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1 July 2008
Published by: IDS
Editorial by Lawrence HaddadWhy is undernutrition not a higher priority for donors? by Andy Sumner, Johanna Lindstrom and Lawrence...
1 June 2008
Published by: Springer
Are migrants able to use the migration experience to their benefit, that is to improve their livelihoods, and is this result nuanced by...
1 January 2008
Every year, millions of the rural poor suffer from predictable and preventable seasonal hunger. This hunger is less dramatic but no less...
1 January 2008
Published by: Palgrave Macmillan
Social protection is fast becoming one of the most important themes in development policy. This collection examines the political processes shaping the formulation of social protection policies; compares the key conceptual frameworks available for analysing social protection; and provides a comparative discussion on the policies focused on the poor and the poorest.
1 January 2008
Poorer developing countries are especially vulnerable to climate change because of their geographic exposure, low incomes and greater reliance on climate sensitive sectors. People exposed to the most severe climate-related hazards are often those least able to cope with the associated impacts, due to their limited adaptive capacity.
1 January 2008
Briefing Note for Expert Group to the Commission on Climate Change and Development, Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Sweden
1 January 2008
Published by: Routledge
Using a comparative study of farm households from poor rural communities in Kyrgyzstan and north-east Romania this paper explores the...
1 December 2007
Published by: Society for International Development
The need to manage risk and secure livelihoods can be the main driver of migration decisions; however, at the same time, a derived...
1 November 2007
Published by: IDS
By exploring linkages between climate change adaptation and social protection in the agricultural sector, IDS researchers have developed the concept of ‘adaptive social protection’.
31 May 2007
Published by: Cambridge University Press
In a world where many experience unprecedented levels of wellbeing, chronic poverty remains a major concern for many developing countries and the international community. Conventional frameworks for understanding development and poverty have focused on money, commodities and economic growth.