Choosing Rural Road Investments to Help Reduce Poverty

Tapping ICT to reduce poverty in rural India

he World Development Report 2000/01: Attacking Poverty identifies three priority areas for poverty reduction: increasing opportunity, enhancing empowerment, and improving security. Opportunity makes markets work for the poor and expands poor people’s assets. Empowerment makes state institutions work better for poor people and removes social barriers. Security helps poor people manage risk [30]....

CHOOSING POLICY INSTRUMENTS TO REDUCE POVERTY AND HUNGER: Is It Possible to Overcome the Feasibility Dilemma?

So far in this first decade of the 21st century, more than 1 billion people are subsisting on less than US$1 per day, and more than 800 million people are suffering from hunger. Many countries, most notably in Asia, have made spectacular success in reducing their overall rates of poverty and hunger, but these countries still have regions where poverty remains widespread. And despite its high ra...

Choosing Policy Instruments to Reduce Hunger and Poverty: Is It Possible to Overcome the Feasibility Dilemma?

S o far in this first decade of the 21st century, more than 1 billion people are subsisting on less than a dollar a day, 1 and more than 800 million people are suffering from hunger. Many countries, most notably in Asia, have had spectacular success in reducing their overall rates of poverty and hunger, but these countries still have regions where poverty remains widespread. And despite its hig...

impacts of government infrastructural investments on poverty and income distribution in rural areas of iran

infrastructure plays an important role in the process of economic development. access to such infrastructures as safe piped drinking water, educational and health services, electrification and efficient transport system enhance human welfare. the main objective of this study is to determine the contribution of the main types of infrastructure investments to reduction of poverty and more balance...

Report to the Shell Foundation Using modern bioenergy to reduce rural poverty