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The Changing Roles of Rural Non-Agricultural Activities in the Livelihoods of Nigerien Peasants [Niger]
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998Although it is widely recognized that peasant economies are complex and diversified, non-agricultural activities performed in rural areas by peasants constitute a phenonemon which until recently has obtained very little attention from development research.DocumentChanges in Poverty in Rural Ethiopia 1989-1995: Measurement, Robustness Tests and Decomposition
Centre for the Study of African Economies, Oxford, 1998Assessing changes in poverty levels over time is bedevilled by problems in questionnaire design, the choice of the poverty line, the exact timing of the survey and uncertainty about the appropriate cost-of-living deflators.DocumentIndia's Position on Climate Change from Rio to Kyoto: A Policy Analysis
Danish Institute for International Studies, 1998Policy-making analysis of actors, structures, ideas, interests and powers behind the Indian government’s national position on climate change.DocumentMicro-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.DocumentSudan [analysis of crisis and interventions]: Seventh report of UK Government Select Committee on International Development
International Development Committee, UK, 1998Report on issues both about the analysis of the current famine in Sudan and also about the appropriate response to such humanitarian disasters.DocumentClosing the Loop: From research on natural resources to policy change
European Centre for Development Policy Management, 1998Results of a meeting which pooled the experiences of policy makers, donor agencies and non-governmental organisations in bridging the gap between science and resource management changeDocumentVertical and Spatial Integration of Grain Markets in Ethiopia: Implications for Grain Market and Food Security Policies
Food Security III Cooperative Agreement, Michigan State University, 1998Assesses the performance of grain markets in Ethiopia at the individual market levels and for groups of markets which are spatially linked.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.DocumentAssessing the Need to Manage Conflict in Community-Based Natural Resource Projects
Natural Resource Perspectives, ODI, 1998Considers the role of ‘conflict management assessment’ in community-based natural resource projects. The importance of conducting an assessment of the potential for conflict and its management in relation to a project intervention is stressed, and an assessment framework described.Pages