Download or read book Alternative Approaches to Poverty Alleviation a Study of Production Organizations and Management of Trans Perak Integrated Development Project Malaysia written by Sabariyah Din and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work examines the outcome of public intervention in production organization and management to alleviate poverty. Empirical evidence from the Trans-Perak Integrated Project, Malaysia is analyzed. Chapter Two describes the social learning Malaysia has undergone, leading to the adoption of a pragmaticapproach to poverty eradication. The mechnaisms adopted by the Trans-Perak project reflect a mixture of the capitalist and socialist types of productionorganization. The project combines small size individually owned lots and a large scale shared estate system. The co-operative, of which project participants become members, has been established and given the duty to undertake farming contracts. The orientation, although commercial conforms to policy directions from the central bureaucracy. These questions are asked: Do the Trans-Perak production organizations help to alleviate poverty? Which system offers potential for a higher income in the long run? How do the farmers and development practitioners perceive the Trans-Perak model?. Estimation of the level of income is undertaken using production records and survey data. Results derived from the production records (which it is argued to be more reliable) reveal that after input and price subsidies are granted, the mean net monthly income under both system is above the poverty level of M $350 (US $112). With subsidy, the project and National Agricultural Policy objectives are fulfilled. Before subsidy however, the income level offered by the individual lot system is as low as M $186, while the estate paddy farming offers the highest income, followed by oil palm and then cocoa. During the loan repayment period the estimates indicate that the difference in income under both system is marginal.Both systems encourage mechanization but it has a lower marginal cost under the estate system. This shows that farm organization and management, specialization of task and separation of ownership are crucial to increasing yield. In the long run, it is the estate system which has the potential to offer higher income and employment all the year round, besides promoting greater inter sectoral linkages. Work in chapter six shows that the project has a flat organizational structure to facilitate control over decision making and design has been reponsive to policy shifts. Staff-participant relations are more formal under the estate system, but the implementation of production organization has transformed farming activities under both systems to be more systematic. A survey involving 196 sample participants, and loosely structured interviews of official and development practitioners are used to seek opinions about the farming systems. Overall, both groups perceived some positive impact from project activities. The land title is most valued by individual lot participants. Their counterparts under the state system value the job security but are nevertheless unhappy about the 'promises of land title'.Lack of off farm jobs and sub-letting of contracts to outsiders are sources of dissatisfaction. The concluding chapter gives a unified account of the study and highlights the contribution of this study to the literature of production organization and rural project management. The virtues of plantation management when applied in the small scale paddy economy seem to have been able to alleviate poverty and transform paddy production into a more commercial orientation.
Download or read book Poverty Alleviation written by Jutta Hebel and published by Cuvillier Verlag. This book was released on 2004 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Reducing Rural Poverty in Asia written by Nurul Islam and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-02-28 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fight rural poverty through the creation of significant policy mechanisms, microenterprises, and employment programs The majority of the world’s poor live in Asia, and most of these live in rural areas. These areas are also infamous for the food insecurity and malnutrition associated with poverty. Making even a modest dent in rural Asian poverty has the potential to realize large gains in global human development. Reducing Rural Poverty in Asia provides evidence-based guidelines for policymakers in developing countries, for researchers focusing on development problems, and for the international development assistance community in the continuing search for ways to effectively reduce poverty in the developing world. Detailed examinations are clearly presented on the efforts for poverty alleviation through microenterprise development and rural public employment programs that focus on public works and household/small-scale industries. Asia-based case studies of various microenterprises and rural public employment projects reveal important policy mechanisms and the effectiveness of each poverty reduction measure. Tables, figures, and relevant glossaries make unfamiliar terms and difficult information easy to understand. Part I of Reducing Rural Poverty in Asia: presents a framework for the analysis of rural microenterprises with a focus on microfinance highlights the main findings of country-specific case studies suggests guidelines for an appropriate strategy for the provision of microfinance to reach the poor, alleviate poverty, and create financial stability analyzes the issues relating to public wage employment schemes and the principal findings of the case studies draws policy conclusions for the formulation of effective public employment schemes Part II of Reducing Rural Poverty in Asia presents case studies conducted in India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines—along with revealing conclusions. These studies include: the SIDBI Foundation for Micro Credit in India—including the continuing problem of the exclusion of the poorest the Maharashtra Rural Credit Project in India and concerns about the sustainability of the financial infrastructure the Small Enterprises Development Project in Bangladesh and the high rate of return on capital from financed enterprises the successes of the Grameen Uddog, Agrani Bank Micro-Enterprise Development Unit (MEDU), and Kishoreganj Community-Based Projects in Bangladesh the income-stabilizing role of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra, India guidelines for the Public Works Employment policy and implementation in the Philippines Reducing Rural Poverty in Asia is a concise overview of the crucial research undertaken at the request of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and makes this a vital resource for researchers, educators, students, policymakers, and development experts working towards the goal of poverty reduction.
