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1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
This paper presents and discusses the results of empirical research into the provision of vocational training by private sector training...
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
This paper suggests a simple model for the relationships between poverty, schooling and gender inequality. It argues that poverty - at both national and household levels - is associated with an under-enrolment of school-age children, but that the gendered outcomes of such under-enrolment are the product of cultural practice, rather than of poverty per se.
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
This paper reviews the impact of financial liberalisation on monetary policy in Nigeria, examining in
particular the progress made in...
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
This paper studies the impact of globalisation on wage inequality in eight now-developed countries
during the century prior to 1970,...
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
Evaluations of the numerous Food-for-Work (FFW) projects in operation across Ethiopia are designed to
assess their effectiveness, and...
1 January 1998
Published by: IDS
Aid donors are increasingly focused on poverty eradication and influenced by the principle of participation.
They would like more...
1 January 1998
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Credit programmes have become an increasingly important intervention for addressing
poverty both in Bangladesh, and elsewhere, as a...
2 October 1997
Published by: IDS
Community-based sustainable development' has become a central approach to rural development and natural resource management. But this emerging consensus tends to overlook both ecological variability, and the potential for conflict within local communities
2 July 1997
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin brings together a range of contributions analysing the interaction between gender and poverty from different disciplinary perspectives.
2 May 1997
Published by: IDS
The developing world is urbanising fast, and urban poverty is on the increase. By 2025, it is estimated that 57% of the population in less developed countries will be living in urban areas.