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Synthesis of research issues and capacity building in water and land resources management in Ethiopia

Kamara, A. B.; McCornick, P. - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2003

This paper presents an overview and synthesis of the key research and capacity building issues arising from the workshop presentations and the papers. Three days of intensive deliberations by professionals from various research, development and governmental organizations, and of diverse...

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Land Use Change, Carbon Sequestration and Poverty Alleviation

Lipper, Leslie; Cavatassi, Romina - Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), United Nations - 2003

Land use change is a key requirement for improving rural incomes and making a significant reduction in poverty levels globally. Over 70% of the world’s poor are located in rural areas, with land use as a major source of subsistence. Improving the productivity of their land use systems is...

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Moderation of village funds and mediation of agricultural sector growth on poverty in rural areas

Razak, Abd. Rahman; Fernandes, Adji Achmad Rinaldo; … - In: International journal of economics and business … 26 (2023) 4, pp. 463-483

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China’s Productivity Performance and its Impact on Poverty in the Transition Period

Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003

increasing income inequality, mostly between rural and urban areas but also within both rural and urban areas and across regions …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005481829

Productivity Growth and Poverty Reduction in Developing Countries

Standards, Centre for the Study of Living - Center for the Study of Living Standards (CSLS) - 2003

The United Nations has set as a goal for the world community the halving of the rate of poverty between 1990 and 2015. Previous literature and empirical work provides a strong consensus that growth reduces poverty, and several recent studies have also found that the higher is income inequality...

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Multidimensions of urban poverty: Evidence from India

Chandrasekhar, S.; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) - 2007

This paper provides a robust multidimensional evaluation of intra -urban differences. The hypothesis that joint … consumption of public goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals living in slums is accepted … while the hypothesis that consumption of private goods of individuals in non slum urban India dominates those of individuals …

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Urban Housing Policy and its Implications on the Low-Income Earners of A Harare Municipality, Zimbabwe

Moyo, Wisdom - In: International Journal of Asian Social Science 4 (2014) 3, pp. 356-365

urban housing policy. The research highlights the fragility of the poor?s claim to the right of permanent residency …

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Downtown Poverty: Methods of Analysis and Interventions: A Sourcebook for Practitioners Title: Pobreza en áreas centrales urbanas: Métodos de análisis e intervenciones: Manual de consulta para profesionales

Quartesan, Alessandra (contributor); … - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …

.3 billion people live in urban areas. This significant increase in urban population has resulted from both natural population … growth and rural to urban migration. It is important to emphasize that poverty tends to concentrate in cities. More than two …-thirds of the urban population lives in developing countries and the increasing level of urbanization in those countries have …

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Employment and Earnings: A Case Study of Urban Detroit

Saunders, Lisa - In: The Review of Black Political Economy 39 (2012) 1, pp. 107-119

This paper investigates the roles of manufacturing employment, neighborhood poverty, and family structure in determining wages among Detroit, MI workers, just prior to the current economic crisis. Employment in manufacturing has been crucial for blacks and whites: 39% of black and of white men...

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The psychological toll of slum living in Mumbai, India: A mixed methods study

Subbaraman, Ramnath; Nolan, Laura; Shitole, Tejal; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 119 (2014) C, pp. 155-169

In India, “non-notified” slums are not officially recognized by city governments; they suffer from insecure tenure and poorer access to basic services than “notified” (government-recognized) slums. We conducted a study in a non-notified slum of about 12,000 people in Mumbai to determine...

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