China lifts 3 ethnic minorities out of poverty
China has lifted three ethnic minority groups out of poverty in the southwestern province of Yunnan as it steps toward delivering the goal of completely eliminating poverty by 2020. The ethnic minority
Anti-Poverty Programmes
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Ensuring African Women’s Access to Justice: Engendering Rights for Poverty Reduction in Sub-Saharan Africa
About half of the people of Sub-Saharan Africa live below the poverty line, and 80 per cent of them are women. Their access to justice is guaranteed by international and domestic laws. But these laws mean
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Cash transfers to elderly cut extreme poverty in Uganda
A study on the impact of Uganda’s unconditional cash transfers to the elderly has found that the monthly social protection programme has reduced poverty among benefiting households. A monthly stipend
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Over AKz 500 million spent on anti-poverty programme
Teresa Quivienguele announced this Wednesday at a meeting of the National Commission for Monitoring the Integrated Programme for Local Development and Combat Poverty (PIDCLCP). The official said that
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Opportunities for transition to clean household energy: application of the Household Energy Assessment Rapid Tool (HEART) in India
The Household Energy Assessment Rapid Tool (HEART) was developed by WHO and is being pilot-tested for use in conducting rapid situational assessments and stakeholder mapping of a country’s readiness to
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What has the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana achieved so far?
The central government’s flagship programme to provide free liquefied petroleum gas connections has been in operation for two years, providing more than 3.5 crore free LPG connections to poor women. This
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Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, 18/05/2018
<p>Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Swaraj Abhiyan Vs Union of India & Others dated 18/05/2018 regarding implementation of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee
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Govt approves fighting poverty programme
The five-year programme contains a number of projects focused on the lives of families. It includes local development conditions that contribute to the achievement of the Government's goals to significantly
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Uganda: Sh250 Billion Fund to Lift Youth Out of Poverty
A business venture by a group of eleven youth in Katebe Village, Kamwenge district is thriving after they got a Shs 7.7 million interest free loan in 2015 from the Youth Livelihood Programme (YLP); a Shs
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How does government microfinance impact the rural poor?- Evidence from Madhya Pradesh
While microfinance companies have been studied and there is a growing consensus that they exclude the poorest, the impact of government microfinance programmes is relatively less understood. The National