Poverty
- Growth in China to slow down after the Olympics?
- China may face some challenges after the Olympics this month. The Games could represent a turning point for its economic, political and social life. To keep its high economic growth rate in the medium and long run, China must improve both structural reforms and economic and social equality.
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- The importance of working with the the poor's perception of poverty
- ( A. Witteveen;E. Ludi;G. Felber / www.poverty-wellbeing.net , 2008)
- This document is the second of a series addressing issues surrounding poverty and poverty reduction. It explains perceptions of poverty of the poor, well off and development practitioners to give a mo...
- Will the Olympic games be a turning point for China’s economy?
- ( C.H. Kwan / Japan Center for Economic Research , 2008)
- This Brief examines some challenges that China may face after the Beijing Olympics in August. The Games could represent a turning point for its economic, political and social life. In order to keep i...
- Looking at how we understand poverty
- ( E. Ludi;K. Bird / , 2008)
- The brief on ‘Understanding Poverty’ gives an overview of various definitional and measurement issues related to poverty that has emerged in the research field over time. It deals with the...
- How can better management of forests impact other global challenges?
- ( The Rights and Resources Initiative , 2008)
- The report discusses how tensions over forests in coming decades will influence the severity of climate change, the course of wars and civil conflicts, and the health of the world. It is asserted that...
- Technical guidelines for poverty assessors
- ( A. Cahyat;C. Gönner;M. Haug / Center for International Forestry Research , 2007)
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Reflecting the results of a 3-year participatory learning process, this manual aims to provide technical guidelines and background information to poverty assessors at district, sub-district and vil...
- Delivery of water supply and sanitation services in Ethiopia and the Nile
- ( T. Slaymaker;M. Adank;E. Boelee / Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region , 2007)
- With a focus on RIPPLE (Research-inspired Policy and Practice Learning in Ethiopia and the Nile Region), this paper looks at research-inspired policy and practice learning in Ethiopia and the Nile. Ri...
- Lack of a formal policy on ageing is harming the elderly in Uganda
- ( F. Nyanzi / The Aged Family Uganda , 2008)
- There are over a million older persons in Uganda, many of whom lack food, money, clean water and medical support and have lost their children to war and HIV and AIDS. This paper, based on a survey of ...
- How should aid funding respond to African urbanisation?
- ( M. Herrmann;H. Khan / Munich Personal RePEc Archive , 2008)
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Rapid urbanisation is a fact of life even in the least developed countries where the lion’s share of the population presently lives in rural areas and will continue to do so for decades to co...
- Realistic planning for future urban growth calls for explicit consideration of the needs of the poor
- ( United Nations Population Fund , 2008)
- In 2008, for the first time in history, more than half the world's population, 3.3 billion people, will be living in urban areas. By 2030, this is expected to swell to almost 5 billion. Many of the ne...
- Can small livestock producers compete with larger-scale farms?: evidence from Brazil, India, the Philippines and Thailand
- ( C.,L. Delgado;C.,A. Narrod;M.,M. Tiongco / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2008)
- Livestock are among the few commodities that smallholder farmers widely produce that are growing rapidly in demand, and thus the interest for poverty alleviation is strong. However, there are signs th...
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