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Sustainable Livelihoods : The business connection
WBCSD 2002, paperback 8 pages
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Released at the World Summit in Johannesburg, this joint report dicusses the Sustainable Livelihoods project parameters and its use of case studies to show how business can successfully adopt sustainable practices.
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Where are the Poor? Experiences with the Development and Use of Poverty Maps
GRID-Arendal 2002, Paperback 66 pages
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This publication examines a powerful new information analysis and communication tool that has come into prominence in recent years. It shows how poverty maps can be used by international, national, local decision-makers to direct investments in human development.
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Mapping Indicators of Poverty in West Africa DEIA/TR.97-8
GRID-Arendal 1995, Paperback
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This report presents the findings of a study that aimed to examine the relationship between the location of rural poor population and land use quality in West Africa based on "best available" data using Geographic Information Systems technology. Following a WRI model using Human Development Index (HDI) indicators to represent poverty the study identified levels of poverty in terms of the following surrogate Health and Demographic Survey variables: child mortality, adult female literacy, primary school enrolment, and children with stunted growth.
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