Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Less-favoured AreasRuerd Ruben, J. Pender, Arie Kuyvenhoven CABI, 2007 - 472 pages Printbegrænsninger: Der kan printes 10 sider ad gangen og max. 40 sider pr. session |
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... LFAs, though this is not universal (Kelley and Byerlee, 2003). In China, the incidence of poverty is far greater in the low-potential remote upland areas than in the coastal region (IFAD, 2002). Almost all of the 65 million people ...
... LFAs, though this is not universal (Kelley and Byerlee, 2003). In China, the incidence of poverty is far greater in the low-potential remote upland areas than in the coastal region (IFAD, 2002). Almost all of the 65 million people ...
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... LFAs of Africa. For example, the incidence of poverty is much greater in northern Uganda than in the rest of the country, where access to markets, infrastructure and biophysical conditions are more favourable (UBOS, 2003). Besides these ...
... LFAs of Africa. For example, the incidence of poverty is much greater in northern Uganda than in the rest of the country, where access to markets, infrastructure and biophysical conditions are more favourable (UBOS, 2003). Besides these ...
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... LFAs. In the southern Andes region, rural poverty is significantly greater in the mountains than in other regions of the same countries (Walker et al., 2000).2 In Peru, for example, the incidence of rural poverty (using the nationally ...
... LFAs. In the southern Andes region, rural poverty is significantly greater in the mountains than in other regions of the same countries (Walker et al., 2000).2 In Peru, for example, the incidence of rural poverty (using the nationally ...
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... LFAs. Degradation of natural resources is a severe constraint to LFA development. Major problems include the folowing ... LFAs. According to the widely cited Global Assessment of Soil Degradation (GLASOD) study (Oldeman et al., 1991) ...
... LFAs. Degradation of natural resources is a severe constraint to LFA development. Major problems include the folowing ... LFAs. According to the widely cited Global Assessment of Soil Degradation (GLASOD) study (Oldeman et al., 1991) ...
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... LFAs are mountain regions ('uplands', see Jansen et al., Chapter 6, this volume) or arid and semi-arid zones ('drylands', see Assefa and Van Keulen, Chapter 5, this volume). They can be defined more fully on the basis of the predominant ...
... LFAs are mountain regions ('uplands', see Jansen et al., Chapter 6, this volume) or arid and semi-arid zones ('drylands', see Assefa and Van Keulen, Chapter 5, this volume). They can be defined more fully on the basis of the predominant ...
Contents
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Development Strategies for Poor People in Lessfavoured Areas | 63 |
Resource Management Options | 133 |
Livelihoods and Food Security | 203 |
Markets and Institutional Development | 271 |
Strategies and Policy Priorities | 419 |
Index | 467 |
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