Wed, 16 May 2012 20:05:50 One of the Eldis RSS newsfeeds on major development issues Poverty 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 Global Inequality: Beyond the Bottom Billion - A Rapid Review of Income Distribution in 141 Countries I. Ortiz This working paper: (i) provides an overview of global, regional and national income inequalities based on the latest distribution data from the World ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61356 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61356 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:13:02 GMT Prioritizing Expenditures for a Recovery for All: A Rapid Review of Public Expenditures in 126 Developing Countries I. Ortiz This working paper examines the extent to which fiscal consolidation is occuring in 2010-11 among 126 low and middle-income countries, and the potential ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61355 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61355 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:12:33 GMT Sparing lives: better reproductive health for poor women The report highlights that the region faces enormous challenges in addressing inequalities in reproductive health of poor women, and focuses on the risks ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61352 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61352 Mon, 14 May 2012 09:09:27 GMT Bangladesh: strategy for sustained growth The premise of the report is that Bangladesh could join the ranks of middle-income countries (MICs) within a decade or some time soon after. It has the ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61349 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61349 Sun, 13 May 2012 09:07:18 GMT Dhaka: Improving living conditions for the urban poor The demand for workers and services in the growing industries of Dhaka has prompted large scale migration from rural areas for better opportunities. The ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61348 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61348 Sun, 13 May 2012 09:06:59 GMT Maternal care practices among the ultra poor households in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative exploratory study N. Choudhury Although many studies have been carried out to learn about maternal care practices in rural areas and urban-slums of Bangladesh, none have focused on ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61328 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61328 Fri, 11 May 2012 09:15:03 GMT Can Conditional Cash Transfers Improve Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales A. de Brauw Although conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are traditionally evaluated in relation to child schooling and nutrition outcomes, there is growing interest ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61300 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61300 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:06:47 GMT How People Face Evictions: Lessons from people-led initiatives Y. Cabannes Forced and market-driven evictions are increasing dramatically worldwide, with devastating effects on millions of children, women and men across the globe. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61296 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61296 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:06:04 GMT Impact Study on Developing Local Capacity to Reduce Vulnerability and Poverty J. Norton This report presents findings of a study to assess the impact of the a Development Workshop France (DWF) project in Vietnam to promote the prevention ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61295 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61295 Wed, 09 May 2012 09:05:58 GMT Development cooperation beyond the aid effectiveness paradigm: a women's rights perspective The multiple crises that the world is facing—food, climate change, financial, economic, ethical, and in care work—leave no doubt that we are ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61286 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61286 Tue, 08 May 2012 09:06:18 GMT UNDAF - UN programme to assist Jamaica to meet development objectives Jamaica is on track to ensure environmental sustainability and to eradicate extreme hunger, but it faces a number of development challenges. United ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60724 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60724 Fri, 04 May 2012 15:00:14 GMT Advancing rural infrastructure and improving access to rural livelihood opportunities - breaking the cycle of poverty in Africa T. Atinmo; P. Mirmiran; O.E. Oyewole Poverty, hunger and malnutrition are coexisting in Africa and parts of the Middle East, creating inequalities that need to be addressed politically. ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61199 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61199 Fri, 04 May 2012 11:56:53 GMT Experiments indicate no active rise from poverty without increasing agricultural productivity No country has managed a rapid rise from poverty without increasing agricultural productivity. This paper notes that agricultural productivity in many ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61240 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61240 Fri, 04 May 2012 11:43:34 GMT What contribution does the installation of solar water heaters make towards the alleviation of energy poverty in South Africa? H. Wlokas The South African government has publicised plans to install one million solar water heaters in households throughout South Africa by the year 2014, with ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61144 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61144 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:08:27 GMT Participation in Self-help Group Activities and its Impacts: Evidence from South India D S kumar Institution building is now recognized as vital for poverty reduction across the world. This paper focuses on the determinants of participation