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Focusing on the vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks at
the household level, this book draws on extensive research
activities carried out in two Melanesia countries: the Solomon
Islands and Vanuatu. In particular, it identifies the household
impacts of the recent food, fuel and economic crises. The
contributors also examine resilience by identifying how households
responded to these recent economic events in order to cope with
their impacts. Findings indicate that households are vulnerable to
a range of shocks and often struggle to cope with their impacts.
Shocks are making it harder for households to meet their basic
needs. Households in Melanesia are facing increasing demands for
money, in particular for school fees, basic foodstuffs and
customary obligations. Concurrently, there are limited domestic
opportunities for formal employment. Traditional social support
networks are strong and are an important form of resilience.
However, there is evidence that they are disintegrating. Of
particular focus are the gendered impacts. Women are found to bear
a disproportionate share of the burden in adjusting to household
shocks. The authors highlight key areas in which public policy and
development programmes can reduce household vulnerability and
increase their resilience to future economic shocks.
Focusing on the vulnerability and resilience to economic shocks at
the household level, this book draws on extensive research
activities carried out in two Melanesia countries: the Solomon
Islands and Vanuatu. In particular, it identifies the household
impacts of the recent food, fuel and economic crises. The
contributors also examine resilience by identifying how households
responded to these recent economic events in order to cope with
their impacts. Findings indicate that households are vulnerable to
a range of shocks and often struggle to cope with their impacts.
Shocks are making it harder for households to meet their basic
needs. Households in Melanesia are facing increasing demands for
money, in particular for school fees, basic foodstuffs and
customary obligations. Concurrently, there are limited domestic
opportunities for formal employment. Traditional social support
networks are strong and are an important form of resilience.
However, there is evidence that they are disintegrating. Of
particular focus are the gendered impacts. Women are found to bear
a disproportionate share of the burden in adjusting to household
shocks. The authors highlight key areas in which public policy and
development programmes can reduce household vulnerability and
increase their resilience to future economic shocks.
In the year 2000, the international community agreed to a framework
to address global poverty. This framework, known as the Millennium
Development Goals, was time-bound with an end date of 2015. With
this end now in sight, the international community is focusing on
the achievement of these goals. However, it is also very important
that consideration now turns to what will follow the MDGs after
2015. Millennium Development Goals: Looking Beyond 2015 provides a
critical analysis of the MDGs and discusses a range of issues that
must be considered by the international community in determining
what poverty alleviation framework might replace the MDGs. This
reflection is made even more imperative as the poverty landscape
has shifted considerably since these original goals were made. This
book was originally published as a special issue of the Journal of
the Asia Pacific Economy.
This book examines how international aid donors and
Non-Governmental Organisations (NGOs) can assist countries in the
Asia-Pacific region achieve the Millennium Development Goals. The
book examines the progress countries have made towards the MDGs and
highlights the need to tailor the goals to individual country
circumstances.
This book provides important information regarding the Millennium
Development Goals, adopted unanimously by the United Nations in
2000, setting explicit targets in terms of achieving progress in
the developing world. This volume provides both a theoretical
overview of the role of education in development and also
illustrates this with various case studies (based on work of
non-government organisations and other donors) in the Asia-Pacific
region. The authors include a mix of development practitioners as
well as academics engaged in research in this field. Thus, the
theory is illustrated and extrapolated by case studies focussing on
community development interventions.
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