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Reducing Risk in A Changing Climate: Changing Paradigms toward Urban Pro-Poor Adaptation

Wamsler, Christine - In: Open House International 35 (2010) 1, pp. 6-25

practical experience of-and the debate about-the rising number of disasters, growing urbanization, and changing climatic …

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Forests and economic welfare

Kant, Shashi; Nautiyal, J.C.; Berry, R.A. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 23 (1996) 2, pp. 31-43

A single dimensional measure of economic welfare in terms of per capita income has neglected the contribution of the non‐timber benefits of forests; hence forests have not received their due weight in literature on the development process. Advocates a multi‐dimensional measure of economic...

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Income elasticities of household demand in rural China

Wan, Guang H. - In: Journal of Economic Studies 23 (1996) 3, pp. 18-33

Calculates income elasticities of demand for ten commodity groups and 30 rural regions in China by fitting Engel functions to a set of household expenditure survey data. Finds that staple food, clothing and fuel are necessities, while housing, service, eating out, entertainment and culture, and...

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Allocative inefficiency and rural poverty in India

Ghosh, B.N. - In: International Journal of Social Economics 29 (2002) 1/2, pp. 87-96

The magnitude of rural poverty is larger as compared to urban poverty in India. The basic explanation for sectoral poverty differentiates in India is the misallocation of resources and urban‐biased strategy of development. Investment allocation in Indian planning is not strictly based on the...

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Effects of the subsidy removal of fertilizer on rural poverty in north Sulawesi, Indonesia

Mulya Firdausy, Carunia - In: International Journal of Social Economics 24 (1997) 1/2/3, pp. 207-222

Examines the effects of fertilizer subsidy on the rural poor in Indonesia. Discusses the factors which lead to rural poverty and measures which have been undertaken to combat these. Describes in detail a survey undertaken in two villages to establish the effects of the removal of the fertilizer...

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Agrarian change and social transformation among the Mizo (the tribal State in North‐East India)

In: International Journal of Social Economics 25 (1998) 2/3/4, pp. 261-266

Reports the upheavals occurring in Mizo society as it moves from being agrarian based to being a monetised, capitalist economy. Claims that a great deal of poverty has been caused by the change from the tradition of communal ownership of relatively abundant land to the individual right to land...

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Coming out of their homesteads?

Akhter Hamid, M.; Alauddin, Mohammad - In: International Journal of Social Economics 25 (1998) 2/3/4, pp. 314-337

Bangladesh has experienced a rapid expansion of shrimp farming in the coastal regions in recent years. The increase in both area and production has been influenced by the financial profit motive of rural farmers coupled with high international demands for shrimps and ecological congeniality for...

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Socioeconomic characteristics of rural urbanization in Southern Jiangsu, China

Wang, De - In: International Journal of Social Economics 26 (1999) 1/2/3, pp. 290-297

Rural urbanization in China has been discussed by many scholars since the 1980s. In this paper, Wuxi and Jiangyin, two … urbanization, namely, multilevel transfer of rural population into urban population; dispersed spatial pattern; urbanization … lagging behind industrial development; and important role of towns in rural urbanization, were analyzed. Through an analysis …

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Institutionalization and promotion of saving habits through Bai‐Muajjal mode of financing

Alam, Mohammed N. - In: Managerial Finance 29 (2003) 2/3, pp. 3-22

Points out that the small and cottage industry (SCI) sector is often neglected despite its potential for contributing to economic development, especially in the third world; and reports an investigation of the use of the Bai‐Muajjal (BM) method of financing in the Bangladesh SCI sector....

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A model for creating innovative strategies for an enterprise and its application to a rural enterprise

Kajanus, Miika - In: Management Decision 38 (2000) 10, pp. 711-722

Innovations are argued to be one of the main sources of sustainable competitive advantage. This study presents a model for creating ideas and formulating them into strategic alternatives for an enterprise. Value‐focused thinking, including clearly defining and structuring the fundamental...

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