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Since 1950s, most African nations have gained independence from their colonial powers. Fortunately, independence has brought many changes to these nations and these include multi-party democratic government and western education systems. Unfortunately, the Africa’s economy is the least...
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The present paper aims to adduce succinctly the reasons and arguments sustaining female-targeting microfinance programs, predominantly because of their capacity of offering an effective and operational tool against poverty. The herewith paper basically follows a double-axis organization. The...
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The object of the paper is to place the present issues of world poverty, development, demographic change into proper …
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critical appraisal of the historical development and experience of social security initiatives at the all India level. Based on …
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The concept of basic needs is today at the center of many discussions about development and the international order …. Some international organizations are rethinking their prior evaluation of development policies based largely on aggregate … article is to address these questions using as a basis the Bariloche Model. This model studies development strategies oriented …
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, talking about private sector development where markets do not even exist is meaningless. Our proposal is based on the idea … that we first need to create a platform which can act like a spring board for private sector development. Such a platform … is provided by the creation of a Market for Development (MFD). The MFD takes a ramshackle economy by its collar and …
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Seen in historical perspective the main economic predicaments of the present world (such as poverty, inequality, backwardness) appear in a somewhat different light than in many current discussions, especially by sociologists, radical economists and political scientists. In the present paper the...
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Empowerment of the poor does not necessarily make them better off – or make the non-poor worse off. In some cases, empowerment may be inefficient, i.e. a negative-sum game. In other cases, it is a zero-sum game, as the poor can benefit only at the expense of someone else. But in many cases, it...
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participatory e-development and traditional development strategies should not be seen as mutually exclusive but rather complementary …
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For several decades, the international community has aspired to integrate the social, economic and environmental dimensions of sustainability. Yet, no country has achieved the patterns of consumption and production that could sustain global prosperity in the coming decades. Thus, with the...
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