Local economy-wide impact evaluation of Lesotho’s Child Grants Programme and Sustainable Poverty Reduction through Income, Nutrition and Access to Government Services Project

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Government Services

scholarly journals Harnessing Mineral Resources in Gwanda District of Zimbabwe: A Myth or a Reality?

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Funa Moyo ◽  
Clifford Mabhena
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Mineral Resources ◽  
Indigenous Communities ◽  
Community Empowerment ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Economic Empowerment ◽  
Infrastructure Development

The article examines strategies of harnessing mineral resources for community empowerment, poverty reduction and infrastructure development in mining areas of Zimbabwe. Despite abundant mineral resources, the majority of Zimbabwean indigenous communities living close to the mines have limited access to directly or indirectly benefit from the mineral resources. Using a descriptive survey to collect data, this research article gives a strong proposition on how the Indigenisation and Economic Empowerment Act can be used as a vehicle of harnessing mineral resources. The article argues that pro poor mining policies that ensure the harnessing of mineral resources for community empowerment, poverty reduction and infrastructure development are paramount. The article further argues that the Indigenous and Economic Empowerment Act needs to be harmonised with other sector legislation in the country. The article concludes that the development of infrastructure and provision of public utilities such as electricity, water, establishing micro-credit to small and medium enterprises and implementing broad-based indigenisation policies are some of the strategies of improving rural livelihoods. Similarly direct and indirect linkages between the mining sector and local economy could be enhanced through the provision of food supply to the mine, manufacture of mining inputs, provision of security services and supply of labour by the local community. The article recommends that the harmonisation of legislation that has an effect on harnessing of mineral resources by local communities will ensure community empowerment, poverty reduction and infrastructure development.

scholarly journals International Trade and North-Sumatra’s Local Economy

JEJAK ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 323-337
Author(s):  
Jongkers Tampubolon ◽  
Tongam Sihol Nababan
Keyword(s):  
International Trade ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Raw Materials ◽  
Local Economy ◽  
Gdp Per Capita ◽  
Export Structure ◽  
Gdp Growth Rate ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
North Sumatra

North Sumatra is one of the provinces in Indonesia with high levels of economic openness. On average, since 2000, the contribution of export value to the Regional GDP reached 40 % and import value of 28%. Using Granger causality method, the study aims to investigate causal relations between international trade and North Sumatra’s local economy especially the impact of exports and imports on Regional GDP, Regional GDP per capita, employment and poverty reduction. The empirical results of present study discovered that (i) the exports and imports respectively have positive and significant impact on regional GDP, regional GDP per capita, employment and poverty reduction, (ii) there is a bi-directional causality between imports and regional GDP, where GDP growth rate would boost imports over-proportionally, (iii) both exports and imports are dominated by intermediate goods as the raw materials for further processing industry, (iv) export structure which is dominated by the agricultural-based intermediate good is proverty-reduction through factor market in the upstream sector making the rural peoples benefited from the exports.

Impact of E-Government Implementation on Poverty Reduction in Rural India

2011 ◽  
pp. 221-241
Author(s):  
Sandeep Kaur ◽  
N. Mathiyalagan
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Secondary Data Analysis ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Socially Excluded

ICTs in general and e-governance in particular offer tremendous opportunities for improving demanddriven transparent and accountable service delivery targeting the underprivileged. The objective of this chapter is to examine the effects of E-government implementation in the context of widespread poverty in India through an extensive secondary data analysis on selected pro-poor initiatives in reducing poverty and improving rural livelihoods. Analysis also includes various contexts in which these ICT based interventions operate. Specific recommendations are made to involve the socially excluded groups in the design, implementation and access to e-government services. Governments to design appropriate public policies in implementing socially inclusive e-government strategies in the emerging information society draw the conclusion.

Micro-Finance and Poverty in India

2017 ◽  
pp. 194-216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shromona Ganguly
Keyword(s):  
Impact Evaluation ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Evaluation Study ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Financial Health ◽  
Indian States ◽  
Banking Sector Development ◽  
The Impact

During the last decade, microfinance has been recognised as one of the most important and innovative ways to address the financial needs of the poor. Despite being an issue with considerable policy implications, there are very few studies which empirically examine the impact of microfinance on poverty in the case of India. Analysing the formal and informal segments of financial system of India, the present paper provides an impact evaluation study of microfinance in India. The study is done on three dimensions of microfinance: 1) client outreach, 2) financial health, and 3) poverty reduction. The impact evaluation study is done following a unique methodology different from the widely used microfinance poverty penetration index. The paper incorporates impact of other relevant economic variables like infrastructure and banking sector development on poverty in the analysis, hitherto overlooked in literature. The result presented in the paper shows that the impact of microfinance on poverty alleviation in Indian states, when controlled for other variables, is not significant.

Impact of E-Government Implementation on Poverty Reduction in Rural India

2009 ◽  
pp. 80-100
Author(s):  
Sandeep Kaur ◽  
N. Mathiyalagan
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Service Delivery ◽  
Information Society ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Rural Livelihoods ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Secondary Data Analysis ◽  
Rural India ◽  
Government Services ◽  
Socially Excluded

ICTs in general and e-governance in particular offer tremendous opportunities for improving demand-driven transparent and accountable service delivery targeting the underprivileged. The objective of this chapter is to examine the effects of E-government implementation in the context of widespread poverty in India through an extensive secondary data analysis on selected pro-poor initiatives in reducing poverty and improving rural livelihoods. Analysis also includes various contexts in which these ICT based interventions operate. Specific recommendations are made to involve the socially excluded groups in the design, implementation and access to e-government services. Governments to design appropriate public policies in implementing socially inclusive e-government strategies in the emerging information society draw the conclusion.

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