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IFAD Factsheets - 4 views

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Richard Allaway on 21 Apr 10

Climate change: a development challenge Climate change: building the resilience of poor rural communities Desertification Fighting water scarcity in the Arab countries Fighting rural poverty: the role of ICTs Food prices: Smallholders can be part of the solution The future of world food security Land tenure security and poverty reduction Linking land and water governance Remittances Rural finance: Small amounts making a big difference Women

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Climate change: a development challenge Climate change: building the resilience of poor rural communities Desertification Fighting water scarcity in the Arab countries Fighting rural poverty: the role of ICTs Food prices: Smallholders can be part of the solution The future of world food security Land tenure security and poverty reduction Linking land and water governance Remittances Rural finance: Small amounts making a big difference Women </div>

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Solar Cinema Takes Rural Kenya by Storm (Video) : TreeHugger - 0 views

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Bulk of World's poor live in rural areas - 0 views

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China's gender imbalance 'likely to get worse' | World news | guardian.co.uk - 1 views

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IB IGCSE AS China population_policy negative_consequences gender_imbalance

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Richard Allaway on 20 May 09

Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher</div>

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Charlotte Lemaitre on 07 Jun 09

Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Problem of too many men is exacerbating as rural women 'marry out' into cities, says researcher</div>

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The Mississippi Delta: Scratching a living | The Economist - 1 views

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Facts and Figures on Rural Women | UN Women - 1 views

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BBC NEWS | Europe | Italy migrants' state 'appalling' - 0 views

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Richard Allaway on 24 Dec 08

The working conditions of many poor African migrants in rural areas of southern Italy are "appalling", the international medical charity MSF says

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The working conditions of many poor African migrants in rural areas of southern Italy are "appalling", the international medical charity MSF says</div>

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China's rural poor left stranded as urbanites race ahead | World news | The Guardian - 1 views

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Paul Becker-Hounslow on 03 Oct 11

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Indian Government Pushes Rural Electrification For Population Control: Television As Co... - 0 views

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"Sending Money Home to Africa" - remittances hold immense untapped potential for the poor - 5 views

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Kathleen Noreisch on 23 Oct 09

African workers send home more than US$40 billion to the region each year but restrictive laws and costly fees hamper the power of remittances to lift people out of poverty, according to a new report by the UN's rural poverty agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">African workers send home more than US$40 billion to the region each year but restrictive laws and costly fees hamper the power of remittances to lift people out of poverty, according to a new report by the UN's rural poverty agency, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD). </div>

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BBC News - Inequality in China: Rural poverty persists as urban wealth balloons - 0 views

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ib_geog2009 Disparities in wealth and development inequality china

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Dominic Tilley on 30 Jun 11

The rapid growth of China's economy over the past three decades has been greeted with largely unquestioned assumptions that increasing affluence would lead to a happier, wealthier and more equitable society. Of course, such assumptions came with an implicit acceptance that some would get rich faster, but also that these benefits would eventually trickle down.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">The rapid growth of China's economy over the past three decades has been greeted with largely unquestioned assumptions that increasing affluence would lead to a happier, wealthier and more equitable society. Of course, such assumptions came with an implicit acceptance that some would get rich faster, but also that these benefits would eventually trickle down.</div>

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Ann Smith on 30 Jun 11

Disparities between rural and urban China are growing

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China's Great Uprooting - Moving 250 Million Into Cities - NYTimes.com - 2 views

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▶ India - Internal Migrants - YouTube - 1 views

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China's huge poverty gap slowing growth, UN says | World news | The Guardian - 1 views

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Cellphones seen as world learning tool - UPI.com - 1 views

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James Mattiace on 22 Mar 11

Cellphones used to improve development. Animated videos sent about disease prevention, agricultural etc

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Vast Mongolian shantytown now home to quarter of country's population | World news | Th... - 3 views

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China's great migration from 'Hukou Hell' - CNN.com - 1 views

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