Japan International Cooperation Agency

Topical and Sectoral Studies

Poverty Reduction and Human Security (March 2006)

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Foreword

Preface by the Chairperson

Outline of the Study

Members of the Study Group

List of Authors

Abbreviations

Executive Summary

Chapter I Incorporating the Concept of Human Security into Poverty Reduction

  • 1. Background
    • 1.1. Discussions on Poverty Reduction: Recent International Trends
    • 1.2. Human Security
    • 1.3. Japan's Aid Policy and Human Security
  • 2. Research Framework of the Study
    • 2.1. The Relationship between "Freedom from Want" and "Freedom from Fear"
    • 2.2. Types of Threats
    • 2.3. Vulnerability and Poverty
  • 3. Integrating the Human Security Perspective into a Poverty Reduction Strategy/Program
    • 3.1. Prevention, Coping, and Promotion
    • 3.2. Prevention, Coping, and Promotion for Individual Risks: the Case of the HIV/AIDS Virus
    • 3.3. Grand Design of a Human Security Oriented Poverty Reduction Strategy/Program
    • 3.4. Implications for JICA's Assistance Programs

Chapter II Excerpts from Country and Issue-Wide Analyses of the Study

  • 1. Poverty Reduction and Human Security in Latin America
  • 2. Poverty Reduction and Human Security in Sub-Saharan Africa
  • 3. Human Security in Mozambique—Case Study of a Post-Conflict Country
  • 4. Poverty Reduction and Human Security in Bangladesh
  • 5. Major Issues on Governance and Human Security
  • 6. Vulnerability and Poverty in Risks: an Economic Approach
    • 6.1. The Concept of Vulnerability and its Measures
    • 6.2. Poverty Reduction, Risk, and Economic Growth
  • 7. Resource Governance and Human Security
  • 8. Social Development and Human Security from the Grassroots: the Example of Cambodia

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