Rural poverty
- Income generation potential from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan
- J. Pfund (ed); P. Robinson (ed) / Intercooperation, 2006
- NTFPs from walnut-fruit forests in rural Kyrgyzstan have the potential to contribute to poverty alleviation in the region. This can only occur through the reform of institutional arrangements regarding access to these products. The au...
- Directions for pro-poor forestry in Kyrgyzstan and surrounding Central Asian countries
- R.J Fisher; Kaspar Schmidt; Brieke Steenhof / Food and Agriculture Organization Corporate Document Repository, 2004
- Though forests occupy a relatively small proportion of West and Central Asia, they have historically been important to the people living in and around them.This paper examines the potential of forestry in Kyrgyzstan for poverty reduct...
- Is Yemen in danger of becoming a 'failed state'?
- G. Hill / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
- Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently been struggling with a deteriorating ...
- Reasons for high localisation of inequality in Mozambique
- C. Rosário; I. Tvedten; M. Paulo / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the in...
- Structural causes of rural poverty in Latin America
- C. Kay / Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2009
- Neither the state-driven development strategy of import-substitution industrialisation from the late 1940s to the 1970s nor the neoliberal market-driven strategy since the 1980s has been able to resolve endemic problems of rural pover...
- Taking a multi pronged approach to tackling food insecurity in Arab countries
- J. Lampietti; N. Magnan; S. Michaels; et al. / World Bank Publications, 2009
- Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and urbanisation. Countries need to act ...
- Poverty reduction through livelihoods diversification in rural Tanzania
- J. de Weerdt / Journal of Development Studies, 2009
- In order to increase the impact of poverty reduction programmes, development practitioners are increasingly attempting to understand the reasons why particular communities and individuals are able to escape from poverty, while ot...
- Using cell phones to deliver cash transfers: a RHVP pilot project in Lesotho
- K. Vincent; T. Cull; N. Freeland / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2009
- While there is growing evidence of cash transfers reducing hunger and vulnerability, less is known about effective delivery mechanisms for such transfers, particularly in remote areas. In this respect, information and communicati...
- From microfinance to rural development: the potential of rural finance
- G. Athmer / Rural Finance Learning Center, 2009
- While literature on microfinance best practices is readily available these days, less is known about the broader field of rural finance. Given their expertise in both microfinance and rural developme...
- Building resilient communities
- D. Hegney; H. Ross; P. Baker; et al. / Learning for Sustainability, 2008
- How can a sense of community contribute to the resilience of individuals and groups? This toolkit is designed to be used by programme coordinators such as community workers, health professionals, and others working with individua...
- Is Yemen in danger of becoming a 'failed state'?
- G. Hill / Chatham House [Royal Institute of International Affairs], UK, 2008
- Yemen is the poorest nation in the Arab world, its location means it acts as a buffer zone between the Horn of Africa and Saudi Arabia and its president’s thirty year reign has been recently been struggling with a deteriorating ...
- Reasons for high localisation of inequality in Mozambique
- C. Rosário; I. Tvedten; M. Paulo / Chr. Michelsen Institute, Norway, 2009
- The objective of this study on poverty in Mozambique is to support the government in monitoring and evaluating the ongoing "Action Plan for the Reduction of Absolute Poverty". The paper focuses on social relations of poverty in the in...
- Structural causes of rural poverty in Latin America
- C. Kay / Centre for Development Policy and Research, SOAS, 2009
- Neither the state-driven development strategy of import-substitution industrialisation from the late 1940s to the 1970s nor the neoliberal market-driven strategy since the 1980s has been able to resolve endemic problems of rural pover...
- Taking a multi pronged approach to tackling food insecurity in Arab countries
- J. Lampietti; N. Magnan; S. Michaels; et al. / World Bank Publications, 2009
- Arab countries are more exposed than other countries to severe swings in agricultural commodity prices due to the high level of food imports, especially cereals, and continued population growth and urbanisation. Countries need to act ...
- Poverty reduction through livelihoods diversification in rural Tanzania
- J. de Weerdt / Journal of Development Studies, 2009
- In order to increase the impact of poverty reduction programmes, development practitioners are increasingly attempting to understand the reasons why particular communities and individuals are able to escape from poverty, while ot...
- Using cell phones to deliver cash transfers: a RHVP pilot project in Lesotho
- K. Vincent; T. Cull; N. Freeland / Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2009
- While there is growing evidence of cash transfers reducing hunger and vulnerability, less is known about effective delivery mechanisms for such transfers, particularly in remote areas. In this respect, information and communicati...
- From microfinance to rural development: the potential of rural finance
- G. Athmer / Rural Finance Learning Center, 2009
- While literature on microfinance best practices is readily available these days, less is known about the broader field of rural finance. Given their expertise in both microfinance and rural developme...
- Building resilient communities
- D. Hegney; H. Ross; P. Baker; et al. / Learning for Sustainability, 2008
- How can a sense of community contribute to the resilience of individuals and groups? This toolkit is designed to be used by programme coordinators such as community workers, health professionals, and others working with individua...
- A framework for analysis and practice: SDC's Systematic Approach to Rural Development (SARD)
- A. Witteveen; L. Ruedin / Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation, 2009
- These days, development practitioners are able to draw on a number of analytical frameworks to assist in the design and implementation of poverty reduction programmes. In fact, it has become a bit of a challenge to draw on all th...
- Policies and methods that work for biodiversity and livelihoods
- K. Swiderska; D. Roe; L. Siegele; M. Grieg-Gran / International Institute for Environment and Development, 2008
- This report is an output of IIED’s collaborative research project “Policy that works for biodiversity and poverty reduction” and is based on a literature review and three country case studies (India, Peru and Tanzani...
- 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
