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Growing criticism of inefficient development aid demanded new planning instruments of donors, including international NGOs (INGOs). A reorientation from isolated project-planning towards holistic country concepts and the increasing rationality of a result-orientated planning process were seen as...
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This paper examines the relationship between measures of income poverty, undernourishment, childhood undernutrition … measures of deprivation, the measures generate some inter-regional paradoxes. Income poverty and child mortality is highest in … Africa, but childhood undernutrition is by far the highest in South Asia, while the share of people with insufficient …
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malnutrition together with dramatically high rates of mortality, encountered in Kenya's Lake Victoria territory, is unique for Sub …
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New governance structures, meant to empower local decision makers, are supported by some policies introduced by the European Commission. LEADER, from rural development policy, is among these approaches. Nevertheless, these new policies are implemented in very different multi-level governance...
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In the last funding periods there was steady increase in the number of LEADER-regions in Europe, and, at least in Germany, it is already evident that this gain will continue: for the 2014-2020 funding period there around 300 LAGs expected in comparison to 244 LAGs in the last period. For the new...
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Vulnerability to poverty is a major problem in the rural areas of Sub Saharan Africa. Rural Households are confronted … contribution of indigenous fruit trees towards reducing vulnerability to food insecurity and poverty. The methodology used is a …
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obtain measures for global inequality and poverty as well as global growth incidence curves. …
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A dual challenge for the sustainable development of the Danube mouths region is the conservation of the natural ecological assets and the improvement of the quality of life for its residents. Aiming to offer support for regional sustainable policies for improvement of land sea synergies in the...
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Agriculture in Iraq represents a vital component of the country's economy. Prior to the development of the petroleum industry, agriculture was the primary economic activity in Iraq. Over the past several decades agriculture's role in the economy has been heavily influenced by Iraq's involvement...
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For the next decade, one of the objectives of the recently released EU's strategy "Farm to Fork" is to reach a target of 25% in organic food and farming in the EU agriculture. For this target to be accomplished, the overall EU organic area should be increased, by complying with the regulations...
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