This paper provides a gender perspective on recent arguments about the link between economic growth and poverty reduction in rural sub-Saharan Africa.
1 January 2001
This paper is concerned with the impact of globalisation on local competitiveness in Brenta, one of the most important Italian footwear districts. The aim is to integrate the typical industrial district approach with the global value chain approach.
1 January 2001
This report was commissioned by the Swedish International Development Agency (SIDA). Its aim is to provide a contemporary overview of gender and development concerns in India and to identify areas of focus for a more detailed study in the future.
1 January 2001
IDS Bulletin Vol. 32 Nos. 3
The concept of 'governance' is central to the global value chain approach. This article explains what it means and why it matters for development research and policy. The concept is used to refer to the inter-firm relationships and institutional mechanisms through which non-market coordination...
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Health workers earned the same salary throughout China during the period of the command economy. Differences in earnings have grown substantially since then. Some health facilities supplement basic government salaries with substantial bonuses financed out of earned revenues, whilst others...
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Individual and small-scale cooperative farming can be attractive options for new landholders in Romania. However, it is likely that many are locked into less-productive collective arrangements.
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Risk and vulnerability have been rediscovered as key features of rural livelihoods and poverty, and are currently a focus of policy attention. The poor themselves try to manage uncertainty using a variety of ex‐ante and ex‐post risk management strategies, and through community support...
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After a hiatus, law has re-emerged onto the international development agenda. A number of reasons are suggested: first, the 'good governance' policies advocated by the international donor community see reform of the state and its relations with society as key elements in promoting market-led growth.
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Twenty years after Poverty and Famines elaborated the entitlement approach as an innovative and holistic approach to famine analysis, debates about some of its fundamental assertions remain unresolved. This paper examines four limitations acknowledged by Sen himself: starvation by choice,...
1 January 2001
