Documents & Reports
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From reconstruction to commerce : community development councils transform social capital into economic capital in Afghanistan (English)
In 2003, the Afghanistan National Solidarity Project (NSP) was created to improve the lives of the rural poor through post-conflict, community-driven reconstruction. NSP operated through community development...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83237 Document Date: January 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Terasawa,Miki,Karim,Zishan Faiza,Takada,Mio
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Creating jobs for rural youth in Andhra Pradesh, India (English)
One job per poor rural family. This is the goal of the Employment Generation & Marketing Mission (EGMM), which was established in 2005 by the Andhra Pradesh Rural Poverty Reduction Program (APRPRP). Andhra...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 77215 Document Date: January 1, 2010 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Shenoy,Meera,Lakhey,Smriti,Shah,Parmesh
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Innovative forest livelihoods through community forest management : the experience of Andhra Pradesh, India (English)
Despite the government's best efforts, forests in India diminished for decades due to illegal harvesting, uncontrolled cutting of minor (or non-timber) forest products by the poor, excessive grazing, and...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83201 Document Date: February 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ghosh,Sanchita,Milne,Grant,Kalaghatgi, Ramesh
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Rajasthan - Milking profits from dairy farming (English)
Unlike income generated from crop production, which is seasonal in Rajasthan, dairying is a source of a stable income bringing in cash on a daily basis and providing livelihoods security. This gives small...
Document Type: Brief Report No.: 83200 Document Date: January 1, 2009 Disclosure Status: Disclosed Author: Ghosh,Sanchita,Das,Samik Sundar,Khan,Asmeen M.