This study estimates the contribution of nature-based tourism in Zambia to economic growth and poverty reduction as … well as to the sustainability of the management of the wildlife estate. The Zambian Government has identified tourism along … and three characterize the tourism industry and the economic impact of nature tourists. Using a variety of sources of …

The report analyzes poverty incidence in India and in particular, in Uttar Pradesh (UP), and defines its poverty levels …, trends, and vulnerability. While UP once appeared positioned to be the pace-setter for India's economic, and social … India's better performing states, and, despite a recent acceleration in growth suggesting the state's performance has been …

Maharashtra's leadership position in India is under threat. The State is facing several bottlenecks to development: the …

Maharashtra's leadership position in India is under threat. The State is facing several bottlenecks to development: the …

Framework. It begins with a chapter on reducing poverty, followed by a chapter on human development. Chapter 3 focuses on the …. Chapter 4 deals with governance issues, a major concern of the Bank because of its links to poverty reduction and development …. The next three chapters deal with ways to increase growth and its poverty reducing content through improvements in a …

The report analyzes India's continued good progress in increasing incomes, and improving living standards over the past … poverty continued to decline, and many social indicators, in particular literacy, continued to improve. Likewise, there has … governance and productivity of India's civil service, and the pressing problem of affordability. An effective program of civil …

In India, land continues to be of enormous economic, social, and symbolic relevance. The way in which land can be … implies that land policies and institutions will have a far-reaching impact on the ability to sustain India's current high … in India does indeed have shortcomings but also use data from India to show that addressing the shortcomings of the land …

this end, the study outlines India's growth rate, improved social indicators, and poverty reduction since the 1970s, but …Reducing poverty, and providing for minimum needs, is the ultimate yardstick against which to measure development. To … specifies that, despite this progress, poverty is a serious concern, where social indicators remain below comparator countries …

The report analyzes India ' s continued good progress in increasing incomes, and improving living standards over the … poverty continued to decline, and many social indicators, in particular literacy, continued to improve. Likewise, there has … governance and productivity of India ' s civil service, and the pressing problem of affordability. An effective program of civil …