poverty. It is based on the findings of primary fieldwork on the char islands of north-west Bangladesh, investigating the …

greatly reduce national poverty over the short-term. In this regard, agricultural growth is more effective, albeit with slower …-fundamentalist approach to African development, but the short-term imperative of reducing poverty necessitates further agricultural investment. …

-wide model of Bangladesh, we estimate and decompose damages from historical climate variability and future anthropogenic climate … distribution of damages and slows Bangladesh's long- run shift (adaptation) into dry (winter) season rice production. …

rise in the number of households falling below the poverty line income. At the political front, Bangladesh was run by an …Global food price hikes during 2007 and 2008 resulted in a sharp rise in staple food prices in Bangladesh. The poor and … studies indicated that the adverse effects of the food price hike in Bangladesh were primarily manifested by the significant …

The growing urbanization of poverty poses a significant challenge to governments and donors alike, particularly in Asia … mechanisms for urban poverty reduction, as discussed here. Where there have been successes in improved service delivery for the … provision. New forms of partnership will be required. For greater progress in urban poverty reduction to be made, however, the …

Bangladesh, their coping strategies, and the extent to which policy support materialzed. While the poor as a whole demonstrated …

This paper explores the relationship between microcredit and poverty reduction. To investigate this question, we posit … supply constraints to the household's graduation from poverty. These constraints are difficult to overcome in a traditional …

This paper examines the measurement of social welfare, poverty and inequality taking into account features that have … the differences between standard poverty and inequality measures based on observed income and measures that are calculated …