Over the past decades, women’s labor force participation (LFP) rate has risen from 26.1 percent in 2002/2003 to 36 percent in 2010. While employment is an important aspect of women’s empowerment and of national development, ...

This chapter is part of the book titled Energy Insecurity in Asia: Challenges, Solutions, and Renewable Energy, which provides insightful case studies and offers practical policy recommendations for solving energy insecurity ...

Social protection initiatives in Africa increasingly aim to institutionalize systems that guarantee assistance for the poor and protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks. Through direct and indirect income effects, ...

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh provides that “all powers in the Republic belong to the people . . . every person in the service of the Republic has a duty to strive at all times to serve the people” ...

This chapter is part of the book titled Business, Economics and Sustainable Development The Emerging Horizons, authored by Manipadma Datta.  The massive influx of refugees in recent times is daunting. On one hand, the ...

This chapter is part of the book titled What Works for Africa's Poorest: Poverty Reduction Programs for Extremely Poor People, which contains a unique cross-section of country-specific case studies from across Sub-Saharan ...

This chapter is from the book titled 'Climate, Environment and Disaster in Developing Countries', which is part of the book series 'Advances in Geographical and Environmental Science.' Water scarcity is a common ...