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Unjust waters: climate change, flooding and the urban poor in Africa
Russell Sage Foundation, 2008Poor people living in hazardous and unhealthy environments in urban areas may find their difficulties compounded by the consequences of climate change. These include those who construct their shelters on steep, unstable hillsides, or along the foreshore on former mangrove swamps or tidal flats.DocumentMind the gap!: id21 insights, issue 41
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2002Rural areas have long been a source of food, raw materials and labour for cities. So too, are cities places of opportunity for rural dwellers, providing markets for agricultural products, specialised services and sources of temporary employment and shelter. Urban-rural linkages are particularly intense in the periurbanDocumentGrowing older in Africa and Asia: Multicentre study on ageing, health and well-being. Global health Action journal, supplement 2
Umeå Centre for Global Health Research, 2010Selection of articles looking at the status of the elderly in Asia and Africa, resulting from the collaboration of the International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health (INDEPTH) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE). Article titles include:DocumentLinking Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management for sustainable poverty reduction. Synthesis report
European Commission Directorate-General Joint Research Centre Institute for Environment and Sustainability, 2006This report presents a cross-cutting summary of country study findings and workshop deliberations on linking climate change adaptation and disaster risk management for sustainable poverty reduction. It uses examples from Mexico, Kenya and Vietnam to provide insights into how a more integrated approach to disaster risk management and climate change adaptation can be built.DocumentElectronic delivery of social cash transfers: lessons learned and opportunities for Africa
Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2010Delivery of cash transfers typically involves a compromise between the cost of reaching recipients literally at the door of their homes, and the savings from providing them at a central point to which recipients must travel to receive their benefit.DocumentImproving food security and rural development through relevant basic education
Research4Development, 2005Many developing countries are severely challenged by a vicious cycle of food insecurity, poverty and under-education. The route out of this so-called poverty trap lies in multiple strategies for poverty reduction, whereby interconnected problems are tackled simultaneously.DocumentHow bioenergy projects could boost rural livelihoods
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2009Some 1.6 billion people lack access to electricity and over 2 billion rely on biomass for their cooking and heating needs. Across the developing world there are encouraging examples of small-scale initiatives developing and transforming bioenergy resources into cleaner and more convenient forms of energy. How can they be scaled up?DocumentPensions in Africa
Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2009In sub-Saharan Africa less than 10% of the older population has a contributory pension. This paper discusses why the development of pension systems is important for the African region. It also looks at the current pension arrangements in selected African countries: Botswana, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Uganda, ZambiaDocumentChild survival, poverty and policy options from DHS surveys in Kenya: 1993-2003
Poverty and Economic Policy Network, 2008Will Kenya achieve the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) on child survival by 2015? While child and infant mortality rates declined massively following Kenyan independence, progress since 1990 has slowed down – particularly on infant mortality - making it seem increasingly unlikely. This is the conclusion of new report brought out by the Poverty and Economic Policy Network (PEP).