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Rural development
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Sanitation
Time
to get serious about sanitation and hygiene in Madagascar
Diarrhoea is the second most prevalent cause of morbidity amongst Madagascan
children. An estimated 60 percent of child deaths are due to poor sanitation
or poor water quality. Madagascar's Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper
linked the fight against poverty with improved 'access to infrastructure
for evacuating excreta'. But is this intention being carried out in
practice?
Community-based
approach to ending public defecation in Nigeria
In Nigerian villages people often defecate in surrounding grasslands.
Faeces is stepped on by people, animals or flies and transported back
into homes. It gets into food and is washed into water sources, spreading
disease. Participatory processes can encourage local communities in
Nigeria to improve sanitation and hygiene practices.
Poverty
Understanding
poverty in rural Mexico
In situations where inequality and ethnicity are important aspects of
poverty, policymakers need to understand the range of strategies people
use to survive. Different groups within communities use different livelihood
strategies, according to their wealth. To achieve sustainable development,
policies must be targeted at their varying needs.
Moving
out of poverty in rural Bangladesh
Over the last decade, high economic growth in Bangladesh has resulted
in millions of people becoming less poor. However, the country remains
one of the poorest in the world, and around a quarter of the population
continue to live in extreme poverty. What factors contribute to sustainable
poverty reduction in rural Bangladesh?
Understanding
the dynamics of poverty in Bangladesh
Strategies to reduce poverty will be more effective if we understand
how and why people fall into, stay in and move out of poverty. In rural
Bangladesh, one way to do this is to listen to the people themselves:
what their own perceptions of poverty are, and what has best helped
them escape from poverty.
Does
education reduce poverty in rural Bangladesh?
Poverty is a cause of a lack of education, as well as an effect. Is
education contributing to poverty reduction in rural homes in Bangladesh?
What impact does poverty have on enrolment rates in primary and secondary
school?
Other
research highlights
Challenges
of sanitation and hygiene promotion in Burkina Faso
Supporting
community water service providers in Kenya
Helping
small-scale producers increase their power to compete globally
Making
agriculture work for poor people
Overcoming
barriers to poverty reduction with renewable energy technologies
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