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Poverty Alleviation Through Population Resettlement and Rural Livelihoods
2020The Five-pronged Poverty Alleviation Measures were first proposed at the National Conference on Poverty Alleviation and Development held in end-2015. One of the five prongs is resettling poor residents from inhospitable areas, the most challenging part of the poverty alleviation program.
Jie Li +3 more
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Prospects of Agriculture as a Lifelong Livelihood Option for Young Indian Rural Population
International Journal of Social Ecology and Sustainable Development, 2022There is a huge untapped reservoir of employment opportunities in agriculture which requires cultivating the young generation of farmers, food entrepreneurs, etc. Due to agricultural innovations made at the global and national level, the young population can leverage technology, leading to increase in productivity, efficiency and output and addressing ...
Anjana Anjana +2 more
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POPULATION GROWTH, EMPLOYMENT, AND LIVELIHOODS: THE TRIPLE CHALLENGE
Journal of Demographic Economics, 2017AbstractOver the next 35 years, the total population of sub-Saharan Africa is projected to increase by 118%, with a greater rise of of 156% of people in the prime working ages. To cope with population growth and exploit the slowly unfolding, favorable change in age structure, countries face a triple challenge.
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Journal of Homosexuality, 2022
The COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh has left hijra individuals at an increased risk of poverty and food insecurity due to the economic crisis. COVID-19 challenges the fundamental foundation of the public health system, and now the hijra group is out of the system because of stigma and discrimination. This article features three focus group discussions (
Ridwan Islam, Sifat +3 more
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The COVID-19 lockdown in Bangladesh has left hijra individuals at an increased risk of poverty and food insecurity due to the economic crisis. COVID-19 challenges the fundamental foundation of the public health system, and now the hijra group is out of the system because of stigma and discrimination. This article features three focus group discussions (
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Land Alienation and Threats to Livelihoods of Indigenous Populations
2019Today, India has emerged as one of the fastest growing economies in the world. However, India’s growth is being questioned. Despite a high GDP rate, it continues to fail in human development indices. Development in its present form has resulted in forceful land acquisitions, mainly affecting vulnerable sections of the society.
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Climate Change and Livelihood Vulnerability of the Local Population on Sagar Island, India
Chinese Geographical Science, 2019This paper attempts to assess the vulnerability to climate change of human communities in selected mouzas of Sagar Island, South 24 Parganas District of India. A primary household survey has been conducted to collect data on socio-demographic profile, livelihood strategy, health, food, water, social network, natural disaster and climate variation ...
Nabanita Mukherjee +4 more
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THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON THE LIVELIHOODS OF THE POPULATION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Vestnik of the Kyrgyz-Russian Slavic UniversityHuman security means protection from all kinds of threats, and today, climate change is increasingly impacting human security worldwide. Climate change has a significant impact on social, economic, and environmental stability worldwide, including in Kyrgyzstan.
G.A. Shabikova, Zh.S. Mambetova
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American Journal of Disaster Medicine, 2012
Objective: On January 12, 2010, one of the most destructive earthquakes in history struck the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. This study aims to characterize the impact of the earthquake and humanitarian response on well being of the affected households as means of evaluating the effectiveness of response efforts.Design: A stratified 60 × 20 cluster ...
Thomas D, Kirsch +3 more
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Objective: On January 12, 2010, one of the most destructive earthquakes in history struck the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince. This study aims to characterize the impact of the earthquake and humanitarian response on well being of the affected households as means of evaluating the effectiveness of response efforts.Design: A stratified 60 × 20 cluster ...
Thomas D, Kirsch +3 more
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Monitoring land degradation in Brazil: Impacts on vulnerable populations and their livelihoods
As a signatory to the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD), Brazil has made significant progress in combating desertification through initiatives such as the National Policy to Combat Desertification and Mitigate the Effects of Drought (PNCD), implemented in 2015, and the New Brazilian Action Plan to Combat Desertification and ...John Cunha +6 more
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The China Quarterly, 2010
AbstractThis article examines how local resistance against government attempts to reduce poverty to a technical problem ironically reinforces the precarious state of the poor. It looks at the workings of the minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao) through mundane interactions between street-level officials and poor residents in a workers' village on the ...
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AbstractThis article examines how local resistance against government attempts to reduce poverty to a technical problem ironically reinforces the precarious state of the poor. It looks at the workings of the minimum livelihood guarantee (dibao) through mundane interactions between street-level officials and poor residents in a workers' village on the ...
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