Measuring Poverty Reduction and Targeting Performance Under Multiple Government Programs

Targeting Efficiency of Poverty Reduction Programs in Pakistan

undrestanding economic aspects of poverty reduction programs

government, now, more than the fist half of 20th century, have accepted. reducing poverty as an inevitably and necessary object. implementing poverty reduction programs would not he as succesful as, without paying enought attention to the dimentions of poverty. in this way estimating poverty line and percent ofpoor people are of the most favorable measures. also we would he enable to make more ...

Local government, poverty reduction and inequality in Johannesburg

This paper discusses the difficulties facing the post-apartheid metropolitan government of Johannesburg as it reforms itself, seeking to better respond to the needs of all its citizens, while also attracting new investment. These difficulties include high levels of poverty, unemployment and inequality as well as the apartheid legacy of “separate development” with its large backlog of poor quali...

Agroforestry Tree Products (AFTPs): Targeting Poverty Reduction and Enhanced Livelihoods

Roger R.B. Leakey, Zac Tchoundjeu, Kate Schreckenberg, Sheona E. Shackleton and Charlie M. Shackleton Agroforestry and Novel Crops Unit, School of Tropical Biology, James Cook University, PO Box 6811, Cairns, Queensland 4870, Australia; 2World Agroforestry Centre, BP 2067, Yaoundé, Cameroon; Overseas Development Institute, 111 Westminster Bridge Road, London SE1 7JD, England; Department of Envi...

Gender and Reduction of Poverty in Iran