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1 October 2005
Vulnerability, Adaptation and Climate Disasters
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin aims to provide policy-relevant research insights for a wide range of actors interested in climate change adaptation. It brings together results from a recently completed interdisciplinary research project, the Linking Climate Adaptation Project, about how vulnerable communities might respond to the impacts of climate change.
Developing a Social Protection Index for Asia
This project is part of the Asian Development Bank's efforts to address a research gap by quantifying social protection activities throughout Asia by creating a social protection index (SPI) using four summary indicators.
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Developing a Social Protection Index for Asia1 January 2003
Can agricultural biotechnology be pro-poor?
Published by: IDS
A recent well-publicised book, by the director- general of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and World Food Prize...
1 January 1999
2 October 1998
Micro-Credit: Impact, Targeting and Sustainability
Published by: IDS
This IDS Bulletin on 'Microfinance' has grown out of a workshop on 'Recent Research on Microfinance: Implications for Policy', held at IDS in February, 1998 and organised by the Poverty Research Unit at Sussex (PRUS).
1 January 1998
How Can We Know What They Want? Understanding Local Perceptions of Poverty and Ill-Being in Asia
Published by: IDS
Aid donors are increasingly focused on poverty eradication and influenced by the principle of participation. They would like more insight into how poor people in poor countries understand the character, causes, correlates and cures of poverty and deprivation.
1 January 1998
Achieving Schooling for All: Budgetary Expenditures on Education in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Published by: IDS
This paper analyses public spending on education in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia over recent years, with a particular focus upon primary schooling. It identifies regional expenditure trends since 1980, and provides more detailed comparative data for selected countries over the 1990-95 period.