Impact Initiative - Health: Recent submissions
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Social policy and labour standards: a South Indian case study
(2010)The paper documents substantial improvements in the living standards of labourers over the past 30 years in villages in the Tiruppur region, a dynamic centre of garment production in western Tamil Nadu. The improvements ... -
GM Maize in KwaZulu Natal: labour displacement or efficient output expansion?
(2008)This study uses data for 2006/7, for the Hlabisa, Dumbe and Simdlangentsha districts in KwaZulu Natal, to investigate the relative efficiencies of conventional, insect resistant (Bt) and herbicide tolerant (RR) maize grown ... -
Efficiency and employment effects of GM Maize producers in KwaZulu Natal
(2008)This study uses data for 2006/07, for the Hlabisa, Dumbe and Simdlangentsha districts in KwaZulu Natal, to investigate the relative efficiencies of conventional, insect resistant (Bt) and herbicide tolerant (RR) maize grown ... -
Prospects for agricultural productivity growth : will there be a slowdown in developing countries?
(2009)The food price spikes of 2008 showed that world food security is not a foregone conclusion. With this in mind, we distinguish between three productivity measures, as their implications differ. These are: yields, which, ... -
The use of open, distance and flexible learning (ODFL) initiatives to open up access to education in the context of high HIV and AIDS prevalence rates : the case of Lesotho
(2008)This paper describes the extent of the national HIV and AIDS epidemic in Lesotho and identifies and analyses key Open, Distance and Flexible Learning (ODFL) initiatives currently being implemented to increase access to ... -
What does migration mean for relations with children and spouses left-behind? Reflections from young married men and women on the move in Vietnam
(2009)Whilst newly-wed wives and young mothers have traditionally been ‘tied to the bamboo grove’ in Vietnam, today nearly as many young married women are migrating from rural to urban areas as young married men. This shift ... -
Family Strategies and Dilemmas for Low-Income Rural-Urban Labour Migrants
(2010)This policy brief summarises the findings of a qualitative study into the family relations of labour migrants across their peak child-bearing years. It evidences how wives/mothers and husbands/fathers manage their relations ...