Flood damage modelling has traditionally been limited to the local, regional or national
scale. Recent flood events, population growth and climate change concerns have increased …

This chapter critically reviews the existing knowledge on livelihoods, poverty, and
vulnerability in the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH). Development in mountain areas and the …

Poverty relief programs are shaped by politics. The particular design which social programs
take is to a large extent determined by the existing institutional constraints and politicians' …

" That raising income levels alleviates poverty, and that economic growth can be more or
less effective in doing so, is well known and has received renewed attention in the search for …

We document substantial within-country (cross-municipality) differences in incomes for a
large number of countries in the Americas. A significant fraction of the within-country …

Although systematic evidence on the extent of spatial inequality in develo** countries is
still relatively scarce, a growing body of work documents the existence of such inequalities in …

Despite becoming a global economic force, why does India win so few Olympic medals and
have so many people living in poverty? Why have opportunities not become available more …

The World Development Report 2006: Equity and Opportunitypresents a social development
strategy organized around the themes of social inclusion, cohesion, and accountability. It …

This paper examines how double exposure to economic and environmental stressors–and
the interaction between the two–affect smallholder farmers in Mozambique's Limpopo River …

Gender is a major factor in Uganda's higher education system. This manuscript accounts for
the conundrum of gender inequality in the system through a comparative multi group …