Projecten
Urbanisation, growth and poverty reduction: the role of secondary towns. Universiteit Antwerpen
A general economic framework for take-up behaviour: merging individual behaviour, social interactions and welfare programme design. KU Leuven
Faith-based Organisations and Exclusion in European Cities. (FACIT) Universiteit Antwerpen
To the whetstone or the drawing board? Holding Corporations Accountable at State and Multilateral Levels for Cross-border Negative Externalities KU Leuven
Though few would argue that the growth of global trade driven in large part by multi-national enterprises has not had positive effects in terms of the alleviation of poverty and higher levels of development throughout the world, that corporations also exploit limited natural resources, spoil the environment and create unsafe and inequitable conditions of labour in the pursuit of maximizing profits is well known. Many corporate disasters or ...
Sustainable rural development through community-based and bottom-linked ecotourism in the Chaparri Reserve Region KU Leuven
This project tackles the urgent challenge of triggering the sustainable development potential of Global South rural areas, notably of those with high poverty levels and living under the social, economic and environmental threats brought by the contemporary proliferation of extractive industries. This project addresses this development problem by stimulating sustainable rural development in the North of Peru through community-based and ...
Analyzing the patterns of health care-seeking behaviour among adolescent pregnant women in Nepal and Bangladesh; a transdisciplinary approach Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde
Pregnancy among adolescents occurs with varying frequency across regions, countries, within countries and income groups. Ninety five percent of the total adolescents’ births occur in developing countries [1]. Each year 7.3million girls under age of 18give birth in developing countries [2]. Among them around 2 million girls give birth before the age of 15. Early marriage and motherhood is considered as a social and health ...
Wederopbouw van een inclusief, op waarden gebaseerd Europa van solidariteit en vertrouwen door middel van sociale investeringen KU Leuven
In 2013, as a response to rising inequalities, poverty and distrust in the EU, the Commission launched a major endeavour to rebalance economic and social policies with the Social Investment Package (SIP). RE-InVEST aims to strengthen the philosophical, institutional and empirical underpinnings of the SIP, based on social investment in human rights and capabilities. Our consortium is embedded in the ‘Alliances to Fight Poverty’. We will ...
Werken, maar toch arm KU Leuven
The project Working and Yet Poor (WorkYP) is focused on the increasing social trend of working people at risk or below the poverty line. The Consortium will devote its research to explore the reasons of such phenomenon and elaborate recommendations to the EU and MSs legislators, to enhance the goals proclaimed in the European Pillar of Social Rights. The WorkYP Project will analyse seven representative Countries (Sweden, Italy, The ...