Essays about: "poverty in kerala"

Found 2 essays containing the words poverty in kerala.

1. 1. SHRINKING WORLD, EXPANDING CRISIS : WTO, Globalisation and the Agrarian Crisis in Wayanad, Kerala

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Mathew Abraham; [2007]
   Keywords : WTO; Agreement on Agriculture AoA ; suicide of farmers; trade and development; environmental degradation; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The agricultural sector world wide has undergone a drastic change through the integration of the local markets to the global ones with the advent of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), the main propagator of international trade. The third world in general has stood to suffer with this emergence of neo-liberal market fundamentalism, the consequence of which has been a major crisis in the farm sector worldwide. READ MORE

3. 2. Women - The way out of poverty? Locating women empowerment in a case study of Kudumbashree.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Emma Lindwall; Petra Bergquist; [2006]
   Keywords : utveckling; klasstillhöringhet; etnicitet; ideologier; medvetenhet; Indien; Kerala; Kudumbashree; Gender studies; Genusvetenskap; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract Since the early 1990s the concept of ?women empowerment? has gained ground in the development discourse as a result of the acknowledgement of the marginalization of women in development strategies. Poverty is frequently given the face of a woman, making it fashionable to evolve gender sensitive development schemes based on women empowerment, which are supposed to challenge the victimization of poor women. READ MORE