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A gender performance indicator for irrigation: concepts, tools and applications.

2002 | Van Koppen, B.

Although gender issues are today a priority on the agendas of irrigation policy makers, interventionists, farm leaders and researchers, there is still a considerable gap between positive intentions ..

World Water Assessment Programme Sri Lanka case study, Ruhuna basins: proceedings of a Workshop held at Koggala Beach Hotel, Sri Lanka, 7-9 April 2002.

2002 | Ed.By. Imbulana, K. A. U. S.; Droogers, P.; Makin, I. W.

The aim of this paper is to present an objective analysis of surface water resources in the Ruhunu Basins mainly within the World Water Assessment Programme (WWAP) Case Study Methodology and Indicat..

The Millennium Development Goals Report, 2010

2010 | United Nations

This report is based on a master set of data that has been complied by an Inter-Agency and Expert Group on MDG Indicators led by the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Sec..

Consumption Poverty in Sri Lanka 1985-2002: An Updated Analysis of Household Data

2007 | Dileni Gunewardena

This study on disaggregated poverty measures attempts to complement existing poverty data and analysis in order to supplement existing poverty statistics with a comprehensive poverty profile that exam..

Poverty Alleviation Theories and Approaches: Have We Got it Right, Finally?

2001 | M. Adil Khan

This paper presents Dr M Adil Khan's paper and a discussion held following the presentation. The paper argues that poverty stems from the way institutions are organised in a society and suggests t..

Poverty Measurement: Improving Poverty Measurement in Sri Lanka

2005 | Dileni Gunawardena

The past few years have seen great progress in the area of poverty measurement, both in terms of the development and consolidation of best practice, and in conceptual and methodological advances. This..

Women and Poverty in Sri Lanka: Trends and Characteristics

1999 | Sepali Kottegoda

This paper documents a discussion on Dr Kottegodas paper which presents the conditions and characteristics of women in poverty, and the process of impoverishment. The discussion focussed on the follow..

Why Poverty Persists

2000 | Nimal Sanderatne

This is the documentation of the 9th Open Forum on Poverty held in September 2000. It includes the paper presented by Nimal Sanderatne, a summary of the commentary on the paper and the discussion that..

Who Measures Change? An Introduction to Participatory Monitoring and Evaluation of Communication for Social Change

2005 | Will Parks, Denise Gray-Felder, Jim Hunt, Ailish Byrne

"Who Measures Change?" is the first in a series of publications based on the premise that CFSC practitioners should facilitate the development of Monitoring and Evaluation questions, measure..

Weighting Dimensions of Poverty Based on People's Priorities: Constructing a Composite Poverty Index for the Maldives

2007 | Hans de Kruijk, Martine Rutten

In this paper a new index called, the Human Vulnerability Index (HVI) is developed. The HVI is the case study of the Maldives carried out in 1997 and 2004, which illustrates the richness of analysis p..

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