Rural Poverty Risk And Development

Author : Marcel Fafchamps
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 925104371X

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Rural Poverty, Risk and Development by Marcel Fafchamps Pdf

All men and women are subject to risk: illness, accident, death. Some shocks affect their ability to feed and support themselves properly, either temporarily: unemployment, crop failure, and loss of property; or permanently: disability, and skill obsolescence.This report summarises what is known and also what is not known about the sources of risk faced by the rural poor and their coping strategies. It examines the impact of risk and risk-coping strategies on development and the way in which governments and international organisations can assist in dealing with risk and overcoming poverty.

Author : Marcel Fafchamps
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Risk assessment
ISBN : 1843764369

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Rural Poverty, Risk and Development by Marcel Fafchamps Pdf

Throughout their lifetime, men and women are subject to a wide variety of risks, such as illness, accident, death, or less directly, unemployment, crop failure, loss of property, disability, business failre and skill obsolescence. development. Building upon the author's work in the area, it summarizes the contributions of recent theoretical and empirical work to our understanding of how risk affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do ot know about risk coping strategies among modern poor rural societies. Ways in which these strategies may be re-examined and improved by governments and international organizations are proposed.

Author : Idriss Jazairy,Mohiuddin Alamgir,Theresa Panuccio
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 539 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780814737545

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The State of World Rural Poverty by Idriss Jazairy,Mohiuddin Alamgir,Theresa Panuccio Pdf

Despite almost four decades and billions of dollars in development activities, we are barely in a position to track the changing dynamics of poverty or to define with conviction the processes that entrap the poor in their misery. Accounting for about 90% of global poverty, rural poverty, through transmigration, is also a main contributor to urban poverty. It is in the rural areas of the world where poverty is most severe in human terms, where the hunger, hopelessness, hardship, and despair commonly associated with entrenched poverty are most pronounced, where basic health services, sanitation, educational opportunities, and other common amenities are most lacking. The alleviation of rural poverty is therefore tantamount to the alleviation of global poverty in its entirety. The State of World Rural Poverty offers the first comprehensive look at the economic conditions and prospects of the world's rural poor.

Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781451850093

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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries by Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan Pdf

In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. The author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are delineated and explained, including stable management of the macroeconomic environment, transfer of assets, investment in and access to the physical and social infrastructure, access to credit and jobs, and provision of safety nets. Finally, some guideposts are identified for assessing strategies to reduce rural poverty.

Author : International Fund for Agricultural Development
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105111787607

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Rural Poverty Report 2001 by International Fund for Agricultural Development Pdf

Progress in reducing rural poverty has stalled. In the 1990s, it fell to less than a third of the rate needed to meet the United Nation's commitment to halve the world poverty by 2015. Although three quarters of the world's 1.2 billion extremely poor people live and work in rural areas, aid toagriculture, their main source of income has fallen by two thirds.In its Rural Poverty Report 2001, the International Fund for Agricultural Development argues that, to be successful, poverty-reduction policies must focus on rural areas. To overcome disadvantages stemming from remoteness, lack of education and health care, insecure and unproductive jobs, highfertility, and (often) discrimination as women or ethnic minorities, the rural poor need; legally secure entitlement to assets (especially land and water); technology (above all for increasing the output and yield of food staples); access to markets; and access to microfinance. Such policies wouldpromote economic growth and help alleviate urban poverty as well. Sustainable reduction in poverty would need creation of a pro-poor policy environment, and allocation of a greater volume of resources targeted to the poor with greater effectiveness. This needs to be complemented by betterpartnership among the government, civil society, and the private sector so that the poor are empowered to take responsibility for their own development.

Author : Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan
Publisher : International Monetary Fund
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2001-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1589060067

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Rural Poverty in Developing Countries by Mr.Mahmood Hasan Khan Pdf

Reviews causes of poverty in rural areas and presents a policy framework for reducing rural poverty, including through land reform, public works programs, access to credit, physical and social infrastructure, subsidies, and transfer of technology. Identifies key elements for drafting a policy to reduce rural poverty.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821354590

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Reaching the Rural Poor by Anonim Pdf

Despite the fact that three quarters of the world's poor live in rural areas, the level of international development aid directed at rural areas has continued to decline over the last decade, particularly in terms of the agricultural sector. In 2001, lending for agricultural projects was the lowest in the World Bank's history. This publication presents the World Bank's new rural development strategy based upon a results oriented approach which stresses practice, implementation, monitoring and empowerment aspects. The strategy seeks to highlight rural development efforts, focusing on the needs of the rural poor, fostering a broad-based economic growth and addressing the impact of global developments on client countries.

