Malawi has pursued an agricultural-led development strategy since independence in 1964. This was a dual strategy which promoted estate agriculture for export earnings on the one hand, and smallholder agriculture for food security and subsistence needs.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2005Malawi
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2004Zambie
CARE began PROSPECT (Program of Support for Poverty Elimination and Community Transformation) in 1998. PROSPECT aims to reduce poverty in peri-urban areas of Lusaka. It employs a community-based approach to carry out three types of activities: social empowerment (institution building at the local level), personal empowerment (microfinance), and infrastructure improvement (mostly water supply schemes). PROSPECT has attempted to carry out these activities largely through its support of area-based organizations (ABOs) that now form part of city government.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2004Ouganda, Afrique orientale
A Case Study of Semi-Formal Financial Institutions in Tanzania Background In Tanzania, as in other parts of Africa, lack of credit severely constrains sustainable agricultural development. Deficient or inappropriate collateral, credit rationing, lender preferences for high-income customers borrowing large amounts, and bureaucratic procedures in the formal financial sector are often identified as key factors contributing to low access to credit among most rural dwellers.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2004Éthiopie, Afrique orientale
This paper contributes to the economic analysis of marriage and the family by examining and analyzing the relative importance of potential determinants of assets brought to marriages in rural Ethiopia. One potential determinant is assortative matching, whereby the rich marry the rich and the poor marry the poor, generating a positive correlation between assets brought to marriage by both spouses. Another determinant explored is compensating parental transfers at marriage, whereby parents reduce assets transferred to their marrying children if their spouses bring more.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresjanvier, 2005Bangladesh, Asie méridionale, Éthiopie, Indonésie, Kenya, Pérou
This paper examines how market institutions can affect links between urban and rural areas with specific emphasis on goods market integration in the national context.Traditionally, development researchers and practitioners have focused either on rural market development or on urban market development without considering the interdependencies and synergies between the two.
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evidence from the Uganda National Household Survey, 1999/00
Documents de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2004Afrique orientale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, OugandaThis study investigates the impacts of rural poverty on farmers’ land management decisions, crop production and incomes, based upon analysis of data from the 1999/2000 Uganda National Household Survey.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2004Afrique occidentale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, Burkina Faso
"This paper describes the emergence of improved traditional planting pits (zaï) in Burkina Faso in the early 1980s as well as their advantages, disadvantages and impact. The zaï emerged in a context of recurrent droughts and frequent harvest failures, which triggered farmers to start improving this local practice. Despair triggered experimentation and innovation by farmers. These processes were supported and complemented by external intervention. Between 1985 and 2000 substantial public investment has taken place in soil and water conservation (SWC).
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history, farmer practice, and impacts
Documents de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2004Afrique orientale, Afrique sub-saharienne, Afrique, KenyaThis case study explores the development, dissemination, adoption, and impact of improved tree fallows in rural western Kenya. The processes of technology development and dissemination throughout the region are described and analyzed. To analyze adoption and impact, the paper applies a variety of different data collection methods as well as samples from both pilot areas where researchers maintained a significant presence and non-pilot areas where farmers learned of the technologies through other channels.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2004Rwanda, Égypte, Japon, Ouganda, Burundi, Italie, République-Unie de Tanzanie, République démocratique du Congo, Congo, Érythrée, Éthiopie, Soudan, Kenya, Afrique
This report describes the project of strengthening the ability of the governments of the Nile Basin states to take informed decisions with regard to water resources policy and management in the Nile Basin. This objective to be achieved through the development of information products that integrate technical water resources and water use data with other relevant data, including in particular demographic, socio-economic and environmental data.
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Library ResourceDocuments de politique et mémoiresdécembre, 2004Burkina Faso, Honduras, République dominicaine, Lesotho, Cuba, Nicaragua, Inde, Sénégal, Brésil
Access to land is essential to food production and income generation. It is also a key social and economic asset, crucial for cultural identity, political power and participation in decisionmaking. Social and cultural beliefs often discriminate against people because of gender, social class or ethnic group.
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