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Social capital as obstacle to development: brokering land, norms, and trust in rural India
MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, 2014During the 1990s, powerful development institutions like the World Bank came to see the social networks and norms of the rural poor in developing countries as 'assets' to be tapped for poverty alleviation.OrganisationChina Institute of International Studies (CIIS)
China Institute of International Studies (CIIS) is the think tank of China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It conducts research and analysis on a wide range of foreign policy issues.DocumentFinancial inclusion in Uganda
CARE International Urban Poverty, 2014Since 2001 the Ugandan government has taken steps to double the number of adults accessing formal financial services from 28% in 2009 to 54% in 2013. However, 2.6 million adults remain excluded (15% of the adult population) and usage of insurance products in particular remains low, with only 2% of the adult population reporting use of them.Document2015 and beyond: Action for a just, gender-equitable and sustainable future
CARE International, 2014This briefing paper argues that gender inequality is one of the most widespread and persistent barriers to social justice and that climate change amplifies the risks faced by people who are already poor and marginalised, with widespread negative consequences primarily for women and girls, and for society as a whole.DocumentPakistan: the impact of economic liberalisaton on poverty
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 1999Economic liberalization is viewed as having played a major role in the success of developing countries, especially in the East Asian region.DocumentThe environment-poverty nexus: an institutional analysis
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2000While there are clearly hypothesized links between poverty and degradation, attempts to demonstrate such links empirically have yielded mixed results. This paper aims at determining the nature, causes and impacts of poverty in Pakistan.DocumentFeatures of South-South cooperation and global dynamics
Research and Information System for Developing Countries, 2014The sharp economic growth across Southern economies and subsequent deepening in their cooperation has evoked a growing interest in understanding the nature of South-South cooperation (SSC). The idea of SSC is not itself new but has come increasingly under the spotlight.DocumentEquitable education in Pakistan: addressing gender and rural-urban gaps in lower secondary education
Sustainable Development Policy Institute, Pakistan, 2011The driving force behind this project was the motivation to attain good governance in Pakistan through the introduction and implementation of social accountability (SAc) tools.DocumentThe impact of urbanization on political outcomes in Turkey
Economic Research Forum, Egypt, 2013The purpose of this study is to identify the urbanisation–related determinants of two key political outcomes in Turkey, namely the election turnout rate and the vote share of the Justice and Development Party (AKP) which has been in power since 2002. Estimated regressions include the outcomes as dependent variables and several socio-demographic indicators as explanatory variables.