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eSS, eSocialSciences - eSocialSciences - 2014

: Poverty Line: Pursuit of an Elusive Minimum by M.H. Suryanarayana Fixing Poverty vs. Fixing the Poverty Line by Anirudh … Krishna Agriculture: Is it a Destination for the Poor? by R S Deshpande Can the Rights based NREGA Reduce Poverty? by K … Hanumantha Rao What Role Does Food Security Play in Mitigating Poverty? by S. Indrakant …

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Mitigating Climate Change Through Agriculture

Chatterjee, Claire Schaffnit - eSocialSciences - 2011

Among the major challenges currently faced by humanity are food security and climate change. Agriculture plays a significant role in both. Adapting to climate change is expected to be an increasing issue for agriculture and food security in the next decades. At the same time, agriculture is part...

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The Don Sahong Dam: Potential Impacts on Regional Fish Migrations, Livelihoods and Human Health

Bird, Ian - eSocialSciences - 2011

poverty alleviation in Laos and neighbouring countries in the Mekong Region. URL: [http://polisproject.org/PDFs/Baird%202009 …

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Twenty Years of CRC: A Balance Sheet- Volume 1

HAQCRC, HAQ Centre for Child Rights - eSocialSciences - 2011

The report is a rich source with qualitative and quantitative data on the status of children in India from authentic and established sources. [HAQCRC report]. URL:[http://www.haqcrc.org/sites/default/files/CRC20BS_Vol%20I_1.pdf].

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Rethinking Food Security Strategy: Self-sufficiency or Self-reliance

Deb, Uttam Kumar; Hossain, Mahabub; Jones, Steve - eSocialSciences - 2011

This Policy Brief discusses whether Bangladesh should continue to pursue a national food security strategy based on self-reliance or return to its earlier policy of food self-sufficiency through domestic production. It draws on the results of a study commissioned by the UK Department for...

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Impact Assessment of CFPR/TUP: A Descriptive Analysis Based on 2002-2005 Panel Data

Sulaiman, Munshi; Rabbani, Mehnaz; Prakash, Vivek A. - eSocialSciences - 2010

This paper looks at the overall performance of the CFPR/TUP programme using the 2002 baseline survey and 2005 repeat survey. All the topics covered in this study could be analysed more deeply, but that is beyond the scope of this paper. Our goal here is to present a descriptive overview of the...

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Ethics in Social Science Research: Reflections from a Student of Economics

Swaminathan, Padmini - eSocialSciences - 2006

If poverty and nutrition are issues also of social justice and the commitment that a democratic state makes to its …

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Note on the Draft National Food Security Bill

Mander, Harsh - eSocialSciences - 2011

As agreed by the NAC at its meeting on July 14th, 2010, a Working Group of Members of the NAC was constituted on the National Food Security Bill. After due deliberations and wide ranging consultations, the NAC finalized the details of the basic framework of the proposed National Food Security...

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The Value of Timber, Carbon, Fuelwood,and Non-Timber Forest Products in India's Forests

Sanyal, Sanjeev; Gundimeda, Haripriya; Sinha, Rajiv; … - eSocialSciences - 2006

Accounting for forest wealth is an important ingredient in creating a framework for analysing policy trade-offs. This study describes forestry-related stocks and flows in terms of land area (under forest), physical volume (of timber and carbon) and, finally, monetary values. The study has...

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Nurtured from Above and Growing from the Roots: Social Funds and Decentralization in Zambia and Malawi

Donge, JanKees van - eSocialSciences - 2006

This paper focuses on two specific social funds, those in Zambia and Malawi, to consider the possible contribution of …

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