Resultados de búsqueda - "poverty reduction"

Current approaches to resilience programming among nongovernmental organizations por Frankenberger, Timothy R., Constas, Mark A., Nelson, Suzanne, Starr, Laurie

“…The paper then presents several case studies that highlight NGO efforts to enhance resilience either by focusing on a specific vulnerable population and shock or by integrating, sequencing, and layering activities to support and protect core programming goals (for example, food and nutrition security, poverty reduction) while contributing overall to enhanced resilience capacity. …”
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Economic transformation in Ghana: Where will the path lead? por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z., Diao, Xinshen, Alpuerto, Vida, Folledo, Renato, Slavova, Mira, Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Asante, Felix Ankomah

“…We document and examine why, despite impressive growth and poverty reduction figures, Ghana's economy has exhibited less transformation than might be expected for a country that has recently achieved middle-income status. …”
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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…The linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management have important implications for technology adoption, economic growth, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. Yet, despite their importance in people's lives, property rights and collective action are often undervalued, and when they are recognized, often misunderstood.…”
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Economic transformation in Ghana: Where will the path lead? por Kolavalli, Shashidhara, Robinson, Elizabeth J. Z., Diao, Xinshen, Alpuerto, Vida, Folledo, Renato, Slavova, Mira, Ngeleza, Guyslain K., Asante, Felix Ankomah

“…We document and examine why, despite impressive growth and poverty reduction figures, Ghana’s economy has exhibited less transformation than might be expected for a country that has recently achieved middle-income status. …”
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Farmer Groups, Input Access and Intragroup Dynamics: A Case Study of Targeted Subsidies in Nigeria por Liverpool-Tasie, Lenis Saweda O.

“…In many countries, farmers are coordinated in groups for participation in poverty reduction programs. This is common practice in many input voucher programs in Sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Innovations in land tenure reform and administration in Africa por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Land and the institutions that govern its ownership and use greatly affect economic growth and poverty reduction. Lack of access to land and inefficient or corrupt systems of land administration have a negative impact on a country's investment climate. …”
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Institutional options for managing rangelands por CGIAR Program on Collective Action and Property Rights

“…Each of these property rights regimes and institutional options is associated with different costs for achieving various goals, such as poverty reduction, equitable access to resources, and sustainable use and management of those resources. …”
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Agricultural growth trends and outlook for Southern Africa por Chilonda, Pius, Musaba, Emmanuel, Zikhali, Precious

“…The Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries, along with other African countries, have recognized and prioritized the agriculture sector as key to overall economic growth, poverty reduction, and enhancing food security and have accordingly committed themselves to implement several regionally, continentally and internationally shared targets or goals. …”
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Agricultural growth, poverty, and nutrition in Tanzania por Pauw, Karl, Thurlow, James

“…Results indicate that the structure of economic growth-not the level-is currently constraining the rate of poverty reduction in Tanzania. Most importantly, agricultural growth trends have been driven by larger-scale farmers and by crops grown in only a few regions of the country. …”
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Statistics of Public Expenditure for Economic Development (SPEED) por International Food Policy Research Institute

“…A better understanding of the linkages between public expenditure and development can provide insights for poverty reduction strategies and key development goals. …”
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Determinants of poverty in Mozambique, 1996-97 por Datt, Gaurav, Simler, Kenneth R., Mukherjee, Sanjukta, Dava, Gabriel

“…In conclusion, any meaningful poverty reduction strategy in Mozambique must give the highest priority to rural areas and must address these macro-level and household-level determinants of poverty in its policy formulations.…”
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Growth, inequality, and poverty in rural China: the role of public investments por Fan, Shenggen, Zhang, Linxiu, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…This report will be of interest to professionals involved in rural poverty reduction, rural development, agricultural growth, food security, and public investment policy.…”
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Growth, inequality, and poverty in rural China: the role of public investments [In Chinese] por Fan, Shenggen, Zhang, Linxiu, Zhang, Xiaobo

“…This report will be of interest to professionals involved in rural poverty reduction, rural development, agricultural growth, food security, and public investment policy.…”
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Kwazulu-Natal Income Dynamics Study (KIDS) 1993-1998: a longitudinal household data set for South African policy analysis por Haddad, Lawrence J., Carter, Michael R., May, Julian, Maluccio, John A.

“…An important adjunct of apartheid has been the absence of credible and comprehensive data on which policies, such as poverty reduction strategies, can be grounded. The 1993 Project for Statistics on Living Standards and Development (PSLSD) provided the first comprehensive household database for South Africa. …”
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School subsidies for the poor: evaluating a Mexican strategy for reducing poverty -- PROGRESA in Mexico por Schultz, T. Paul

“…If the current relationship of the program outlays to enrollments, and that of schooling to increased adult earnings, both persist in the future, the internal rate of return to the PROGRESA educational grants as an investment is estimated to be about 8 percent, which accrues in addition to the program’s efficacy as a poverty reduction program.…”
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School subsidies for the poor: evaluating a Mexican strategy for reducing poverty -- PROGRESA in Mexico por Schultz, T. Paul

“…If the current relationship of the program outlays to enrollments, and that of schooling to increased adult earnings, both persist in the future, the internal rate of return to the PROGRESA educational grants as an investment is estimated to be about 8 percent, which accrues in addition to the program’s efficacy as a poverty reduction program.…”
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School subsidies for the poor: evaluating a Mexican strategy for reducing poverty por Schultz, T. Paul

“…If the current relationship of the program outlays to enrollments, and that of schooling to increased adult earnings, both persist in the future, the internal rate of return to the PROGRESA educational grants as an investment is estimated to be about 8 percent, which accrues in addition to the program’s efficacy as a poverty reduction program. -- Author's Abstract…”
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The impact of the International Food Policy Research Institute's research program on rural finance policies for food security for the poor por Alwang, Jeffrey, Puhazhendhi, V.

“…This study examines the contributions of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) between 1993 and 2001 to analysis, outreach, capacity building, and training related to the role of rural finance in poverty reduction. The IFPRI multicountry research project on Rural Finance Policies for Food Security for the Poor involved data-intensive research by more than 14 research fellows on the impacts of access to rural financial services in countries. …”
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Collective action and property rights for sustainable development por Meinzen-Dick, Ruth S., Di Gregorio, Monica

“…The linkages between property rights, collective action, and natural resource management have important implications for technology adoption, economic growth, food security, poverty reduction, and environmental sustainability. Yet despite their importance in people’s lives, property rights and collective action are often undervalued, and when they are recognized, often misunderstood.…”
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The economic costs of illness in low income countries: the case of rural Ethiopia por Asfaw, Abay, von Braun, Joachim, Admassie, Assefa, Jütting, Johannes

“…The results also demonstrate that improving the health status of rural households can play a significant role in poverty reduction by reducing illness inflicted time losses and increasing the productive capacity of the households.…”
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