Executive Summary This report addresses the digital divide and the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) for the alleviation of poverty. The digital divide describes the stark disparities between the few people with abundant access to ICTs and the vast numbers of people without any access. Information and knowledge are critical components of poverty alleviation strategies, an...

This paper argues for an approach to flood alleviation design that considers the need not only for technical knowledge, but also a social perspective. It is predicted that more intense rainfall and rising sea levels will result in a greater number of people vulnerable to flood events. Flood alleviation design in the UK is often focused upon technical and cost-effective solutions, and considerat...

Chinese government is updating its Aid-the-Poor Program to develop a sound national poverty alleviation system, especially in mountain areas. And promoting economic growth and improving quality of life of residents are important components to ensure that poverty alleviation goals meet throughout the poverty alleviation chain. In this paper, Xiang-xi Prefecture, a typical mountain region, was ta...

This paper describes a multi-objective flight control system design for flexible aircraft to take advantage of the availability of multi-functional distributed flight control surfaces to simultaneously gain aerodynamic efficiency, maneuver and gust load alleviation, and aeroservoelastic (ASE) mode suppression while maintaining traditional pilot command-tracking tasks. A multi-objective optimal ...

This chapter covers the advances in establishment and optimization of brassinoste‐ roids (BRs) in the alleviation of abiotic stresses such as water, salinity, temperature, and heavy metals in plant system, especially roots. Plant roots regulate their develop‐ mental and physiological processes in response to various internal and external stim‐ uli. Studies are in progress to improve plant root ...

The operation that Mr. Vincent Nesfield now describes for the alleviation of chronic deafness does not give us the thrill of a novelty. It was advocated by Aristide Malherbe as many as 29 or 30 years ago, and then quickly was lost sight of until its present resuscitation. Briefly the operation is one in which a new communication is made from the outside through the mastoid cortex posterior to t...

Eradicating poverty is perhaps the single most important global development challenge. As rural areas are typically home to the majority of the poor in developing countries, the success of poverty alleviation interventions in rural areas will be important in determining if this challenge is met. This paper examines the relationship between telecom reform and poverty alleviation in Kenya, docume...

Poverty can be defined as a pronounced deprivation of well-being related to lack of material income or consumption, low levels of education and health, vulnerability and exposure to risk, no opportunity to be heard and powerlessness (World Bank 2001:15). Thus, poverty alleviation can be defined as successfully lessening deprivation of well-being. In this regard, forest-based poverty alleviation...

Health workers can have a dramatic impact on malnutrition and disease simply by brushing up on the qualifying criteria for welfare grants and encouraging patients to apply. The importance of doctor intervention emerged last month when the SAMJ spoke to welfare officials, social workers and educationists about the problems besetting the social security system. Cati Vawda, director of the Childre...