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RECENT RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS ON ID21 RURAL DEVELOPMENT:
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS
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Understanding poverty in rural Mexico
In situations where inequality and ethnicity are important aspects of poverty, policymakers need to understand the range of strategies people use to survive. Different groups within communities use different livelihood strategies, according to their wealth. To achieve sustainable development, policies must be targeted at their varying needs.
http://www.id21.org/rural/r5np1g1.html
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Moving out of poverty in rural Bangladesh
Over the last decade, high economic growth in Bangladesh has resulted in millions of people becoming less poor. However, the country remains one of the poorest in the world, and around a quarter of the population continue to live in extreme poverty. What factors contribute to sustainable poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh?
http://www.id21.org/rural/r5aq1g1.html
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Understanding the dynamics of poverty in Bangladesh
Strategies to reduce poverty will be more effective if we understand how and why people fall into, stay in and move out of poverty. In rural Bangladesh, one way to do this is to listen to the people themselves: what their own perceptions of poverty are, and what has best helped them escape from poverty.
http://www.id21.org/society/s5bpd2g1.html
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Does education reduce poverty in rural Bangladesh?
Poverty is a cause of a lack of education, as well as an effect. Is education contributing to poverty reduction in rural homes in Bangladesh? What impact does poverty have on enrolment rates in primary and secondary school?
http://www.id21.org/society/e2rir1g1.html
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OTHER NEWS:
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UK government doubles investment in international development research
DFID, the UK Department for International Development, launched its new five year research strategy this week. It outlines how DFID will double its investment in research to £220 million a year by 2010 and put research at the heart of its efforts to tackle global poverty.
Over the coming months, DFID will publish a business plan which will include information on the timetable for calls for proposals and what procedures should be followed. Full details will be available on the DFID website, http://www.dfid.gov.uk/ and DFID’s research portal, http://www.research4development.info/
http://www.research4development.info/FeatureResearchStrategy.asp
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id21 viewpoints
The balance of resources for mitigating climate change
Alex Morrell, a Climate Change Analyst currently studying at Dundee University, discusses how imbalances in resource allocation, including for climate change mitigation, are symptomatic of current economic and political systems.
http://www.id21.org/viewpoints/MorrellApr08.html
The importance of rice for reducing poverty in Tanzania
Abiud Kaswamila, at the College of African Wildlife Management in Tanzania, demonstrates the importance of selling rice as a cash crop in a poor region of Tanzania.
http://www.id21.org/viewpoints/KaswamilaApr08.html
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Gender, Agriculture and Rural Development in the Information Society
GenARDIS is a Small Grants Fund to address Gender Issues in Information and Communication Technologies for Agricultural and Rural Development in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific. 15 grants at 7,000 Euro will be awarded. Submission deadline is 2 June 2008
http://www.apcwomen.org/genardis/2008call.shtml
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UK NERC/ DFID Call for Proposals: Ecosystems for Poverty Alleviation
The Natural Environment Research Council invites proposals for activities to strengthen research capacity to tackle the complex problems associated with the sustainable management of ecosystems for poverty reduction. Deadline for outline proposals is 30 May 2008.
http://www.nerc.ac.uk/research/programmes/espa/events/ao3.asp
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