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Micro-credit for sanitation
Water and Environmental Health at London and Loughborough, 1998Micro-credit and micro-finance have been developed over the past 20 years as a strategy for poverty alleviation and income generation for the poor. The report provides a brief overview of this development and the current role of micro-finance in development. The success of this approach in supporting informal micro-enterprises has led to it being considered for other areas of development.DocumentEncouraging Sustainable Smallholder Agriculture in Southern Africa in the Context of Agricultural Services Reform
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998Summarises the results of six DFID funded country studies on encouraging sustainable agriculture in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi. It emphasises the need for continuing government and donor support for sustainable increases in agricultural productivity which must underpin poverty alleviation.DocumentEthical trade and export horticulture in sub-Saharan Africa: The development of tools for ethical trading of horticultural exports by resource poor groups
Ethical Trade and Natural Resources Programme, NRI, 1998Short report covering: the role of export horticulture in sub-Saharan Africa and its variable impact on the resource-poor; moves towards ethical trade in export horticulture, focusing on limitations of current approaches; a research agenda for developing appropriate criteria for ethical trade in horticultural products [author]DocumentRural Poverty: Population Dynamics, Local Institutions and Access to Resources
Sustainable Development Department, FAO SD Dimensions, 1998Analyses two examples of changing institution-resource access relationships in Africa and Latin America. The Africa case (Kakamega, Western Kenya) highlights the resource endowments and problems associated with the participation of individuals in multiple institutions, whereas the Latin America case (Oaxaca, Mexico) focuses on the changes in a single institution in response to population growth.DocumentEconomic Crisis in Asia: a Future of Diminishing Growth and Increasing Poverty?
International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998Recovery from the crisis will depend, in part, on increases in Asia’s exports to some of the larger developed markets, like the United States and Western Europe. But developed countries themselves are suffering from the crisis to varying degrees, depending on their trade and financial links with Asia and pre-crisis economic and financial positions.DocumentStructure and conduct of major agricultural input and output markets and response to reforms by rural households in Madagascar
International Food Policy Research Institute, 1998Interim reports on adjustment in the input trading sector; price behavior in local markets; and adjustment farm households have been published and are available online.DocumentA Sporting Chance: Tackling child labour in India's sports goods industry
Christian Aid, 1998Research by Christian Aid and the South Asian Coalition on Child Servitude (SACCS) has found that Indian children - some as young as seven - are routinely stitching footballs for export to Britain. Boys as young as ten were also found to be employed in small workshops manufacturing items such as boxing and cricket gloves for export.DocumentIndian experience on household food and nutrition security
Gender and Food Security, FAO, 1994Covers the production, availability and consumption of cereals, which are known to contribute around 70 percent of the energy and protein requirement and which happen to be the first objective to be attained by a poor household.DocumentThe Shift from Development to Emergency Assistance and its Impact on Poverty and Nutrition
1999Increasing amounts of bilateral and multilateral aid are being used to respond to macroeconomic shocks, political instability and natural disasters. This paper sets out a conceptual framework for considering the consequences of this trend. There are three levels of analysis: provision; coverage; and assessment of impact.