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Rural development, supply and access to basic services: a case study of the province of bolivar, Ecuador.
R, Vos; A, Vos; Werff, S. van der - International Labour Organization (ILO), United Nations - 1982
development; examines literacy rates, access to education, nutrition, health, housing and sanitation; discusses poverty, basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010967111
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risks.
Obuobie, Emmanuel; Keraita, Bernard; Danso, George; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI)
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010910241
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Shared Mandates, Moral Hazard, and Political (Mis)alignment in a Decentralized Economy
Estache, Antonio; Garsous, Grégoire; Motta, Ronaldo … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2015
This paper investigates the effects of political (mis)alignment on public service delivery when mandates are shared between state and local governments. We analyze sewage treatment policies in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. Relying on difference-in-differences estimations, we establish a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261761
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Urban wastewater and agricultural reuse challenges in India
Amerasinghe, Priyanie; Bhardwaj, R. M.; Scott, C.; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010696289
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Irrigated urban vegetable production in Ghana: characteristics, benefits and risks
Obuobie, Emmanuel; Keraita, Bernard; Danso, George; … - International Water Management Institute (IWMI) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621870
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Community Interests and Indicator System Success
Holden, Meg - In: Social Indicators Research 92 (2009) 3, pp. 429-448
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009400347
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Geographies of governance: How place matters in urban regeneration policies
Parés, Marc; Martí-Costa, Marc; Blanco, Ismael - In: Urban Studies 51 (2014) 15, pp. 3250-3267
Neoliberal accounts of local governance have paid insufficient attention to variation in the forms of urban governance and urban policies across local regimes. On the basis of a comparison of eight deprived neighbourhoods in Catalonia (Spain) where the same regional programme of urban...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147432
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Understanding the context for agriculture for nutrition research: Identifying country typologies of child-stunting determinants:
Maruyama, Eduardo; Unnevehr, Laurian J.; Wang, Jiarui - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
We use data from 52 countries on child stunting, poverty, determinants of food security, environmental health, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886777
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Environmental poverty, a decomposed environmental Kuznets curve, and alternatives: Sustainability lessons from China
Liu, Lee - In: Ecological Economics 73 (2012) C, pp. 86-92
Amid increasing recognition of the importance of the environmental factor in understanding poverty and development …, this article coins the term “environmental poverty” to refer to the lack of the healthy environment needed for society … shape. Some communities may prosper at the expense of other communities, which may fall into environmental poverty and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011043587
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Integrated rural development - The concept and its operation
Nemes, Gusztav - Közgazdaság-tudományi Intézet, Közgazdaság- és … - 2005
Our paper explores, on a theoretical level, the reason for frequent failures of rural development policies and identifies some potential improvements in rural policy making in Europe. Our approach to des/integration concerns actors, resources, institutions, knowledge, the fundamental logic of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005242962