Delphi Technique in Poverty Alleviation: A Case Study

This study aims at investigating scholars thinking intended for poverty alleviation. Two-round Delphi techniques were applied to attain experts’ opinion in support of probable resolution of poverty. Government officials, Non-government executives, University academics, and social & political personalities are considered as scholars. The scholars think that limitation of job is the fundamental cause of poverty that is why the poor are bound to live in vulnerable unhygienic places where inadequate services are prevailing. They also argued that by providing home-based work and especial training that will help them to get job for income generation, the poverty problems could be reduced. As well community-based management similar to labor intensive low-cost housing factory and sanitation plant will also been lead to decrease poverty. To avoid hypothetical discover, the study analyzed poverty alleviation activities of UNDP/GOB project. The UNDP/GOB project entitled ‘Local Partnerships for Urban Poverty Alleviation’ is one of the biggest urban poverty alleviating projects in Bangladesh. There are many successful activities of this project such as community-based micro-credit, sanitation as well as drinking water has been highlighted. The study was undertaken by acquiring primary data from the field survey that employed a structure questionnaire and gathered information emphasis on poverty. Heads of poor households or a member behalf of HH, were used as respondents.

Local environmental problems of urban poor areas: a case study / MJB Moral, Ruslan Rainis and Md. Aminul Islam

Environmental conditions have severe impact on the livelihood conditions, health and the security of the poor (Bo jo & Reddy, 2002). It is increasingly recognized that poverty and environment are correlated. Poverty affects environmental conditions and vice versa. It is because a degraded environment will greatly affect the poor. The poor tends to become poorer as the environment conditions degrade. Owing to scarcity of job. hardcore poor households of both study communities migrated to the city and live in low-lying vulnerable and unhygienic spaces where inadequate services persist. Due to these conditions they stiffer during natural hazards such as flood. which expose them to health hazards that reduce their savings and productivity. Conversely because of insufficient services they pollute the neighborhood environment by illegal dumping of wastes and discharging of wastewater. The principal objective of this study was to identify the local environmental problems. The study was undertaken by acquiring primary data from the field survey by employing a structured questionnaire and gathered information with emphasis on poor and their local environment. The head of poor household or a member of each household was used as respondents. it was found that environmental problems such as improper solid waste management, drainage, housing and land title were the persistent problems in the communities