INTRODUCTION A significant development in recent years has been the mushrooming of community-based organizations and initiatives at the local level for women. Reports indicate that self-help programmes‚ often in the form of savings and credit or micro credit schemes‚ have succeeded in changing the lives of poor women‚ enhancing incomes and generating positive externalities such as increased self-esteem. This paper addresses the challenging issue of whether self-help micro credit programmes are tools
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United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women CEDAW/C/BGD/6-7 Distr.: General 24 March 2010 Original: English Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women Consideration of reports submitted by States parties under article 18 of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women Combined sixth and seventh periodic report of States parties Bangladesh* * The present report is being issued
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emerge out of poverty’ (Report on Strategy to Revitalize TVET in Africa‚ 2007). Hence the development of a robust TVET system is a key component in Botswana’s transformation and diversification agenda. This important role that TVET can play in supporting social and economic development goals is also echoed by the World Bank‚ African Union (AU)‚ and the United Nations (UN) through one of its Millenium Development Goals (MDGs)‚ and it is reflected in the various ‘poverty eradication strategies’ that have
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Measuring well being of the people living in Slums of Islamabad by Wealth Index and by household deprivations as an application to Human Development Index (HDI) Nadeem Akhtar Abstract In Pakistan and across the world‚ slums have been the characteristics of urban setting. Almost every slum setting exits across the boundaries of cities but in Islamabad‚ slums are right at the center of urban sectors and they are inhabited particularly on banks of riverine nullas. Notwithstanding‚ CDA has approved
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ICT and its awareness for reducing Poverty in Bangladesh 2012 ABSTRACT: Of all the Millennium Development Goals‚ halving poverty by 2015 is the most important and challenging one. This challenging job can be done quite successfully if the information and communication technology (ICT) can be integrated in the Government and civil society initiatives towards alleviating poverty. This paper discusses the significance of ICT revolution in the context of reducing poverty in Bangladesh. Some important
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NO. 5 Establishing effective working relationships between three management layers presents a significant challenge for the development of education management information systems in Nigeria and‚ in common with other developing countries‚ there are issues of capacity and commitment. Structures and responsibilities for EMIS are complex‚ reflecting historical developments and more recent imperatives. Education Management Information System: A Short Case Study of Nigeria October 2006 WORKING
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Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa (Volume 13‚ No.4‚ 2011) ISSN: 1520-5509 Clarion University of Pennsylvania‚ Clarion‚ Pennsylvania A THEORETICAL OVERVIEW OF THE GROWTH CENTRE STRATEGY: PERSPECTIVES FOR REENGINEERING THE CONCEPT IN ZIMBABWE I.O. Manyanhaire1‚ R.Rwafa1 and J. Mutangadura2 1. Geography and Environmental Studies‚ Zimbabwe Open University. 2. English and Communication‚ University of Zimbabwe ABSTRACT Growth points (GPs)‚ growth poles (GPs)‚ small towns (STs) or growth
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Environment and Development (UNCED)‚ otherwise known as the Earth Summit‚ in Rio de Janeiro‚ Brazil in June 1992. What is Philippine Agenda 21 (PA 21)? Philippine Agenda 21 (PA 21) is our own national agenda for sustainable development. It is basically made up of: - The Principles of Unity - The Action Agenda - The Implementation Strategies PA 21 is the Philippines’ commitment to the UNCED. It also lays down the mix of strategies that integrate the parameters in the country’s overall development strategy
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Immuno-deficiency Virus; Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Health Sector Strategic Plan International Association for Impact Assessment International Union for Conservation of Nature. Millennium Development Goals Micro-Finance Institution Makerere University Institute of Environment and Natural Resources New Partnership for Africa’s Development National Environment Action Plan National Environment Management Authority Poverty Alleviation Fund Poverty Eradication Action Plan Policy Committee on the Environment Plan
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Fiscal Policy of Bangladesh regarding SME Fiscal Policy generally refers to the use of TAXATION and government expenditure to regulate the aggregate level of economic activity in a country. Fiscal policy in Bangladesh basically comprises activities‚ which the country carries out to obtain and use resources to provide services while ensuring optimum efficiency of the economic units. The policy influences the behavior of economic forces through public finance. Major objectives of the fiscal
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