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Reducing hazard vulnerability: towards a common approach between disaster risk reduction and climate adaptation

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"Over the past few decades, four distinct and largely independent research and policy communities — disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation, environmental management and poverty reduction — have been actively engaged in reducing socio-economic vulnerability to natural hazards. However, despite the significant efforts of these communities, the vulnerability of many individuals and communities to natural hazards continues to increase considerably. In particular, it is more...

Added by Zunia on February 09, 2010

World Social Situation 2010 : Rethinking Poverty

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With the theme, Rethinking Poverty, the 2010 issue of the Report on the World Social Situation seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty and its eradication. It affirms the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades towards more sustainable development and equity-oriented policies appropriate to national conditions and circumstances.

Added by Zunia on February 08, 2010

Interview of KS Jomo on UN MDGs

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K.S Jomo, U.N Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development (DESA) talks about the Millenium Development Goals(M.D.G), their shortfalls, flaws in some programmes and a few breakthroughs

Added by Shambhu Ghatak on February 06, 2010

What are the Likely Poverty Impacts of the Current Crises?

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This brief is about the likely poverty impacts of the current crisis. It asks, what does the evidence from previous financial crises tell us about the possible impacts on poverty of the current crisis?

Added by Zunia on February 05, 2010

The Phoenix Fund Story

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"In today’s world, the headlines are all about war, conflict and poverty. Disaster and chaos keep an international aid and development organization like Mercy Corps very busy. The larger question is: where — and how – does it all end? We know from our own experience that creating economic opportunity is the most effective way to stop violence and poverty. And that is why the Phoenix Fund exists: to help impoverished people find sustainable ways to end poverty."

Added by Zunia on February 04, 2010

The role of the churches in poverty reduction in Angola

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The purpose of this study is to critically review the role the churches in Angola play in relation to addressing poverty in the country. Central questions addressed are the kinds of interventions the churches undertake and to what extent the churches contribute to poverty reduction in Angola?

Added by Zunia on February 04, 2010

Ending Child Poverty within the EU?

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The fight against child poverty and social exclusion is at the core of Eurochild’s work programme. This report is a synthesis of the country analyses produced by NGOs and national experts of Member States’ national action plans for social inclusion.

Added by Zunia on February 04, 2010

The Global Economic Crisis and Developing Countries: Impact and response (Draft Research Paper)

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"Behind the official statistics and the economic modelling, farmers, manufacturing workers, migrant workers and waste pickers all over the world are asking the same question: what hit us in 2009? Oxfam’s research on the global economic crisis (GEC) in 11 countries involving some 2,500 individuals, and studies by a range of universities, thinktanks and international organizations, reveals the depth and complexity of the impacts, vulnerabilities and resilience among poor people and countries more...

Added by Zunia on February 04, 2010

Quality of Life in Urban Neighborhoods in Metropolitan Lima, Peru

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"This paper presents the results of the estimations of a quality of life (QoL) index focusing on three dimensions: individual factors, urban factors, and civil society. The study was mainly based on results of a survey applied in three districts of Lima: La Victoria, Los Olivos and Villa El Salvador. These districts are relatively similar in terms of income, although Villa El Salvador has a larger percentage of poor households."

Added by Zunia on February 02, 2010

Making Ends Meet: Livelihoods in Cardiff: Surviving/Coping/Managing

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"How do people living in poverty actually survive on a day-to-day basis, and what can be learnt from this to enable them to develop sustainable livelihoods? This summary reveals the reality of how 46 women and men survive in Splott and Riverside, two districts close to the centre of Cardiff. Using a participatory qualitative method based on the ‘Sustainable Livelihoods Approach’ (SLA) in both communities men and women were interviewed individually."

Added by Zunia on January 31, 2010

Oxfam launches consultation on research paper on the development impact of the recession

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Since late 2008, Oxfam has been analysing the impact of the global economic crisis on poverty and poor communities, and the way governments and others have responded. This research, including focus group discussions and in depth interviews with 2,500 people, 11 country case studies and regional overviews, has now been brought together in a draft research paper, The Global Economic Crisis and Developing Countries: Impact and Response (PDF 400KB) written by Duncan Green, Richard King and May more...

Added by Helen Moreno on January 29, 2010

Protecting Pacific Island Children and Women During Economic and Food Crises

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Protecting Pacific Island Children and Women during Economic and Food Crises examines some of the well known and potential impacts on Pacific Island children and women of the 2008 food price rise crisis and the current economic crisis. It also highlights some of the crucial lessons learnt from previous crises. The report demonstrates that while there is still uncertainty about the scope and impact of the global economic and financial crisis in the Pacific region, it is clear that children and more...

Added by Kasem Ali on January 28, 2010

UNDP Pacific Centre Strategy and Project Documents 2008 - 2011

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This report is a compilation of the Pacific Center Strategy Document as well as the Project documents for Pacific Conflict and Natural Disaster Challenges project, Democratic Governance project, MDG Achievement and Poverty Reduction project and the Pacific Financial Inclusion project. The report covers the programming cycle 2008-2011 focuses on supporting the achievement of internationally agreed development goals, including the MDGs, with the aim of eradicating poverty through development, more...

Added by Kasem Ali on January 28, 2010

Comparing Food and Cash Transfers to the Ultra-Poor in Bangladesh

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This study evaluates the relative impacts of food and cash transfers on food security and livelihood outcomes among the ultra poor in Bangladesh. The programs impacts are evaluated according to various measures, including how well transfers are delivered; which transfers beneficiaries prefer; how accurately the programs target the extremely poor; effects on food security, livelihoods, and women’s empowerment; and cost effectiveness. The report identifies what has and has not worked in food and more...

Added by Moushumi Biswas on January 28, 2010

Politics, Policies and the Dynamics of Aggregate Productivity in Colombia

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"This paper describes private actors’ involvement in Colombia’s policymaking process. While more transparent and formal channels are used to discuss horizontal policies, they are also less effective. The adoption of targeted policies, however, follows a faster track and depends more on political power than on those policies’ potential as engines for productivity growth. Data on policies and political characteristics across sector-region units are used to further characterize the different more...

Added by Imran Uddin on January 28, 2010

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