Agricultural diversity can be an important driver of food security, but the magnitude of the contribution depends on the broader socio-economic and biophysical characteristics of the local farming system, according to a recently ...
Agriculture
Aug 26, 2022
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Interpol on Wednesday launched a new campaign to coordinate the global fight against tiger poaching, warning that failure to protect the endangered cats would have economic and social repercussions.
Ecology
Nov 2, 2011
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A project supported by the Canadian International Food Security Research Fund (CIFSRF) is helping smallholder shrimp farmers in Sri Lanka adapt their industry's best management practices to local needs. This could lead to ...
Ecology
Mar 21, 2013
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Global poverty is declining and may be eradicated altogether in some countries in the next 20 years, a new study by the University of Oxford has found.
Social Sciences
Mar 18, 2013
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The economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic could increase global poverty by as much as half a billion people or eight percent of the world's population—according to new research.
Economics & Business
Apr 9, 2020
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China has achieved a comprehensive victory in poverty reduction through decades of hard work and a set of measures, especially the continuous implementation of a targeted poverty alleviation policy proposed in 2013.
Social Sciences
Apr 1, 2022
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A major argument in favor of microfinance is that the poor who live in areas without banking services will gain higher returns on investments and increase their assets when provided with credit.
Economics & Business
Jul 17, 2012
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Climate change has been making the poor in the Asia-Pacific region even poorer and is also setting back efforts to haul them out of poverty, the Asian Development Bank said in a report Wednesday.
Environment
Jun 24, 2015
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A small boost in microlending to the developing world could lift more than 10.5 million people out of extreme poverty. That's one conclusion of my study, published last month in The B.E. Journal of Macroeconomics, which found ...
Economics & Business
Jun 26, 2017
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South Asia accounted for nearly two-fifths of the world's poor, nearly half of the world's malnourished children and was home to the largest number of stunted children in 2015. Despite this, the region had made significant ...
Economics & Business
Oct 6, 2020
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