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Policy position

Social Protection

26/11/2009

1 documents

6 pages long

Languages: English

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Social protection

Overview

Social protection can be broadly defined as public or publicly mandated actions – carried out by the state or privately – that enable people to deal more effectively with risk and vulnerability and help tackle extreme and chronic poverty.

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Guidelines and toolkits

The Sustainable Livelihoods Handbook: An asset based approach to poverty

01/11/2009

1 documents

52 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

This handbook is intended to introduce community development workers and local activists to the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach (SLA), an exciting and innovative means of researching the opportunities for change within our households and communities. The Handbook is also potentially relevant for academics and policy makers who are interested in finding out more about how the […]

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Briefing note

Urban Poverty and Vulnerability in Kenya: The urgent need for co-ordinated action to reduce urban poverty

10/09/2009

1 documents

8 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The scale of urban poverty in Kenya is something that policymakers can no longer afford to ignore. Between a third and half of the country’s urban population live in poverty. The country is urbanising at such a speed that it is projected to be 50 per cent urban by 2020, and half of all Kenya’s […]

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Journal article

Developing small production and marketing enterprises: mushroom contract farming in Bangladesh

01/09/2009

10 pages long

Free access through journal website

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This article presents a case study of an activity implemented under the FAO component of the Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation Project, funded by UNDP in Bangladesh. In Mymensingh city the project is linking poor urban dwellers with a niche market for oyster mushroom. This small enterprise activity appears to be sustainable, in that […]

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Journal article

Neither silent nor invisible’: anti-poverty communication in the San Francisco Bay Area

01/06/2009

11 pages long

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The communication practices of three US anti-poverty groups in the San Francisco Bay Area – Coalition on Homelessness, Poor News Network, and Media Alliance – are discussed whose communication strategies work for the recognition and rights of low-income and homeless people, and for policies to better redistribute economic and communications resources. In the wake of […]

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Journal article

Citizens’ publications that empower: social change for the homeless

01/06/2009

11 pages long

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This paper surveys street publications that are members of the International Network of Street Papers. Street publications can empower the homeless though numerous endeavours that can lead to social change. Empowerment can be achieved by being employed, such as magazine vendors and/or as workers in socially oriented companies. It can also occur by recovering self-esteem […]

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Journal article

Health and hygiene behaviour change: bottom-up meets top-down in Tibet

01/05/2009

6 pages long

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The Tibet Poverty Alleviation Fund (TPAF) has been working in the Tibet Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China since 1998 to increase the income and assets of rural Tibetans. From the beginning, TPAF recognised that high morbidity and mortality were a constraint on efforts of rural Tibetans to improve livelihoods. Early interventions to […]

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Briefing paper

Close to Home : UK poverty and the economic downturn

08/04/2009

2 documents

24 pages long

Languages: English

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Overview

The UK is in recession, and things stand to get much worse for the fifth of the population already living in poverty, and for the millions more whose livelihoods will become more vulnerable as a result. The UK government has recognised its responsibility to help people through the recession, but needs to do more to […]

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Journal article

The role of government and NGOs in slum development: the case of Dhaka City

01/03/2009

6 pages long

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This article addresses the situation of slums in Dhaka City in relation to government and NGO mechanisms and priorities for slum development and upgrading. It concludes with specific suggestions for better slum management in the Bangladesh capital. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.

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Journal article

Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

01/03/2009

17 pages long

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Engendering adaptation to climate variability in Gujarat, India

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Most policy makers and practitioners have now started to recognise the different ways in which climate change impacts on poor, vulnerable, and socially excluded women and men. However, making adaptation policies and programmes sensitive to gender issues does not simply mean ‘adding on’ a concern for women. It also requires a nuanced understanding of gendered […]

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