The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
This report presents findings on the ways in which food price volatility (FPV) affects poor peopl... more This report presents findings on the ways in which food price volatility (FPV) affects poor people's lives and how they cope with its effects in Bangladesh. It explains how different occupational groups are differently affected due to changes in contexts and opportunities at micro (household), meso (community) and macro (national) levels. The four key issues studied in the research are: a) well-being trends, i.e. people's perception about what living well means in their context, and how far or close they are to their desired state of well-being, and why; b) coping strategies, i.e. how people are managing in difficult times, with a particular focus on how they are coping with volatile and rising food prices; c) support systems, i.e. an exploration of different types of support systems available to people living in poverty that help them to survive; and d) perspectives on farming as a future prospect for young people, i.e. how price volatility is affecting the occupational choice of people who traditionally rely on agriculture.
(NIPN) is an initiative of the European Commission supported by the United Kingdom Department for... more (NIPN) is an initiative of the European Commission supported by the United Kingdom Department for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative aims to strengthen national capacity to manage and analyse information and data from all sectors which have an influence on nutrition and to disseminate and use information so as to better inform the strategic decisions countries are faced with to prevent undernutrition and its consequences. A Global Support Facility has been set up by the European Commission to coordinate the NIPN initiative, managed by the Agrinatura alliance and hosted by Agropolis International.
Sustainable Development, Human Dignity and Choice, 2021
The presentation of and discussion on the findings of the study in preceding chapters indicate th... more The presentation of and discussion on the findings of the study in preceding chapters indicate that the ENRICH programme has been highly successful in attaining its objectives including human dignity of the participants who were previously deprived in this regard. The question, however, is: how has the ENRICH programme achieved that? What process has the programme followed and how is this process different from other approaches? Before these questions are answered, it is necessary to review a few other major approaches and their shortcomings briefly.
Sustainable Development, Human Dignity and Choice, 2021
Over the years, conceptualisation, characterisation and discourses on poverty and development hav... more Over the years, conceptualisation, characterisation and discourses on poverty and development have undergone significant changes. In the past, economic improvement was considered the key goal and focus of development. Poverty reduction/alleviation was to be pursued within that framework, implying a trickle-down process, which has been of rather limited avail. The world is still left with significant poverty, and inequality is glaring and increasing globally and in most countries. The introduction of the concept of sustainable development has brought in new features to the understanding of development. Much emphasis is now found in economic literature that economic growth and per capita income are not necessarily the key goals to be achieved.
The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this p... more The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use.
This report presents findings on the ways in which food price volatility (FPV) affects poor peopl... more This report presents findings on the ways in which food price volatility (FPV) affects poor people's lives and how they cope with its effects in Bangladesh. It explains how different occupational groups are differently affected due to changes in contexts and opportunities at micro (household), meso (community) and macro (national) levels. The four key issues studied in the research are: a) well-being trends, i.e. people's perception about what living well means in their context, and how far or close they are to their desired state of well-being, and why; b) coping strategies, i.e. how people are managing in difficult times, with a particular focus on how they are coping with volatile and rising food prices; c) support systems, i.e. an exploration of different types of support systems available to people living in poverty that help them to survive; and d) perspectives on farming as a future prospect for young people, i.e. how price volatility is affecting the occupational choice of people who traditionally rely on agriculture.
(NIPN) is an initiative of the European Commission supported by the United Kingdom Department for... more (NIPN) is an initiative of the European Commission supported by the United Kingdom Department for International Development and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The initiative aims to strengthen national capacity to manage and analyse information and data from all sectors which have an influence on nutrition and to disseminate and use information so as to better inform the strategic decisions countries are faced with to prevent undernutrition and its consequences. A Global Support Facility has been set up by the European Commission to coordinate the NIPN initiative, managed by the Agrinatura alliance and hosted by Agropolis International.
Sustainable Development, Human Dignity and Choice, 2021
The presentation of and discussion on the findings of the study in preceding chapters indicate th... more The presentation of and discussion on the findings of the study in preceding chapters indicate that the ENRICH programme has been highly successful in attaining its objectives including human dignity of the participants who were previously deprived in this regard. The question, however, is: how has the ENRICH programme achieved that? What process has the programme followed and how is this process different from other approaches? Before these questions are answered, it is necessary to review a few other major approaches and their shortcomings briefly.
Sustainable Development, Human Dignity and Choice, 2021
Over the years, conceptualisation, characterisation and discourses on poverty and development hav... more Over the years, conceptualisation, characterisation and discourses on poverty and development have undergone significant changes. In the past, economic improvement was considered the key goal and focus of development. Poverty reduction/alleviation was to be pursued within that framework, implying a trickle-down process, which has been of rather limited avail. The world is still left with significant poverty, and inequality is glaring and increasing globally and in most countries. The introduction of the concept of sustainable development has brought in new features to the understanding of development. Much emphasis is now found in economic literature that economic growth and per capita income are not necessarily the key goals to be achieved.
The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) play an important role through enforcing accountability, re... more The Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) play an important role through enforcing accountability, reducing fiduciary risk and measuring the outcome of different programs. The credibility and impact of these institutions rests in no small part on their independence from political actors in executive and legislative branches of the government. The shift in the agenda of these institutions from financial/compliance to performance auditing and evaluation has made them more important and relevant actors in political and policy debates. Consequently, these institutions are now facing a unique "autonomy-relevance" dilemma, i.e. whereas autonomy requires that the SAIs be independent from the political actors, relevance has prompted these agencies to become more closely connected with the policy agendas of political actors. This dissertation makes an effort to capture the dynamics of this dilemma and through analyzing the experiences of the Government Accountability Office, explores the strategies that have been adopted by adopted by the institution to deal with this. Given that the GAO has gone through the entire spectrum of autonomy-relevance dilemma, an analysis of its strategies will be helpful for the international SAI community.
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