Download or read book Integrated Community Managed Development written by L. Jan Slikkerveer and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-01-24 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of recent advances in Integrated Community-Managed Development (ICMD) as an innovative strategy for the community-based development of local institutions in order to achieve lasting poverty reduction and empowerment. The original approach presented here to improving the lives and livelihoods of the poor takes a critical stance on the failing concept of conventional community development, as it is based on the shifting paradigm of 'bottom-up' cooperation and development, where recent regional autonomy policies are enabling national services to successfully integrate with local institutions at the community level. Based on recent experiences in South-East Asia, where the implementation of an alternative approach to integrating financial, medical, educational, communication and socio-cultural services has led to increased community participation and impressive poverty reduction, the book highlights the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this innovative strategy. The potential offered by applying the newly developed 'ICMD formula' worldwide as a function of themes, principles and services is reflected in the book’s diverse range of contributions, written by respected researchers and practitioners in the fields of development economics and financial management.
Download or read book Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in Peninsular Malaysia written by Mohamad Zaini Omar and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 946 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Participatory Development written by Ponna Wignaraja and published by United Nations University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackling the problems of Third World development from a different perspective, this study offers a new approach in which people at the grass roots level in South Asia become both the subjects and the objects of a participatory process of development designed to improve living conditions.
Download or read book Poverty Alleviation in the Third World written by Sita Ram Singh and published by APH Publishing. This book was released on 2005 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With particular reference to India.
Download or read book From the Ground Up written by Asian Development Bank and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A compilation of case studies of people-oriented development involving different countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Download or read book Rural Development Administration for Poverty Eradication in Malaysia written by and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 170 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Design and Management of Sustainable Projects to Alleviate Poverty in South Asia written by Economic Development Institute (Washington, D.C.) and published by Washington, D.C. : World Bank. This book was released on 1993 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation in Peninsular Malaysia written by Mohamad Zaini Omar and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Poverty Alleviation as a Business written by Urs Heierli and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Integrated Community Managed Development written by L. Jan Slikkerveer and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of recent advances in Integrated Community-Managed Development (ICMD) as an innovative strategy for the community-based development of local institutions in order to achieve lasting poverty reduction and empowerment. The original approach presented here to improving the lives and livelihoods of the poor takes a critical stance on the failing concept of conventional community development, as it is based on the shifting paradigm of 'bottom-up' cooperation and development, where recent regional autonomy policies are enabling national services to successfully integrate with local institutions at the community level. Based on recent experiences in South-East Asia, where the implementation of an alternative approach to integrating financial, medical, educational, communication and socio-cultural services has led to increased community participation and impressive poverty reduction, the book highlights the theoretical, methodological and practical aspects of this innovative strategy. The potential offered by applying the newly developed 'ICMD formula' worldwide as a function of themes, principles and services is reflected in the book's diverse range of contributions, written by respected researchers and practitioners in the fields of development economics and financial management.
Download or read book Development from Below written by Sandra Rothböck and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development in Malaysia written by Ozay Mehmet and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development from Below Alternative Poverty Alleviation Its Rationale and Operationalisation Through a Systemic Learning Approach written by Sandra Rothböck and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Role of Zakah and Awqaf in Poverty Alleviation written by Habib Ahmed and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
