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Microfinance and Poverty: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom Title: Microfinanzas y pobreza: ¿Son válidas las ideas preconcebidas?
Gulli, Hege - Inter-American Development Bank
Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that … and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on microfinance and poverty. The view of microcredit that emerges is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010772492
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Microfinance and Poverty: Questioning the Conventional Wisdom Title: Microfinanzas y pobreza: ¿Son válidas las ideas preconcebidas?
Gulli, Hege - Inter-American Development Bank
Microfinance and Poverty probes a set of assumptions that have arisen about microfinance and poverty reduction and that … and analysis of theoretical and applied literature on microfinance and poverty. The view of microcredit that emerges is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943570
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Life in a Megacity: Livelihood Strategies and Survival Mechanisms of Rickshaw Pullers in Dhaka City
Tamanna, Meheri; Hasan, Md. Kamrul - In: Millennial Asia 6 (2015) 1, pp. 44-60
The informal sector plays an important role in the urban economy in developing countries. Rickshaw pulling is an informal sector occupation in which a large number of people in Bangladesh are employed. This article focuses on livelihood vulnerabilities, capital utilization, strategies for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212829
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COMMUNITY GARDENS AND FOOD SECURITY IN RURAL LIVELIHOOD DEVELOPMENT: THE CASE OF ENTREPRENEURIAL AND MARKET GARDENS IN MBERENGWA, ZIMBABWE
BERNARD, CHAZOVACHII; CEPHAS, MUTAMI; JOHN, BOWORA - In: Russian Journal of Agricultural and Socio-Economic Sciences 13 (2013) 3, pp. 8-17
This paper seeks to assess the contribution of community gardens on food security in rural livelihoods development in … Mberengwa ward 27. Despite the introduction of community gardens in ward 27, poverty persisted amongst the vulnerable groups in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011222417
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Building livelihood resilience: a case study of factors affecting farm households’ adoption of coping and adaptive strategies in rural Nigeria
Oparinde, Adewale; Hodge, Ian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
debates but also for focusing development objectives. The aim of this paper is to identify aspect of rural livelihoods that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258365
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Comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis: Nigeria:
Kuku, Oluyemisi; Mathiassen, Astrid; Wadhwa, Amit; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2013
The Nigerian Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis (CFSVA) provides an in-depth assessment of the food …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685631
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Poverty, vulnerability and the impact of flooding in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
Khandlhela, Masingita; May, Julian - In: Natural Hazards 39 (2006) 2, pp. 275-287
The article evaluates household vulnerability after the 2000 flood in two poor communities of the Limpopo Province …, South Africa. The study analyses the forms of vulnerability which disasters such as floods present. Using data gathered from … vulnerability, the management of the disaster can serve to perpetuate vulnerability. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media B …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010759015
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Livelihood change, farming, and managing flood risk in the Lerma Valley, Mexico
Eakin, Hallie; Appendini, Kirsten - In: Agriculture and Human Values 25 (2008) 4, pp. 555-566
In face of rising flood losses globally, the approach of “living with floods,” rather than relying on structural measures for flood control and prevention, is acquiring greater resonance in diverse socioeconomic contexts. In the Lerma Valley in the state of Mexico, rapid industrialization,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011001982
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Les grands aménagements sur le fleuve Niger : atout pour le Mali ou facteur de vulnérabilité pour ses populations rurales ?
Droy, Isabelle; Morand, Pierre - In: Mondes en développement n° 164 (2013) 4, pp. 57-70
comprehensive way the vulnerability of rural people at the time of designing policy options for the development of a large basin …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011187869
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Strengthening community roles in aquatic resource governance in Uganda
Burnley, C.; Adriázola, P.; Comardicea, I.; Mugisha, S.; … - WorldFish Center, Consultative Group on International …
livelihoods at risk. While Uganda’s co-management policy framework is well-developed, key resources for implementation are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011133000