Rural poverty
- Sustainable tourism as an effective poverty reduction strategy
- M. Epler Wood / EplerWood International, 2005
- Pointing to the link between conservation and poverty alleviation, this paper assesses the potential of sustainable tourism or ecotourism as an effective poverty reduction strategy. The central thesis of this paper is that the only wa...
- From theory to practice in Kalomo District Pilot Social Cash Transfer Scheme, Zambia
- B. Schubert / Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH, 2005
- Social cash transfers are increasingly seen as an underexploited means of providing basic social protection. However, a number of preconditions exist for this to be a viable option - political will and committment to social protection...
- Addressing institutional weakness within anti-poverty efforts in India
- N. Mukherjee; M. Jayaswal; S. Roy; A. Mukherjee / Eldis Document Store, 2005
- The paper reports on a field study into the effectiveness of institutional processes to address anti-chronic poverty interventions in Paschim Medinipur district in the State of West Bengal in India. In the framework of Sustainable Liv...
- With appropriate support, organic agriculture offers benefits to Asian farmers
- D. Giovannucci / International Fund for Agricultural Development, 2005
- The primary goal of this report is to enable a better understanding of organic agriculture in Asia, particularly India and China, and to clarify how organics can serve or hinder poor, small farmers and rural communities. Also, the art...
- Sustainable organic agriculture and participation could revitalise rural Nepal
- B. Rajbhandari / Eldis Document Store, 2004
- This article explains the rise of rural impoverishment and marginalisation in Nepal as a function of the effects of globalisation, open market economic policies and inappropriate development policies. This process has negative impacts...
- Local urban centres are a vital component in wider rural development
- S. Dercon; J. Hoddinott / International Food Policy Research Institute, 2005
- Contrary to the popular belief that rural and urban areas are essentially separate entities, this papers examines the important links that exist between the two. Despite the many potential benefits, the importance of local and regiona...
- Describes the direct link between environmental degradation and rural poverty
- Friends of the Earth International, 2005
- This publication by Friends of the Earth International describes the direct link between environmental degradation and rural poverty. The critical importance of natural resources for rural communities is illustrated in this overview a...
- Rural children still disadvantaged in educational opportunities, Senegal
- M.R. Montgomery; P.C. Hewett / Population Council, USA, 2005
- This paper examines the effects of living-standards and relative poverty on children’s schooling in urban and rural areas of Senegal. Findings include: in Senegal’s urban areas, living standards exert s...
- Conference addresses how to further social and economic development among Ethiopia's Afars
- Development Fund, Norway, 2004
- Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) organized an Afar National development Conference between 15th and 30th December 2004 in Aysaïta in Afar Regional State of Ethiopia. Participants of the conference included Afars fr...
- Microcredit schemes can help improve women's social dignity and equality in Bangladesh
- G. Kelkar; R Jahan; D. Nathan / Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004
- This study of 20 Saving and Credit Groups (SCGs) formed under the Agricultural Development and Intensification Project (ADIP) project in these four districts of Bangladesh was undertaken to assess the impact of micro–credit insti...
- Conference addresses how to further social and economic development among Ethiopia's Afars
- Development Fund, Norway, 2004
- Afar Pastoralist Development Association (APDA) organized an Afar National development Conference between 15th and 30th December 2004 in Aysaïta in Afar Regional State of Ethiopia. Participants of the conference included Afars fr...
- Microcredit schemes can help improve women's social dignity and equality in Bangladesh
- G. Kelkar; R Jahan; D. Nathan / Gender Mainstreaming Programme in Asia, 2004
- This study of 20 Saving and Credit Groups (SCGs) formed under the Agricultural Development and Intensification Project (ADIP) project in these four districts of Bangladesh was undertaken to assess the impact of micro–credit insti...
- Successes of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach for rural poverty reduction
- Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2005
- This paper identifies specific examples where applications of the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA) had succeeded in reducing rural poverty. The study focused on whether the 12 country cases studies (in Bangladesh, Bolivia...
- Collaboration in microfinance services should be executed through professional channels
- M. S. Sriram / Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2005
- This paper reviews the performance of formal institutional channels of microfinance and discusses the emergence of new forms of collaboration in the delivery of microfinance services. Some pertinent issues in regulatory policies and i...
- Community based monitoring systems in the Philippines
- C.M. Reyes / Micro Impacts of Macroeconomic and Adjustment Policies Programme, 2005
- This paper provides an overview of Community Based Monitoring Systems (CBMS), and examines the different aspects of implementing a community based monitoring system, using a case study of CBMS implementation in the Philippines. ...
- Membership based organisations for the poor in NE Brazil
- W.E. Bresnyan Jr.; F. Russo / Women in Informal Employment Globalizing and Organizing, 2005
- This paper discusses the origins of Community Driven Development (CDD) in Brazil and compares it to earlier integrated rural development projects. It also sheds some light on the breadth, depth and scale of investments undertaken thro...
- How have the poor recovered from drought in rural Ethiopia?
- P.D. Little; M.P. Stone; T. Mogues; A.P. Castro; W. Negatu / BASIS Collaborative Research Support Program, 2004
- This paper examines the degree to which the drought of 1999-2000 affected poverty trends in rural Ethiopia, and looks at how strategies in the coping and/or recovery period can assist drought-affected households. It finds that when th...
- Drought as a social and political issue, rather than a natural risk
- E. Patrick / Drylands Development Centre, UNDP, 2005
- The principle objective of this discussion paper is to propose that drought should be managed as an aspect of development, as opposed to simply a natural hazard. It argues that drought management should be mainstreamed with other aspe...
- Contrasting dynamics of household poverty in Rural Bangladesh
- B. Sen / Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2004
- This paper gives an analysis of contrasting dynamics of poverty in rural Bangladesh. In using a livelihoods framework, the author contrasts the fortunes of households that ascend out of poverty, with those who have fallen into poverty...
- Strategies to implement universal access to rural infrastructure
- S. Bery; D.B. Gupta; R. Krishna; S. Mitra / National Council of Applied Economic Research, India, 2004
- Rural infrastructure assumes great importance in India because of the country’s predominantly rural nature, the crucial linkages of infrastructure to economic growth, poverty alleviation and human development, and the poor availa...
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR)
- Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR) helps rural people in India to alleviate poverty through participatory watershed development and management.
- Pro Mujer
- Women's development and microfinance organisation in Latin America
- Andes/Amazon Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) program (ESPA-AA)
- A research project focusing on ecosystems services and poverty in the Andes and Amazon
- Agros International
- US-based international CSO working to combat rural poverty in Central America and Mexico. Agros International is committed to breaking the cycle of poverty for rural families in Central America and Mexico by enabling landless communities to achieve land ownership and economic stability. Having learned that the root causes of poverty extend across communities and are passed down from generation to...
- WWF South Pacific programme
- Promoting environmental sustainibility and socio-economic development in the South Pacific
- CHF (CHF)
- Canadian NGO working to enable poor rural communities to attain sustainable livelihoods
- International Forum for Rural Transport and Development (IFRTD)
- Network about mobility and transport in rural areas
- Rural Reconstruction Nepal
- Integrated community development programmes in Nepal
