Recursos Tagged: Government Policy

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  1. Capacity-Building an Approach to People-Centred Development

    The prime purpose of Oxfam and similar development agencies is to assist poor men and women in changing their situation and exercising their right to participate in the development of their societies. However, aid agencies that ignore peoples existing strengths may create dependency, and so make...
    Economic Development Non-Governmental O... Government Policy

  2. An End to Hunger? The Social Origins of Food Strategies

    This book is about food security in low-income countries. It evaluates food systems by asking how adequately they are feeding the whole population on a reliable, sustainable and non-dependent basis.
    Food Security Developing countries Land Reform Food Supply Government Policy

  3. Sustainable Governance in Northeast Asia: Challenges for Sustainable Frontier

    01/01/2018 This Special Issue will consist of selected papers from the Sustainable Asia Conference (SAC) 2016, an annual international conference held on Jeju Island, South Korea, from 28 June to 2 July. The SAC 2016 is one of the leading international conferences for presenting novel and fundamental...
    Sustainability Sustainable Agricu... Northeast Asia Asia Government Policy

  4. Governing the Periphery: Ethiopia's PSNP in Somali Region

    The change in relationship between pastoralists and central government brought about by Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) is explored in the article “Development, governmentality and the sedentary state: the productive safety net programme in Ethiopia’s Somali pastoral periphery”...
    CELEP Ethiopia Pastoral Systems Pastoralist Pastoralism Government Policy

  5. The Oxfam Poverty Report

    This report outlines our views on some of the policy changes which are needed to eradicate poverty.As a non-governmental organisation working in over 70 developing countries, Oxfam is acutely aware that there are no easy answers when it comes to development. Much of what we say in this report is...
    Government Policy Poverty Developing countries Economic History Economic Assistance

  6. Microenterprises Development in the Philippines: Proceedings of a National Conference on Microenterprises Development, November 6-8, 1991

    01/01/1991 This book reports on the proceedings of the National Conference which was help to present and discuss the specific experiences of different government and nongovernment organizations involved in the promotion and development of microenterprises in the Philippines.
    Rural Industries Government Policy Small Business Small Enterprise D... Philippines

  7. Keeping the Land Alive: Soil Erosion, Its Causes and Cures

    01/01/1983 This book, sponsored by the German Agency for Technical Cooperation, has as its goal to convince leaders/governments of all countries, and developing countries in particular, of the urgent need to reduce soil erosion and to persuade then to adopt and support practical programs of soil...
    Soil Conservation Soil Erosion Government Policy Soil Management

  8. Regenerating Agriculture: Policies and Practice for Sustainability and Self-Reliance

    Key Resource 19/01/1995 For the past 50 years, the main goal of agriculture has been to increase production at any price, using high amounts of fertilizers and pesticides and intensive industrial methods. This has caused damage to the environment and widespread rural depopulation. This study shows that there is a viable...
    Sustainable Agricu... Developing countries Government Policy