This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work … affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk …1. Introduction -- 2. Risk and poverty -- 3. The risk coping strategies of the rural poor -- 4. The limits to risk …

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the … poor can take advantage of growth require further research. Beyond Food Production takes on this challenge, investigating …

and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for …This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to … be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted …

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert …

Urban poverty is an emerging problem. This book explores the household and neighbourhood factors that lead to both the … generation and continuance of urban poverty in China. It is argued that the urban Chinese are not a homogenous social group, but …China's new urban poverty : an introduction -- Poverty incidence and determinants -- Poverty groups : livelihood and …

This book comprehensively examines the performance of Bangladeshi agriculture in light of the most recent thinking on … and poverty and also focus on gender issues - often ignored in traditional theory. Many of the issues that arise in …. Environment and Agriculture in a Developing Economy will therefore be of particular interest to developmental and environmental …

global climate change on agriculture and the need to sustain agricultural growth for economic development. The book begins by …Global Environmental Change and Agriculture offers a comprehensive perspective on the causes, consequences and possible … growth and economic development. The authors then discuss how agricultural research systems may be restructured to respond to …

How will the industrial changes implicit within new biotechnologies affect modern agriculture? This book investigates …

This important Handbook reveals that most urban growth takes place in the less developed world and much of it … represents over-urbanization--that is, urbanization in which most migrants cannot effectively compete for employment, cannot find … adequate shelter and do not have the means to feed themselves properly. Yet, compared to rural poverty, urban poverty is widely …