Planning for poverty reduction
- Self-reliant initiatives for poverty alleviation
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This paper outlines grass-roots experiences in Bangladesh of creative self-reliant initiatives of disadvantaged people to promote their lives independent of government and NGO programmes. It argues that the customary “poverty line”, besides being demeaning for human beings, has no empirical validity.
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- Why build capacity for trade and investment in Africa?
- ( S. Sako;G. Kararach / African Capacity Building Foundation , 2007)
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Given the experience of Africa over the last half century, it is clear that trade reform and openness alone is not sufficient to sustain economic growth and poverty reduction. Commitments made to d...
How can research proposals be improved?
- ( I.S. Kikula;M.A.S. Qorro / Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania , 2005)
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Research methodology courses run by most higher education institutions tend to focus on methodology only, leaving students ill-equipped to write funding proposals. This study describes co...
- A case study of community-driven development in Macedonia
- ( C. Mascarell / Social Protection and Labour, World Bank , 2007)
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According to the Voices of the Poor study, poor people demand a development process driven by their communities. They want NGOs and governments to be accountable to them. Community-driven developme...
- What is the role of citizens in building more effective states?
- ( id21 Development Research Reporting Service , 2007)
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This policy brief summarises the findings of recent research on the role of citizens in building democracy, arguing that greater citizen engagement is crucial for creating more accountable sta...
Can technology and innovation promote development in LDCs?
- ( United Nations [UN] Conference on Trade and Development , 2007)
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UNCTAD’s Least Developed Countries Report 2007 focuses on knowledge accumulation, technological learning and the ability to innovate as vital processes toward genuine productive capacity deve...
- The United States of Africa? Assessing the progress and future of the African Union
- ( T. Murithi / Institute for Security Studies, South Africa , 2007)
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The ideal of Pan-Africanism is embodied in the African Union (AU). Based on a review of the progress that the Pan-African movement has made through the AU, this paper assesses the potential for a s...
- Increasing resilience to climate-induced landslides
- ( South South North , 2006)
- The focus of the project is on increasing the resistance of the physical environment to landslide activity; and building capacity of the community to decrease their vulnerability to landslides when th...
- Traditional knowledge to relieve Middle Eastern water shortages
- ( L. El-Fattal / International Development Research Centre , 2000)
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With the lowest volume of annual renewable water resources and of water resources per capita, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is the most water-scarce region in the world. Moreover, rapid p...
- : A case study of improving agricultural productivity and income generation through the use of Photo-Voltic water pumping systems in semi-arid Brazil
- ( South South North , 2006)
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The project takes place in the community of Pintadas, in the Bahia state of Brazil, which is suffering increasingly severe drought impacts linked to climate change. There is a high demand for legum...
- Supporting small scale farmers to adapt to anticipated climate change
- ( South South North , 2006)
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The project aims to support small-scale farmers in the project area in their efforts to adapt their farming practices to anticipated climate change and to enhance their incomes.
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