Impact Initiative - Urban/Rural: Recent submissions
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Stakeholder perspectives on patterns and causes of forest crimes in community forestry in Nepal
(2010)The present study contributes to our understanding of local level forest crimes and law enforcement in community forestry. A total of 211 individuals from 5 categories of stakeholders, that all are involved in community ... -
Economic sustainability of national parks in the Congo Basin : a case study of the Sangha Tri-national Park
(2008)The second largest complex of tropical rain forest is located in the Congo Basin. This forest is renowned for its biodiversity, harbouring thousands of rare species of plants and animals and providing environmental ... -
Utilization of non-timber forest products in Bangladesh
(2009)The literature suggests that there is a strong relationship between non-timber forest products (NTFPs) and livelihoods of forest-adjacent communities. These forest resources have potential for meeting conservation and ... -
Changing paradigms in a changing climate: adaptive innovation towards forest management institutions to manage tropical forest in South and Southeast Asia
(2011)Some communities in the tropics traditionally protect natural habitats for their cultural and material sources, for example, in a form of sacred sites and as a communal forest. These natural habitats play an important ... -
Environmental incomes and rural livelihoods : a global-comparative assessment
(2011)Various case studies have suggested that environmental incomes from forests and other vegetation types are important for rural households in developing countries. However, in most large-scale household surveys these ... -
Can we trust the data? : methodological experiences with forest product valuation in lowland Bolivia
(2008)Forest products are important to rural households across virtually all forest types in developing countries. There are, however, only few comprehensive and systematic efforts at valuing these products and determining their ... -
Nepal Energy Gardens Qualitative Dataset and Quantitative Survey Dataset. University of Leeds. [Dataset]
(2015)Biofuels and biomass are important sources of renewable energy, yet implementation of bioenergy programmes has attracted considerable controversy for displacing food production, land-grabbing, loss of biodiversity and ... -
Dalit women becoming 'housewives: lessons from the Tiruppur region, 1981/2 to 2008/9
(2010)The paper suggests that while the decision of Dalit women to become ‘housewives’, rather than to engage in paid employment or self-employment, might be seen as a retreat into more strongly patriarchal relationships, it ... -
T-shirts and Tumblers: caste, politics and industrial work in Tiruppur's textile belt, Tamilnadu
(2014)This article explores the variegated nature of processes of neoliberalisation and their diverse impacts on relations of caste and dependency in rural India. Focusing on the rural hinterland of Tiruppur, a major industrial ... -
The impact of a global value chain in South India on the rural areas in its vicinity
(2010)The expansion of garment manufacturing in Tiruppur has transformed the surrounding countryside as well as the town, both as garment manufacturing has spread into the countryside and through the knock-on effects of having ... -
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, ... -
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 ...