in Self-Help ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61021 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61021 Tue, 17 Apr 2012 09:08:19 GMT Restoring balance : Bangladesh's rural energy realities M Asaduzzaman Bangladesh is one of the world's poorest countries. Nearly 80 percent of the nation's 140 million people reside in rural area.Low-lying areas are vulnerable ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61002 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61002 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:07:53 GMT NGOs' Strategies and the Challenge of Development and Democracy in Bangladesh N Kabeer Recent research Bangladesh has come to embody an interesting paradox. On the one hand, it has experienced rising rates of growth, a slow but steady decline ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61000 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=61000 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:07:39 GMT Poverty, Equity and Access to Education in Bangladesh A Hossain Bangladesh has made great improvements in the scale and quality of access to education in recent years and gender equality has almost been achieved in ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60999 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60999 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 09:07:29 GMT Assessing the sustainability of pension reforms in Europe G. A. Grech Spurred by the ageing transition, many governments have made wide-ranging reforms, dramatically changing Europe?s pensions landscape. Nevertheless there ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60986 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60986 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 09:07:24 GMT Agriculture biodiversity and food security: two sides of a coin Biodiversity underpins the agriculture productivity. Recent worldwide food crisis has raised the issue of food security to an urgent basis. Many are arguing ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60974 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60974 Fri, 13 Apr 2012 09:08:09 GMT Bargaining with grandma: the impact of the South African pension on household decision making K Ambler The expansion of the South African old age pension is interesting to economists firstly because extent to which this money effectively increases the well-being ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60947 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60947 Thu, 12 Apr 2012 09:06:58 GMT How water management practices must adapt in the Americas This solutions document, a product of the Regional Policy Dialog (RPD) on Water and Climate Change Adaptation in the Americas (comprised of 21 different ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60880 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60880 Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:07:17 GMT Climate change: storm brewing for Uganda's booming tea industry Tens of thousands of Uganda's tea producers - many of them Fairtrade certified - will need to take decisive action to protect their crop and their livelihoods ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60883 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60883 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 09:08:47 GMT Deprivation and vulnerability among elderly in India S. Prasad The Indian aged population is currently the second largest in the world next to that of china. The absolute number of the population aged over 60 in India ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60812 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60812 Tue, 03 Apr 2012 09:05:18 GMT Weapons, Violence and the perpetrator-victim nexus in South Africa K. Thaler Given the high levels of crime and violence in South Africa, there may be a temptation for citizens to arm themselves for protection. Using quantitative ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60726 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60726 Thu, 29 Mar 2012 09:04:18 GMT Overview of water-related climate change risks, examining water supply and demand adaptive strategies A. Nicol; N. Kaur This background note, published by the Overseas Development Institute, provides an overview of the potential risks and vulnerabilities that face the water ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60648 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60648 Wed, 28 Mar 2012 17:19:51 GMT Climate Change Bandwagoning: The Impacts of Strategic Linkages on Regime Design, Maintenence, and Death S. Jinnah Although climate linkages are prolific across various types of social organisation, this special issue focuses of the wide range of ways that international ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60690 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60690 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:10:22 GMT Extreme Poverty and Human Rights: A Case Study of the United States of America This paper presents the problems of poverty in the U.S. from the perspective of the notion of “extreme poverty,' regarded as a violation of ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60667 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60667 Mon, 26 Mar 2012 09:11:27 GMT Integrating gender issues in food security, agriculture and rural development In line with ongoing reforms aimed at a more effective and coherent UN system and wider efforts for greater harmonization and alignment of aid delivery, ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60612 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60612 Sat, 24 Mar 2012 09:09:51 GMT Evolution of gender and poverty dynamics in Tanzania L. da Corta In Tanzania, liberalisation and de-agrarianisation have led to unequal growth; stagnating and in some cases increasing poverty; fragmented landholdings; ... http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60553 http://www.eldis.org/go/display&type=Document&id=60553 Thu, 22 Mar 2012 09:02:55 GMT