Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:02:32 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues Livelihoods http://www.eldis.org Copyright ©2012 Eldis, Sussex p.ferguson@ids.ac.uk en-uk Eldis Logo http://www.eldis.org 85 http://www.eldis.org/images/logo/eldisRSS.gif Logo for www.eldis.org 34 60 Access to financial, physical and social capital assets is a prerequisite to reduce Nigerian rural poverty J.O. LAWAL; B.T. OMONONA; O.D. OYINLEYE The eradication of poverty in rural Nigeria remains a hard challenge for the country to overcome despite the various poverty eradication programmes ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59325 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59325 Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:12:30 GMT Malawian farmers' willingness to allocate funds for input purchase at harvest time S.T. Holden; R. Lunduka Malawi has implemented a large-scale agricultural input subsidy program since 2005 after a period with severe food shortages and the program has contributed ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59203 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59203 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 11:19:45 GMT Will the dependency on fuel continue after the privatization of Malawi forests? J. Lowore; C. Munthali The Malawi forestry sector is in the midst of a process which aims to increase private sector participation in plantation forestry. The rationale for ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58294 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58294 Thu, 03 Nov 2011 14:19:02 GMT Is urban agriculture paying dividends in the fight against hunger in Malawi? D. Mkwambisi; E. Fraser; A. Dougill Urban agriculture (UA) can reduce poverty but there is need for more precise analyses on how it contributes to food security. A study in Malawi,revealed ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59144 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=59144 Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:59:40 GMT Using a livelihoods framework to examine poverty and HIV W.H Masanjala This paper reviews the nexus between poverty and HIV/AIDS in Africa using a sustainable livelihood framework. Much of the literature on HIV and AIDS has ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58197 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58197 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 16:27:00 GMT This study shows that access to land via agricultural production is one of the factors that can translate growth to poverty reduction in Malawi. E.W. Chirwa Malawi has pursued an agricultural-led development strategy since its independence in 1964. This agricultural-led development strategy was based on the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58466 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58466 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:42:22 GMT A study of the wage rate paid to participants of PWPs in relation to the Government of Malawi's social protection objectives E.W. Chirwa; A. Mc cord; P. Mvula The Malawi Government, with assistance from the Department for International Development (DfID) of the Government of the United Kingdom, is implementing ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58520 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58520 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:14:13 GMT An exploration of the politics of land underlying the CBRLDP initiatives, particularly in terms of who is involved, their interests and the overall institutional context within which the initiative is being executed. B. Chinsinga Land remains the most significant productive asset for the majority of Malawians, yet it is far from being equitably distributed. It is estimated that ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58470 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58470 Tue, 13 Sep 2011 10:06:39 GMT Land multi-functionality is still unrecognised in rural Macedonia K. Todorov; M. Vittuari Agriculture is still the basic economic activity in rural Macedonia. This paper aims at assessing the place that agriculture has in the country's overall ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58133 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58133 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 16:39:05 GMT This study analyses the political transition and its consequences on street vending in Malawi H.M. Kayuni; R.I.C. Tambulasi Based on ten years' research into street vending, Cross (2000) concludes “street vending should, by all logical criteria, eventually disappear'. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58569 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58569 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:31:45 GMT Localised solutions are essential in global land markets T.W. Hertel The number of people which the world must feed is expected to increase by 50% during the first half of this century, but will the world's agricultural ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58728 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58728 Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:09:14 GMT A review of the poorly performing policy and institutional framework of the fisheries sector in Malawi B. Chinsinga This paper presents issues for consideration in the development of a proposal for possible funding to address the policy and institutional framework for ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58579 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58579 Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:33:28 GMT How can sustainable livelihoods approaches be more successfully applied to future development challenges? S. Turrall How are Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches (SLAs) relevant to current and future development challenges? What has been learnt from the experience of using ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58724 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58724 Fri, 08 Jul 2011 16:19:04 GMT Do Malawians trust traditional medicine? T Bisika Global blindness increased from 28 million to 45 million in the two decades between 1975 and 1995. Current projections suggest that 76 million people ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58125 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58125 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 18:27:36 GMT Evaluating the impact of the Improving Livelihoods through Public Works Programme (ILTPWP) in achieving its stated objectives. E. W. Chirwa; P.M. Mvula; B.M. Dulani Public works employment programmes have become an important tool for helping the most vulnerable groups to move out of poverty in Malawi. Malawi is one ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58366 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58366 Mon, 13 Jun 2011 11:35:38 GMT How are female-headed households coping in Malawi? P Kishindo; P Mvula Land is an asset of great importance to the Malawi economy as a source of income, food, employment and export earnings. It also has great social value ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58152 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=58152 Mon, 16 May 2011 14:28:14 GMT Does the development policy of Bangladesh actually conform to the demands of the right to development? S.R. Osmani By signing and ratifying various human rights instruments, the State of Bangladesh has committed itself to pursuing socio-economic policies in a way that ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57929 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57929 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 15:48:31 GMT Looking at the impact of public private partnerships (PPPs) on urban water supply Can private enterprise supply water to the poor? Over 170 million people have no access to clean water in urban areas of Africa, Asia and Latin ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57863 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57863 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:38:26 GMT The rise of pensions as a development issue The 1990s could well qualify as the decade of global pension reform. A number of countries in Latin America and some transition economies radically ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57840 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57840 Fri, 01 Apr 2011 10:41:14 GMT Looking at the needs of refugees and other displaced people and the lessons learned Over the past 50 years, forced displacement has been a major obstacle to development and the fight against poverty. Despite the efforts of the United ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57834 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57834 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 16:42:46 GMT Taking a look at the steps needed to achieve the water MDG and the World Summit for Sustainable Development sanitation goal In the 1980s, the world set the goal of water and sanitation for all by the end of the decade. By contrast, the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57818 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57818 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 17:50:29 GMT Providing secure tenure and property rights to the urban poor Millions of people in developing countries live without adequate security of tenure or property rights. The United Nations expects this group to increase ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57815 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57815 Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:23:37 GMT The role of community media in development The impact of new information and communication technologies on development is a subject of extensive international debate, particularly at the United ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57770 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57770 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:07:38 GMT The growing debate around GM Crops and the future of food and farming The debate over genetically-modified (GM) crops is one of the most controversial and fiercely contested of recent times. While media coverage often ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57776 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57776 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:03:23 GMT Putting public value into science and technology We live in a rapidly changing world. Technological advances are increasing productivity and income, quality of life and life expectancy… in ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57600 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57600 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:30:42 GMT In less than a generation, the majority of poor people will have access to mobile phones and services 'Explosive' is the only way to describe mobile phone growth. Half the world's 6.5 billion people now use a mobile (up from ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57599 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57599 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:30:24 GMT Examining the problems facing the fisheries sector and possible ways to address them The increasing global demand for fish puts pressure on wild resources. This threatens the contribution of fisheries to poverty reduction and nutritional ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57603 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57603 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:28:55 GMT Global lessons learned around HIV and AIDS Twenty-five years of knowingly living with HIV, the global community is still falling behind the virus in its alarming, complex and often hidden progress. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57605 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57605 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:28:28 GMT How critical are access and mobility issues for achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015? What do poor rural farmers do when the rainy season cuts off their access to markets? What do women in labour do when the nearest health clinic is ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57608 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57608 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:28:17 GMT How pro-poor tourism has developed and some myths and misconceptions that have arisen around this term Pro-poor tourism should increase the benefits of the tourism industry for poor people. It is a term increasingly used by several development agencies, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57610 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=57610 Thu, 03 Mar 2011 17:28:02 GMT