Reducing People’s Vulnerability to Natural Hazards: Communities and Resilience
Published by: UNU-WIDER
The concepts vulnerability, resilience and community are widely used and abused in the literature on natural hazards and disaster risk...
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Published by: UNU-WIDER
The concepts vulnerability, resilience and community are widely used and abused in the literature on natural hazards and disaster risk...
This paper is concerned with the differing modalities of pro-poor policy formation and implementation.
Published by: IDS
The extraordinary attention raised by civil society in the academic world and in national and international circuits of public policymakers has paradoxically contributed to overshadow civil organisations, their diversity, the logics of their actions, and the dynamics of their interaction with other actors. Thus in spite of such success - and, to a large degree, due to it - surprisingly little is known about the modus operandi of civil organisations.
Published by: IDS
The reality of the so-called 'resource curse' is now widely accepted. The populations of countries that possess significant natural resources often suffer when these resources are extracted and exported. Attention is turning to ways of mitigating the adverse effects of the 'curse'. Responsible fiscal policies are required but are in themselves insufficient for overcoming it.
Published by: IDS
Issue 3.12, part of the latest issue of In Focus, called Concern for the Bottom Billion.
Published by: IDS
Issue 3.9, part of the latest issue of In Focus, called Concern for the Bottom Billion.
Published by: IDS
Issue 3.5, part of the latest issue of In Focus, called Concern for the Bottom Billion.
Published by: IDS
Issue 3.2, part of latest issue of In Focus, called Concern for the Bottom Billion.
Published by: IDS
Issue 3.6, part of the latest issue of In Focus, called Concern for the Bottom Billion.