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    Constraints on the demand for youth labour in Zambia

    2015
    Zambia is one of many developing countries struggling to create adequate employment opportunities for its people, especially in the formal economy. Unemployment is highest among youths (15–24 years old) and particularly affects those without skills. Unless the challenge of youth unemployment is met, Zambia could face rising poverty levels in the future.
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    Peasant classes, farm incomes and rural indebtedness: an analysis of household production data from two states

    Centre for Development Studies, Swansea, 2009
    The crisis and stagnation in Indian agriculture have persisted for over a decade and are not showing any signs of reversal. Falling real product prices faced by primary commodity producers have been one of the central causes for escalating farm indebtedness.
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    An African success story: Ghana's cocoa marketing system

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2009
    Ghana’s cocoa marketing system has performed impressively over the past decade. Cocoa production has reached record high levels. Farmers receive a relatively large share of export earnings. Product quality is world renowned, and it regularly exceeds the most stringent international standards. Exports are handled professionally and efficiently. International loans are repaid reliably.
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    Diversification in rural livelihood strategies: a macro-level evidence from Jammu and Kashmir

    Centre for Development Studies, Swansea, 2010
    The agricultural sector is predominant in the economy of Jammu and Kashmir and provides livelihood to the majority of the population. The overall economic growth of the state depends largely on the progress of agricultural sector, since only a very nominal progress has been achieved in the secondary as well as in the tertiary sectors.
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    Carbon offsets and agricultural livelihoods: lessons learned from a carbon credit project in the transition zone of Ghana

    STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2012
    This paper focuses on one project in Ghana, and is aimed at understanding how the Vision 2050 Forestry Carbon Credit Project (CCP) interacts with property rights, resource access and livelihoods of smallholders in the Forest-Savanna Transition zone of Ghana. The focus is on the process of project implementation, and the underlying assumptions driving this.
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    Making a participatory video: documenting the challenges of the Blanchisseuse fishing industry

    Caribbean Natural Resources Institute, 2011
    This brief outlines the practical steps taken in prepration and hosting the participatory video at a community workshop to addressa range of issues related to sustainable livelihoods. It outlines how they identified challenges, solutions, documented the issues through storytelling and went on to use the video for advocacy.
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    Embedding gender and diversity in the Plantwise Programme: overview of findings

    Evidence on Demand, 2015
    It is widely assumed that women are not heavily engaged in agriculture, however data from around the world highlights the critical role that women play in agricultural production, especially in less-developed countries. In spite of the significant contribution they make female farmers often lack equal access to productive resources and opportunities.
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    HIV/AIDS, forests and futures in Sub-Saharan Africa

    STEPS Centre, Institute of Development Studies, 2010
    Throughout Sub-Saharan Africa, the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic is having devastating and tragic social, economic, and political impacts. HIV/AIDS is both a health issue and a development problem, with complex links to rural livelihoods, human capacity, and natural resource conservation.
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    Integrating climate change into national sustainable development strategies and plans in Latin America and the Caribbean

    Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations, 2013
    An evaluation of the project, "Integrating Climate Change into National Sustainable Development Strategies and Plans in Latin America and the Caribbean" implemented in Grenada, Bolivia and Guatemala.
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    Marine protected area monitoring in the nearshore waters of Grenada, Eastern Caribbean: benthic cover and fish populations

    Economic Science Research Institute, University of Costa Rica / Instituto de Investigaciones en Ciencias Económicas, Universidad de Costa Rica, 2014
    This study documents benthic cover and fish populations associated with reefs in a Marine Protected Area (MPA) along Grenada’s southwest coast from 2008 through 2012. During this study a trend of increasing algal cover was noted and a noticeable (though not statistically significant) increase in piscivorous fishes in the MPA in 2012.

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