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Poverty
and Environment: From pure survival to subsistence and beyond
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There
is little consensus that the interests of the poor and of the
environment are mutually compatible despite a link between poverty
and environmental concerns at the macro policy and local level.
Ambivalence about this relationship exists amongst those whose
prime concern is environment, as well as amongst those whose concern
is poverty eradication. The environment is the source of what
every one of us needs to survive - air, water and food....more.... |
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Poverty
Reduction and Human Capital: Poverty Environment Nexus |
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The
debate on poverty-environment nexus generally concludes that environment
matters greatly to the people living in poverty. This issue itself
speaks of livelihoods, health and vulnerability of the poverty
stricken people. In essence, this should be the principal message
coming out of this debate that there is a need to bring this issue
to the forefront....more.... |
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Poverty
alleviation and sectoral policies: Putting the people at the centre
of development |
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Forests
across the world are known for accommodating communities in terms
of securing their subsistent livelihoods thus addressing the issue
of poverty to some extent; and hence generate a debate whether
or not the dependence of these communities over forest resources
cost heavily on the environment and conservation....more.... |
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Mobilizing
political will to address poverty, environment issues |
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One
may not like the former Indian Prime Minister, Ms. Indra Gandhi
for political reasons, but what she had once said about poverty
in the environmental perspective is worth quotable. “Of
all pollutions we face, the worst is poverty” As defined
by experts “poverty” is a concept that indicates absolute
or relative welfare deprivation....more..... |
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Youth
and Poverty: Need to enhance skills to ensure productivity |
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Poverty
is hunger. Poverty is lack of shelter. Poverty is being sick and
not being able to see a doctor. Poverty is not being able to go
to school and not knowing how to read. Poverty is not having a
job, is fear for the future, living one day at a time. Poverty
is losing a child to illness brought about by unclean water. Poverty
is powerlessness, lack of representation and freedom....more.... |
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The
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund |
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The
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF) is said to represent
a pioneering effort in private-public partnerships. The initiative
is funded by the World Bank, sponsored by a Rs. 500 million government
endowment, and is being run almost entirely by the private sector....more.... |
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Enigma
of the Poverty Line |
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Poverty
is a term that brings to mind all the negative stigmas one perceives
of life, like destitution, wretchedness, impoverishment, inter
alia. To make matters worse, no two social scientists agree on
how to define poverty and as such what the poverty line actually
is and how to measure it. Some relate it to paucity of food, while
others call it state of being underpaid for a given job. However,
the heated debate among economists and policy makers continues
on where to draw the poverty line....more.... |
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