Product Description: Tropical rainforests are disappearing at an alarming rate, causing unprecedented losses in biodiversity and ecosystem services. This book contributes to an improved understanding of the processes that have destabilizing effects on ecological and socio-economic systems of tropical rain forest margins, as well as striving to integrate environmental, technological and socio-economic issues in their solution...read more

Product Description: The Microfinance Poverty Assessment Tool was developed as a much-needed tool to increase transparency on the depth of outreach of microfinance institutions (MFIs). It is intended to assist donors and investors to integrate a poverty focus into their appraisals and funding of financial institutions through a more precise understanding of the clients served by these institutions...read more

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Product Description: How does market liberalization affect the poor? Since the 1980s Viet Nam has relaxed a number of government controls over rice production and marketing. This research report analyzes whether further loosening of state controls would help or hurt the poor and draws lessons for other countries...read more

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