Debt

Economic Development in Africa Report 2016: debt dynamics and development finance in Africa

Africa has major development aspirations in the broader context of a global and continental economic development agenda.

Publication Date:

21/07/2016

Source: UNCTAD

Tags:

Economic Development, Finance, Debt, Africa, Sustainable Development, GDP

Poverty

Beyond ending poverty: the dynamics of microfinance in Bangladesh

Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh uses household long panel surveys from 1991/92 to 2010/11 in Bangladesh to address some of the criticisms of microfinance—including whether pushing microfinance has made it redundant as a tool for poverty reduction—while investigating whether it still matters for the poor after tw

Publication Date:

12/07/2016

Author(s): Shahidur R. Khandker, M. A. Baqui Khalily, Hussain A. Samad

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

Poverty, Rural Development, Finance, Agriculture, Economic Development, Bangladesh, Debt, Farmers

Poverty

Beyond ending poverty: the dynamics of microfinance in Bangladesh

Beyond Ending Poverty: The Dynamics of Microfinance in Bangladesh uses household long panel surveys from 1991/92 to 2010/11 in Bangladesh to address some of the criticisms of microfinance—including whether pushing microfinance has made it redundant as a tool for poverty reduction—while investigating whether it still matters for the poor after tw

Publication Date:

12/07/2016

Author(s): Shahidur R. Khandker, M. A. Baqui Khalily, Hussain A. Samad

Source: The World Bank

Tags:

Poverty, Rural Development, Finance, Agriculture, Economic Development, Bangladesh, Debt, Farmers

Health

Economic burden of coronary heart disease in North India

The treatment of chronic diseases like coronary heart disease (CHD) is expensive and can consume a significant portion of household’s income, leading to catastrophic effects on families, particularly those of low socioeconomic status. This was a cross‑sectional study carried out in a private super specialty hospital and a government tertiary care hospital. Nonprobability purposive sampling method was used to collect primary data from a sample of 102 households; having a member suffering from CHD.

Publication Date:

01/04/2016

Author(s): Akashdeep Singh Chauhan, Kanchan Mukherjee

Source: International Journal of Noncommunicable Diseases

Vol:

1

Issue:

1

pp:

18-25

Tags:

Heart Diseases, India, Private Sector, Public Sector, Health Care, Chandigarh, Debt

Agriculture

Some reflections on agrarian prospects

Indian agriculture is once again in a slowdown. After the spurt of 2004–05—2011–12 when growth accelerated and the variability of production declined, in recent years growth has slowed and volatility has risen. Given weak world economic prospects and looming climate change, the main objectives of agricultural policy should now be to (i) enhance effi ciency of production and natural resource use, and (ii) devise appropriate safety nets to cope with risks whether from markets or climate.

Publication Date:

20/02/2016

Author(s): Abhijit Sen

Source: Economic and Political Weekly

Vol:

51

Issue:

8

pp:

12-15

Tags:

Agriculture, India, Droughts, Food Prices, Farmers, Debt, Dryland Farming, Legumes, Vegetables, Rural Poverty

Agriculture

Strengthening value chains for fruits and vegetables in Punjab: Alternative for faster growth in agriculture

The paddy-wheat monoculture induced a decelerating agricultural trend in Punjab which has been felt in the form of stagnation in output, deteriorating productivity, environmental degradation, declining farm incomes, depeasantization and suicides by farmers.

Publication Date:

01/12/2015

Author(s): Shayequa Zeenat Ali, Sandeep Dixit, R S Sidhu

Source: United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Tags:

Agriculture, Horticulture, Punjab, Green Revolution, Rice, Wheat, Debt, Statistics, Farmers, Agricultural Inputs, Post Harvest Losses, Food Storage, Contract Farming

Agriculture

Two more farmers end life in Kalaburagi, Bidar districts

A 53-year-old debt-ridden farmer committed suicide by consuming poison at his house in Chakar Savalagi village in Afzalpur taluk of Kalaburagi district on Thursday, taking the number of farmers who

Publication Date:

06/11/2015

Source: Hindu (New Delhi)

Tags:

Karnataka, Farmers, Debt

Agriculture

3,602 farmers committed suicide in 15 years: Min

Bhubaneswar: A total of 3,602 farmers of Odisha committed suicide in the past 15 years. This was informed by Agriculture Minister Pradeep Maharathy on Wednesday.

Publication Date:

21/08/2015

Source: Pragtivadi (Bhubaneswar)

Tags:

Orissa (Odisha), Farmers, Ministry Of Agriculture, Debt

Agriculture