Targeting the Poor in Rural Java

Targeting Reaching the Rural Poor Policy

Markets for the Rural Poor

OPPORTUNITIES The economic environment of the rural poor comprises several interlocking markets: for agricultural produce and for agri-inputs; for production support (agricultural extension) or financial services; for information; for assets, including land and water; for labour; and for food and other consumer goods. The terms upon which the rural poor enter and participate in such markets are...

Poor Man's Genericity for Java

A number of proposals have been made as to how Java can be changed to support parameterized types. We present a new proposal that does not try to provide more powerful constructs or cleaner semantics, but instead minimizes the changes that need to be made to existing Java compilers. In particular, we found that changing only one method in Sun's Java compiler already results in a reasonable impl...

How valid is the tallquist method in screening pregnant women with anemia in poor rural settings of southwestern Nigeria?

Background: Diagnosis of anemia is challenging in resource-poor settings due to inadequate laboratory resources. This study assessed the validity of the Tallquist haemoglobinometer in assessing anemia among pregnant women in Osogbo, Southwestern Nigeria.   Methods: This was a cross -   sectional study, in which 200 pregnant women of reproductive age were selected using multist...

The Case of China’s Rural Poor

This paper investigates the economic conditions of rural households in China. Historical survey data indicate that over 80 per cent of rural households earn less than 4,500 yuan in net disposable income each year, that for the vast majority of rural households disposable income is insufficient to meet food consumption needs, and that in terms of economic growth rural households are receiving an...