Eldis Poverty

Analysing the adaptive capacity of climate change interventions in Ethiopia, Uganda and Mozambique

Angelica Ospina; Richard Heeks — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 16:53:54 GMT

A more holistic and flexible development approach is required to support the agency of people adapting to climate change. Since climate change adds another ...

Fuelwood collection in Malawi and associated environmental issues

C.B.L. Jumbe; A. Angelsen — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:01:56 GMT

In Malawi, biomass energy accounts for more than 90% of the total primary energy consumption, and forests contribute nearly 75% of the total biomass ...

Livelihood Adaptation of Disadvantaged People of Bangladesh to Economic Volatility and Other Shocks

T H Miah — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 09:01:24 GMT

Given the country's high incidence of poverty, dense population, volatile food grain prices and its vulnerability to natural disasters, including periodic ...

Food Poverty and Consequent Vulnerability of Children: A Comparative Study of Ethnic Minorities and Monga-Affected Households in Bangladesh

R.K. khondakar — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 09:01:38 GMT

Ethnic minorities in Bangladesh, mostly concentrated in the south-eastern part (referred to as the SOUTH), comprise approximately 1 % of the total population. ...

Maintaining affordability and farm gate prices of rice in Bangladesh

J.K. Basak — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:42:23 GMT

Food security is a major concern in Bangladesh due to the ever-increasing population as well as agricultural commodities' heightening costs. This paper ...

Energy, climate change and poverty alleviation - policy paper

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:01:14 GMT

The papers from three of GNESD's Member centres examine different aspects of the complex links between climate change, energy and poverty, to help ...

Pensions in Asia and the Pacific

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:47:33 GMT

In addition to giving insights on the sustainability of public pensions and the pressures they face with the mounting demographic issues, Pensions at ...

Interaction of Productive Agents and Future of Bangladesh Economy

M.S. Mandal — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:45:32 GMT

Market interaction of productive agents in Bangladesh has greatly changed the relative factor supplies, factor prices and the employment and unemployment ...

Social capital helps women in Bangladesh to invest in their own and their children's nutritional status

N. Kumar; A.R. Quisumbing — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:54:26 GMT

In Bangladesh, rural households headed by women are more likely to be among the poorest. This paper investigates the long–term impact of agricultural ...

Access to financial, physical and social capital assets is a prerequisite to reduce Nigerian rural poverty

J.O. LAWAL; B.T. OMONONA; O.D. OYINLEYE — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:12:30 GMT

The eradication of poverty in rural Nigeria remains a hard challenge for the country to overcome despite the various poverty eradication programmes ...

Social protection programmes do not focus on the needs of the elderly

D.E. Bloom; E. Jimenez; L. Rosenberg — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 15:37:42 GMT

Despite the growth and extent of social protection programmes (SP) in both developed and developing countries, most emerging economies have systems that ...

How does construction affect disaster risk reduction?

L. Bosher; A. Dainty — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 13:09:52 GMT

This paper examines the role and position of the construction sector in addressing disaster risk reduction. It summarises some of the cross-cutting themes ...

The challenges to disaster risk reduction as expressed by stakeholders in Imizamo Yethu, South Africa

A. Roth; P. Becker — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:22:47 GMT

South Africa is a dynamic, developing country in a challenging transition as it struggles to protect life and health, property, infrastructure and the ...

Does Malawi have the capacity to meet the Millennium Development Goals?

Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:15:50 GMT

This paper presents the Malawi government's statement of progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The goals are implemented in Malawi through ...

Brazil's social security system is not sustainable in its current form

R. Alves de Mesquita; G. Balbinotto Neto — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:47:54 GMT

In two decades Brazil has built a comprehensive welfare state, but it is very costly and ill prepared to face the ageing of the Brazilian population ...

Can both internal and external factors influence income inequality?

G. Cornia — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:44:01 GMT

This paper reviews factors that have led to a decline in income inequality that has taken place over 2002–2007 in most Latin American countries ...

How can Asian economies prepare for their ageing populations?

S.-H. Lee; A. Mason; D. Park — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 12:54:49 GMT

Asia faces the challenge of population ageing. Youthful populations that contributed substantially to growth in the past are maturing and countries that ...

Communication technology can maximise the impact of food price changes on riots

M. Verpoorten; A. Arora — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 17:18:20 GMT

Both recent and historic events point to a close link between riots and food prices. This article aims at providing a credible estimate on the impact ...

Social development in Bangladesh

M.K. Barai; M.L.H. Moral — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 12:22:39 GMT

Reduction of poverty has remained the most important national goal since the independence of Bangladesh. Though it was initially the sole responsibility ...

Mexican anti-poverty and human resource investment programme significantly improve women health

J.R. Behrman; S.W. Parker — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 13:25:29 GMT

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs link public transfers to human capital investment. This paper examines health and work impacts on the ageing ...

Do Malawians think Genetic Modified foods are safe?

C. Mataya — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 12:20:28 GMT

During the past two decades Malawi has increasingly relied on imports and food aid to compensate for recurring food production deficits. The ...

Measuring household poverty in Malawi

Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:03:57 GMT

In 1997-98, Malawi conducted the first Integrated Household Survey (IHS-1). The survey was designed by the National Statistics Office (NSO) of Malawi ...

Is urban agriculture paying dividends in the fight against hunger in Malawi?

D. Mkwambisi; E. Fraser; A. Dougill — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:59:40 GMT

Urban agriculture (UA) can reduce poverty but there is need for more precise analyses on how it contributes to food security. A study in Malawi,revealed ...

Is economic growth the only route out of poverty?

J. A. Donaldson — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:48:31 GMT

This paper seeks to identify pathways to poverty reduction other than economic growth. It focuses on exceptional cases where specific political, social ...

Is there balance between conservation and consumption of natural resources in Malawi?

E. Kaunda; O. Chapotoka — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:43:39 GMT

In a country where over 75% of the families cannot feed themselves, producing on average only 64% of their own food requirements, and where at least 500-1,000 ...

Examining the effects of poverty in Malawi

E. Chirwa; N. Junge — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:39:03 GMT

The Government of Malawi (GoM) is undertaking a wide range of reforms in the water sector with the objective of increasing the availability and access ...

The direction for development of Malawi

Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:26:46 GMT

The Malawi Growth and Development Strategy (MGDS) is the overarching strategy for Malawi for the five years from 2006/07 to 2010/2011 fiscal years. The ...

Can poverty be eradicated in Malawi?

B. Botolo — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 17:21:27 GMT

The government of Malawi and its development partners formulated the Malawi Poverty Reduction Strategy (MPRS) in 2002. The aim of the Strategy is to reduce ...

Can migration positively influence development?

S. Nonnenmacher — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:16:50 GMT

This paper examines how migration and development are linked, the potential benefits of mainstreaming migration into development, and the current state ...

Can growth be achieved without prosperity?

T. Jackson — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:46:36 GMT

This report attempts to shed light on whether nations can prosper without actually achieving sustainable growth. It also questions whether the benefits ...