of cities or regions, and formulating policy responses. It can be defined as conditions that are conducive to a higher … various influences on investment decisions and how they will impinge on different classes of potential investors. Policy … implications are developed and the ways in which the concept might be used in policy making are examined. …

The paper reviews the existing evidence on migration-poverty interface in the light of the macro and micro level … data collected from rural households in major states in the country. Policy implications are also discussed. [CPRC]. …

The enabling approach to housing markets promotes financing systems based on family savings, public subsidies and … households are forced to use informal mechanisms to access housing, such as purchasing land in illegal subdivisions or squatting … housing construction undertaken by poor households through an enabling approach can make a signifi cant contribution to …

Global statistics suggest that people living in urban areas are more likely than those in rural areas to have access to … “improved water sourcesâ€. Women do most of the work of water collection in low-income urban areas, as they do in … rural areas. In this review of the literature on access to water and women’s work in low-income urban areas of the global …

The United Nations has set as a goal for the world community the halving of the rate of poverty between 1990 and 2015 …. Previous literature and empirical work provides a strong consensus that growth reduces poverty, and several recent studies have … poverty. But in dynamic economies most economic growth comes from productivity growth, and few studies have tested the …

-disaster development assistance to Haiti. We find that the effects of matching new seasonal agricultural jobs in the US with Haitian … and the potential for policies of this kind to complement more traditional forms of development and humanitarian …

Governments play a major role in the development process, and constantly introduce reforms and policies to achieve …