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- Engaging elite support for the poorest? BRAC's Targeted Ultra Poor programme for rural women in Bangladesh
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This article draws preliminary lessons from the experience of engaging village elites in support of a BRAC programme for ultra-poor women in rural Bangladesh. It describes the origins, aims, and operation of this programme, which provides comprehensive li ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05
- Participatory rural appraisal for a vibrant co-operative sector
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Cooperatives in general are considered to be in crisis, dominated by self-centered and short-sighted outsiders seeking power. The Primary Agricultural Cooperatives (PACs) in India, which were considered to be the nucleus of rural life, have lost their val ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54
- Women Development Workers: Implementing Rural Credit Programmes in Bangladesh
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Author: Goetz, Anne Marie Publisher: New Delhi: Sage, 2001, ISBN: 81 7829 009 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Agricultural growth and 'trickle-down' reconsidered: evidence from rural India
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This paper analyses the legacy of the `green revolution' in rural India, going beyond the economic to take into account the comprehensive impact of State-guided development strategies on the lives of ordinary people. Based on information collected during ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:57
- What determines poverty transition? An investigation of women livestock farmers in Bangladesh
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This article evaluates poverty transition using self-assessment in a quasi-experimental framework. Data are drawn from a survey conducted in 2006 of 400 women who were the beneficiaries of a poverty-alleviation programme which involved longer-term inter ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-27 13:21
- Urban children's work during and after the 1998 floods in Bangladesh
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The 1998 floods, which inundated much of Bangladesh, had a major effect on the lives and work of urban slum children. Lack of work opportunities, and beliefs about appropriate roles for young children, meant that the floods did not lead to great increases ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:06
- Contractual arrangements for rural workers in Asia
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This Note reports on research into differences in the contractual agreements made by workers and employers, offering insights into the working of markets (particularly for labour and credit) and, using case studies, showing the constraints on the free mov ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:55
- The Power to Choose: Bangladeshi Women and Labour Market Decisions in London and Dhaka
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Author: Kabeer, Naila Publisher: London: Verso, 2002, ISBN: 1 85984 206 2, 320 ...
Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49
- Feminise our forests: consultation on the World Commission on Forests and Sustainable Development
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Citing the case of the Self Employed Women's Association's (SEWA) experience in nine districts of Gujarat, India, an argument is presented for returning almost the entire forestry sector to the women through their cooperatives of groups. Such an argument ...
Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:58
- Facilitating the entry of communities in the herbal medicine sector: GMCL in India
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The medicinal plant sector is on the increase in many developing countries. Despite this, the existing supply chain is unable to improve the livelihoods of the gatherers. This article considers Gram Mooligai Company Limited (GMCL), the first community-b ...
Abstract - dwardle - 2011-06-27 13:26
