Poverty
- Growth in China to slow down after the Olympics?
- China may face some challenges after the Olympics this month. The Games could represent a turning point for its economic, political and social life. To keep its high economic growth rate in the medium and long run, China must improve both structural reforms and economic and social equality.
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- The importance of working with the the poor's perception of poverty
- ( A. Witteveen;E. Ludi;G. Felber / www.poverty-wellbeing.net , 2008)
- This document is the second of a series addressing issues surrounding poverty and poverty reduction. It explains perceptions of poverty of the poor, well off and development practitioners to give a mo...
- Will the Olympic games be a turning point for China’s economy?
- ( C.H. Kwan / Japan Center for Economic Research , 2008)
- This Brief examines some challenges that China may face after the Beijing Olympics in August. The Games could represent a turning point for its economic, political and social life. In order to keep i...
- Looking at how we understand poverty
- ( E. Ludi;K. Bird / , 2008)
- The brief on ‘Understanding Poverty’ gives an overview of various definitional and measurement issues related to poverty that has emerged in the research field over time. It deals with the...
- How can better management of forests impact other global challenges?
- ( The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008)
- The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that...
- Technical guidelines for poverty assessors
- ( A. Cahyat;C. Gönner;M. Haug / Center for International Forestry Research , 2007)
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Reflecting the results of a 3-year participatory learning process, this manual aims to provide technical guidelines and background information to poverty assessors at district, sub-district and vil...
- The environment and poverty times
- ( Arendal Maps & Graphics Library, UNEP/GRID , 2008)
- The paper features a collection of short articles that focus on the complex links between environment and poverty reduction. The articles discuss how natural resources can contribute to economic growt...
- Water, livelihoods and growth: concept paper
- ( T. Slaymaker;M. Adank;E. Boelee / Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region , 2007)
- With a focus on RIPPLE (Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region), this paper looks at research-inspired policy and practice learning in Ethiopia and the Nile. Ri...
- The Aged Family Uganda (TAFU) 2008 case study of the older persons of Uganda
- ( F. Nyanzi / The Aged Family Uganda , 2008)
- There are over a million older persons in Uganda, many of whom lack food, money, clean water and medical support and have lost their children to war and HIV and AIDS. This paper, based on a survey of ...
- Rapid urbanization, employment crisis and poverty in African LDCs: a new development strategy and aid policy
- ( M. Herrmann;H. Khan / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2008)
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Rapid urbanisation is a fact of life even in the least developed countries where the lion’s share of the population presently lives in rural areas and will continue to do so for decades to co...
- State of world population 2007: unleashing the potential of urban growth
- ( United Nations Population Fund , 2008)
- In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the ne...
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