Author : Jonathan Mitchell,Christopher Coles
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781849713139

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Markets and Rural Poverty by Jonathan Mitchell,Christopher Coles Pdf

First Published in 2011. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Joseph Mullen
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Economic assistance
ISBN : STANFORD:36105012404336

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Rural Poverty Alleviation by Joseph Mullen Pdf

Author : Diana Alarcón González
Publisher : IDB
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1931003882

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Priorities and Strategies in Rural Poverty Reduction by Diana Alarcón González Pdf

Author : University of Florida. Food and Resource Economics Department,Florida Cooperative Extension Service,University of Florida. Center for Rural Development
Publisher : Ames : Iowa State University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1977
Category : Economic assistance, Domestic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105009636445

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Rural Poverty and the Policy Crisis by University of Florida. Food and Resource Economics Department,Florida Cooperative Extension Service,University of Florida. Center for Rural Development Pdf

Compilation of readings on the evaluation of rural area poverty issues and programmes in the USA - includes theoretical concepts and institutional frameworks, income distribution aspects, economics, social costs, social policy implications, etc. References and statistical tables.

Author : Joseph Mullen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429785962

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Rural Poverty, Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods by Joseph Mullen Pdf

First published in 1999, this volume explores the nature of poverty and interprets it across a range of policy reforms and project interventions in different geographical settings. It is the culmination of a cooperative effort between development academics and professionals from diverse national and disciplinary backgrounds, who came together for two events: 1) The Development Study Association’s Rural Development Study Group Symposium on the theme of the book’s title, hosted by the Rural Poverty Alleviation Programme at the University of Manchester’s Institute for Development Policy and Management. 2) The Commonwealth Secretariat’s Regional Workshop for East and Central Africa on Strategies for Poverty Reduction. The volume is underpinned by the conviction that it is morally and ethically repugnant that over 1.3 billion people live in conditions of endemic hunger and poverty while the wealth of a minority continues to increase exponentially. The authors offer wide ranging analysis of some of the causes of this situation, and of the efforts being made to eliminate or alleviate absolute poverty.

Author : M.L. Narasaiah
Publisher : Discovery Publishing House
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Community development
ISBN : 8171419437

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Ngos And Rural Poverty by M.L. Narasaiah Pdf

Non-governmental organisations have become the new hope of development cooperation. Criticism of official and multi-lateral development assistance in mounting. After more than for decades of international cooperation, there is more poverty in the Third World (with the exception of a few countries) than ever before. It has become clear that existing instruments cannot bring about change. Even the large donor organisations doubt their own ability to solve problems and find their doubts confirmed by internal evaluations. What led to this state of affairs, and is there reason to hope that the NGOs can do a better job?

Author : Paul Siegel
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Assets (Accounting)
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Using an Asset-based Approach to Identify Drivers of Sustainable Rural Growth and Poverty Reduction in Central America by Paul Siegel Pdf

"The asset-based approach considers links between households' productive, social, and locational assets; the policy, institutional, and risk context; household behavior as expressed in livelihood strategies; and well-being outcomes. For sustainable poverty reducing growth, it is critical to examine household asset portfolios and understand how assets interact with the context to influence the selection of livelihood strategies, which in turn determine well-being. Policy reforms can change the context and income-generating potential of assets. Investments can add new assets or increase the efficiency of existing household assets, and also improve households' risk management capacity to protect assets. After all is said and done, a household's asset portfolio will determine whether growth and poverty reduction can be achieved and sustained over time. The asset-based framework is amendable to different analytical techniques. Siegel suggests combining quantitative and qualitative spatial and household level analyses (and linked spatial and household level analyses) to deepen understanding of the complex relationships between assets, context, livelihood strategies, and well-being outcomes. This paper--a joint product of the Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Vice Presidency and the Rural Development Family, Latin America and the Caribbean Region--is part of a larger effort in the Bank to strengthen analyses and strategies for rural development, and address policy issues and investment priorities"--World Bank web site.

Author : Raghav Gaiha
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9251032831

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Design of Poverty Alleviation Strategy in Rural Areas by Raghav Gaiha Pdf