Institutional Imperatives of Poverty Reduction

Poverty Reduction and Microenterprise in Bangladesh: Issues, Imperatives and Interventions

Micro enterprise is extremely important for the development of entrepreneurs, help human development, poverty reduction and employment generation both in rural and urban areas. The specific objective underlies in the provision of resource allocation, infusion of vital potent promoting microenterprise and to peruse socioeconomic patronization for development of the microenterprise. Secondary dat...

Gender and Reduction of Poverty in Iran

Agro-industry and Smallholder Agriculture: Institutional Arrangements and Rural Poverty Reduction in Mozambique

INTRODUCTION: Agro-industry adding value to agricultural commodities through processing before they reach consumers can play a key role in agricultural development, especially if it is located in rural areas. In developing countries, agroindustrialization is increasingly driven by globalization , as manifested by foreign direct investment and trade (Reardon and Barrett, 2000) Mozambique is not ...

Supporting Policy and Institutional Reforms for Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Line

Since the adoption of the Doi Moi (renovation) policy, the Vietnamese economy has continued to register high growth in the transition to a market-oriented economy. As a result, poverty incidence decreased from 58% in 1993 to 29% in 2002. Still, a large number of people are living at the near-poverty level. As the majority of them depend on unstable income from farming, they are vulnerable to na...

Women and Poverty Reduction

Alleviation and reduction of poverty and common prosperity are the constant goals of Chinese Government. It is an important task for women’s federations at all levels to address the shortage of food and clothing for women and children in poor areas and to promote local efforts helping women and children in poor areas. Over the past years, the government, with poverty issues that affect women on...