econometrics, Regional Economics and Energy Economics.
- BRICS Policy Center / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS
- The BRICS Policy Center (BPC) / Centro de Estudos e Pesquisas BRICS is a joint initiative of the City of Rio de Janeiro and the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio). The Center is dedicated to the study of the BRICS countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa) and other middle powers, and it is administered by the Institute of International Relations...
- Small Island Economies - CTA Brussels (CTA)
- On 4th April, 2012, CTA organised a Briefing on “ACP Small island economies: from vulnerabilities to opportunities” with the European Commission (DG DEVCO), the ACP Secretariat, Concord and various media partners. The Brussels briefings website hosts the video documentation of all the speeches given at the conference, as well as the presentations of the speakers, the programme of...
- Regional Emergency Cluster Advisor Project (RECA)
- The RECA project is an inter-agency initiative designed to enhance WASH preparedness and response capacity around the world. The project provides direct support in a number of countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, and Latin America and the Caribbean. It provides dedicated technical and human resources to WASH coordination platforms and stakeholders, through its six Regional Emergency Clu...
- Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP)
- The Pacific Institute of Public Policy (PiPP) is an independent think tank serving the Pacific islands community. PiPP engages and connects principal stakeholders, promoting fraternity between the Pacific island countries and regional neighbours such as New Zealand and Australia.
- International Poverty Reduction Center in China (IPRCC)
- Chinese platform for knowledge sharing, information exchange and international collaboration in the areas of poverty reduction and development.
- Center for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM)
- The CEDEM is an interfaculty centre which aims to carry out theoretical and empirical research in the fields of human migrations, ethnic relations and racism. Among others, the Centre is interested in the relations between migration processes and uneven development. These researches are led in a pluri-disciplinary perspective: political science, sociology, anthropology, international relations, la...
- Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation, Government of Malawi
- The Ministry of Development Planning and Cooperation is Malawi Government's main planning agency responsible for national economic and development planning, and monitoring and evaluation of socio-economic issues in the country. Its main mandate is to provide professional advice and technical support to Government and the public on economic and social policy development and management so as to achi...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Africa Progress Panel
- The Africa Progress Panel consists of a group of individuals who lend their time to track and encourage progress in Africa, and to underscore shared responsibility between African leaders and their international partners for sustaining it. A Geneva-based Secretariat supports the Panel in three main areas: research and policy; advocacy and communication; and preparation of APP core produ...
