Reducing Poverty and Sustaining the Environment: The Politics of Local EngagementTaylor & Francis, 2013 M06 17 - 256 pages 'A valuable contribution to our collective knowledge about governance, poverty and the environment' Frances Seymour, World Resources Institute 'Detailed and realistic documentation of contemporary development and governance relationships and trends' Melissa Leach, Institute of Development Studies There are growing signs that development work by governments, aid agencies and non-government organisations ignores the fact that environmental quality matters to the poor. There are also indications that some environmental work is pushing 'people-out' protection methodologies. Yet recently, an extensive range of project, programme and policy level activities has focused attention on the important links between poverty and the environment, and the benefit of entrenching these links in policy-making processes at all levels. The role that politics plays in all of this is of overriding importance. This volume is the first to address the role of politics in environmental issues that matter to the poor through a series of case studies. It describes experiences at regional, national and local levels in low and middle income countries including China, Tanzania, Nigeria, South Africa, Pakistan, Colombia, Peru, India, Saint Lucia and countries in East Africa. Ultimately the book demonstrates how understanding the national and local political context is crucial for addressing poverty-environment issues such as environmental health, access to natural resources for livelihoods and security, and coping with environmental disasters. The editors advocate ways in which political processes can be used to make positive changes - from the perspectives of both poverty reduction and the environment. |
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... set, the actors announced 107 112 116 125 6 131 131 133 137 147 149 7 152 152 153 159 163 173 177 8 180 180 181 182 185 190 192 193 9 197 197 198 Act 1: The players reveal their agendas; international, national and Contents vii.
... agendas; international, national and local stages are revealed 201 Act 2: A circle of blame in Usangu benefits a collusion of interests 205 Act 3: Misleading answers in a climate of self-interest 208 Finale 220 Lessons learned 221 10 ...
... agenda: A disputed consensus', IDS Bulletin, vol. 27, no. 1, pp1–10 Broch-Due, V. and Schroeder, R. A. (eds) (2000) Producing Nature and Poverty in Africa, Nordic African Institute, Uppsala Chambers, R. (1995) 'Poverty and livelihoods ...
... agenda. In addition to tackling the lack of community organization, the initial focus of the programme addressed the critical constraints of limited environmental assets, limited financial assets and, often, a non-existent physical ...
... agenda and deal with priorities and change. At this point, association with AKRSP offered the IUCN 'social' credibility and gave the IUCN the confidence to be able to shift its own – and government's – thinking from 'environment' to ...
Contents
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Decreasing Poverty in Manizales Colombia through Shared Environmental Management | 44 |
Managing Natural Resources in China | 73 |
From Conservation to Poverty Reduction | 100 |
6 Stories on the Environment and Conflict from Northern Nigeria | 131 |
Coastal Resource Management and Local Governance in the Caribbean | 152 |
8 Working for Water in a Democratic South Africa | 180 |
Usangu Myths and Other Stories Tanzania | 197 |
10 Communitydesigned built and managed Toilet Blocks in Indian Cities | 223 |
11 Concertación Reaching Agreement and Planning for Sustainable Development in Ilo Peru | 255 |
12 Conclusions | 280 |
Index | 311 |
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Reducing Poverty and Sustaining the Environment: The Politics of Local ... Stephen Bass Limited preview - 2005 |