In the last decade of the 20th century, the issues of poverty eradication in developing countries, particularly in Indonesia, have mostly been associated with the success stories of NGOs. Vakil (in Jordan & Tuijl, 2006: 8) defines NGOs as institutions which are characterized by...

Numerous microfinance initiatives around the world aim to alleviate poverty in developing countries. However, debate persists about their effectiveness and sustainability - a concern for transnational corporations and the international business community, which contribute about $9.4 billion to...

Purpose - This study aims to examine the social inclusiveness of slum dwellers by focusing on three key institutions which are social relations, government and the labour market. The literature emphasises the activities of these three institutions as indicators of social inclusion. Also, they...

Few studies have reconciled the multidimensional nature of poverty with the cultural conditioning of population to orient policies. A SEM (Structural Equations Modeling) strategy, through the comparison of nested models, was used to formulate and test four research hypotheses. Results show that...

This paper analyzes the economic and poverty effects of a voluntary carbon emission reduction for a small liberalized economy - the Philippines. The simulation results indicate that tariff reductions undertaken by the Philippine government between 1994 and 2005 reduced the cost of fossil fuels...

Con el objetivo de evaluar la efectividad del Gobierno para transmitir los conocimientos básicos sobre el cooperativismo al grupo objetivo del plan de desarrollo 2001-2007 y saber si la calidad del conocimiento sobre el cooperativismo entre cooperativistas fue un factor importante para que los...

Social protection programmes in Bangladesh aimed at reducing the vulnerability of the poor has become exceptionally challenging because of high exposure to weak institutional governance, and frequent natural disasters. As a matter of fact, both the coverage and the types of social protection...