Addressing spatial poverty traps
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The activities of two of Intercooperation's projects, in Nepal and Madagascar, were highlighted at a recent workshop on Understanding and Addressing Spatial Poverty Traps, held in Cape Town, South Africa.
The workshop was jointly sponsored by CPRC, the Civil
Society Partnership Programme of ODI, Trocaire and the Swiss Agency for
Development and Cooperation.
In a paper entitled Addressing chronic poverty and spatial poverty traps in Nepal's middle hills: The Nepal Swiss Community Forestry Project , the activities of the NSCFP are described. A paper entitled Empowerment and poverty reduction in rural communities - a case study on changes in civil society and local government practices and lessons for influencing pro-poor policy details the activities of the SAHA project in Madagascar.
Full details of the workshop programme and copies of
the papers presented can be found at the workshop
website.
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