Climate risk management and rural poverty reduction

Rural Poverty, Risk, and Development

Asset Poverty: Scope for Rural Poverty Reduction through Policy Changes

REDUCTION THROUGH POLICY CHANGES This chapter deals with various strategies to improve the asset holdings of the rural poor. In most cases, if the poor get a bigger share of asset control or benefits, efficiency and economic growth also improve. For many types of asset, reducing inequality between rural and urban areas slows down outmigration to the cities, and increases rural farm and non-farm...

Rural Poverty Reduction Strategy for South Asia

Roughly 40 percent of the world’s poor live in South Asia, where poverty is basically a rural problem. Therefore, a significant gain in rural poverty reduction in this sub-region will be crucial to reach the international poverty reduction target. Based on the analysis and experience of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), this paper argues that to be successful, poverty ...

Rural Infrastructure Services (RIS) for Poverty Reduction

FARM WATER AND RURAL POVERTY REDUCTION IN DEVELOPING ASIAy

The study on ‘‘pro-poor intervention strategies in irrigated agriculture in Asia’’ by Hussain (2005) shows that, in 26 major and medium-size canal irrigation schemes in Asia, irrigated areas average 20% lower poverty than adjacent rainfed areas; gains are more with pro-poor management of water for farming (PPMWF) and where distribution of farmland or farm water is more equal. These findings, an...