In recent years, many people and parts of the world have been hit by major shocks ranging from conflicts, erratic weather patterns, earthquakes, droughts, and floods to food price spikes. At the same time, poor people and communities remain vulnerable to shocks that may be smaller in...

Poverty is a rural phenomenon in most of the developing world, especially the low-income developing countries. The rural poor make up more than 75 percent of the poor in many Sub-Saharan African and Asian countries. Accelerated public investments are needed to facilitate agricultural and rural...

Untersucht werden Einkommensniveau, Einkommensquellen und Strategien zur Einkommensdiversifizierung unterernährter ländlicher Bevölkerungsgruppen in der Dritten Welt. Die Auswertung verschiedener Fallstudien führt zu einer erstaunlichen Vielfalt von Einkommensquellen unter den Armen, oft...