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    Green growth and poverty reduction: Policy coherence for pro-poor growth

    Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2013
    This paper explores the policy coherence for development (PCD) dimensions of green growth strategies pursued by OECD member states. The coherence challenge is to design OECD green growth policies in order to maximise the positive synergies and minimise the negatives effects on pro-poor growth in developing countries.
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    International Journal of Environmental Science and Development (IJESD)

    International Journal of Environmental Science and Development (IJESD) is an international academic open access journal.
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    Beyond the grumpy rich man and the happy peasant: subjective perspectives on wellbeing and food security in rural India

    Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 2013
    The momentum behind taking wellbeing as a policy focus continues to grow. Its attractions are many.They include broader based indicators of national progress; a positive focus on strengths and aspirations rather than a potentially stigmatising emphasis on problems.
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    Agricultural productivity seminar notes

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    As these seminar notes argue, agriculture is once again high on the development agenda, There are huge opportunities but also challenges in agriculture; and that while increased productivity is the ultimate goal – the nuances of what is meant by productivity in relation to poverty reduction and food security must be teased out.
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    The Politics of wellbeing, conservation and development in Chiawa, Zambia

    Wellbeing and Poverty Pathways, University of Bath, 2013
    The challenge of reconciling competing demands for national economic growth, wildlife conservation and the wellbeing of local communities is widely recognised. In Chiawa, Zambia 2013 this challenge is particularly acute, as a new highway and bridge promise to reverse the area’s historical marginality, promoting it as a premier site for safari tourism and agri-business.
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    Impact of climate change on life & livelihood of Dalits: An exploratory study from disaster risk reduction lens

    National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, 2013
    Dalit people are a highly vulnerable group, especially with regard to climate change, given both their high dependence on natural resources, and social, political, and economic exclusion inhibiting their adaptive capacity.
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    Grail Research

    Market research organisation. Grail Research has offices in Massachusetts, New York, Beijing, Johannesburg, and Noida, a satellite town adjoining the Indian capital, New Delhi.
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    Provision and improvement of housing for the poor

    Evidence on Demand, 2013
    The purpose of the Topic Guide is to stimulate thinking about the ways in which investment in the process of housing can benefit the poor.
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    Social panorama of Latin America

    United Nations [UN] Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, 2013
    Social Panorama of Latin America presents official measurements for the analysis of income poverty from the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and seeks fresh approaches to poverty and well-being, placing special emphasis on multidimensional approaches. Chapters cover:
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    Access to urban basic services and determinants of satisfaction: a comparison by non-slum and slum dwellers in Dhaka City

    The Institute of Governance Studies, 2013
    Dhaka has experienced rapid urbanisation in recent decades. However, the city’s infrastructure and basic utility service provisions lag behind its physical expansion making it one of the least livable cities in the world. The government of Bangladesh provides various utility services, water, electricity, waste collection, among others, to urban dwellers.

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