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Figallo, Flavio – Community Development Journal, 1994
In Peru, the Social Compensation Fund uses various strategies for fighting rural poverty: linking social investment to other development strategies, considering poverty indicators in determining project priorities, developing a productive infrastructure, and involving local institutions in solutions. (SK)
Descriptors: Economic Change, Emergency Programs, Foreign Countries, Poverty
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Powell, J. P. – Community Development Journal, 1975
The author encountered many obstacles to Papua New Guinea's transformation from a subsistence to a cash economy during two months' field work: the people's conservatism, lack of confidence, indifference to cash, and deep commitment to tradition. These, and "subsistence affluence," warn against hastily exposing the people to inflation's…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Community Attitudes, Cultural Influences, Developing Nations