Essays about: "assessing poverty reduction"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words assessing poverty reduction.

  1. 1. Bridging the Gap: Assessing the Integration of Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction - A Case Study on Nepal

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ebba Ragnartz; [2023]
    Keywords : The Integrated Approach; Disaster Risk Reduction; Climate Change Adaptation; Climate Change; National Adaptation Plan;

    Abstract : There are two primary purposes of this study. One is theory development and the other is empirical. The first aim will be conducted by proposing a framework for the integrated approach between Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation. READ MORE

  3. 2. Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Inequality of Opportunity. A case study: Juntos in Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Patricia Festa Secanella; [2017]
    Keywords : Juntos; Inequality of opportunity; NBI; conditional cash transfers; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Inequality of Opportunity has recently emerged in the development agenda. The unequal access to opportunities can reinforce poverty and inequality traps. Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have consolidated as an important policy tool to fight against poverty. In addition, they have a great potential to equalize opportunities. READ MORE

  4. 3. Efficiency of Pro-Poor Public Spending: Does the Quality of the Public Financial Management (PFM) System Matter? A Cross-Section Study

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Malin Grundström; [2013]
    Keywords : Public financial management; Public spending; Child mortality; Education attainment; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Pro-poor public spending is an important tool used for promoting development and poverty reduction. Yet, it has been hard to find evidence that public spending actually translates into desired outcomes. READ MORE

  5. 4. Rural Member-Based Microfinance Institutions : A field study assessing the impacts of SACCOS and VICOBA in Babati district, Tanzania

    University essay from Institutionen för livsvetenskaper

    Author : Marie Ahlén; [2012]
    Keywords : community-based microfinance; microcredit; poverty reduction; obstacles; cooperative.;

    Abstract : Microfinance has spread rapidly since the 1970s and gained a lot of international attention. Advocates mean it is a good way to reduce poverty, but still there is no consensus within the research about the impacts of microfinance and its contribution to poverty reduction. READ MORE

  6. 5. LINKING UP THE VALUE CHAIN: Assessing The Inter-Firm Linkages That Make Up The International Global Value Chains Of South African Wine And Its Effect On Pro-Poor Economic Growth

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Marc Falcon Kæraa; [2011]
    Keywords : Global Value Chains; Wine Industry; South Africa; Poverty Reduction; Pro-Poor Growth; Economic Inclusion and Exclusion; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Global value chains are essential to understanding globalization in the nature of export-oriented markets and commodity flows to end-markets. Developing countries have experienced a recent wave of economic structural adjustment and introduced export-based reforms as an approach to pro-poor growth. READ MORE