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the relationship between rural finance, development and the livelihoods in China and beyond. … promoted as a crucial element for socio-economic development both in China and globally. Yet, in existing research on China … finance have impacted the livelihoods of individuals, families and communities from the perspectives of local people. This …
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them switch to better-paying jobs in the formal sector. But evidence of this is limited. China constitutes an important … 2018, we study how the livelihoods of Chinese workers change when transitioning to different work statuses within or … the self-employed to the wage-employed increases earnings, which improves the livelihoods of Chinese workers. …
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livelihoods, including energy needs. Using data originally collected for Namibia's forest resource accounts and insights from a …
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The overall objective of this discussion paper is to advance the knowledge on rural livelihoods in Stung Treng … aimed at reducing poverty and improving rural livelihoods need to carefully consider the close linkages between rural … livelihoods and natural resources. But also a diversification away from natural resource extraction into higher-skilled jobs is …
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Can entrepreneurship programs be successful labor market policies for the poor? A large share of workers in developing countries are self-employed in low-paying work or engage in low-return entrepreneurial activities that keep these workers in poverty. Entrepreneurship programs provide business...
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livelihoods of rural households, identifies the key determinants of their livelihoods and categorizes them into household types … household types. The analysis includes the impacts of agricultural intensification and expansion on livelihoods as both have …
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Whilst traditional food security analysis offers an ex post view on who the food insecure are and why they are so, looking at food insecurity from a vulnerability perspective provides a dynamic and forward looking way of analysing causes and more importantly options for reducing food insecurity....
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natural regeneration (FMNR) practices and, (2) evaluating the benefits of such practices on livelihoods. The propensity score …
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This paper compares empirical findings on the motivation and welfare impacts of rural-urban migration from two comprehensive case studies conducted in Thailand and Vietnam. Panel data of around 4,000 rural households and tracking surveys of close to 1,000 migrants are used from the two...
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Subsistence livelihoods of agro-pastoralists are heavily dependent on vulnerable natural resources. These natural …, policy and hazards brought transformations in the livelihoods patterns in the Cholistan desert. The sustainability of … subsistence livelihoods of agro-pastoralists in Cholistan desert was analyzed through strength, weaknesses, opportunities and …
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