Showing 1 - 10 of 257
policy use case studies from South Asia (Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan) and East Asia (Indonesia, the Philippines, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011196693
Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge … benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research, Livelihoods, and Poverty shed light on these questions through a … collection of case studies that explore the types of impact that agricultural research has had on livelihoods and poverty in low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752679
This book describes how Bangladesh transformed its food markets and food policies to free the country from the constant … and led to policy changes. The case of Bangladesh also has more general relevance as a study of the outcomes of a market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752690
interest to the US Government’s Feed the Future initiative. These poverty, health, and nutrition outcomes include both … low of 0.66 in Bangladesh. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132826
continued to produce traditional crops and were not able to escape poverty. This finding reaffirms the idea that liberalizing … problems of different subgroups in poverty if the broader poverty issue is to be improved." Authors' Abstract …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996575
"In recent years bioenergy... has drawn attention as a sustainable energy source that may help cope with rising energy prices, address environmental concerns about greenhouse gas emissions, and offer new income and employment to farmers and rural communities around the world. For many countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996937
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996830
financial transactions. The authors cite successful endeavors including Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, SANSA in Sri Lanka and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004996851
CARE's experiences in Bangladesh and Tanzania suggest a number of ways that rapid assessment procedures can be strengthened …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997141
The approach of this study is to examine the effects of household asset ownership patterns on the morbidity status of male and female preschoolers, measured as the number of illness days in the two weeks preceding the household survey.Section 2 of this study outlines the theoretical model....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997142