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Big business works with small farmers : the case of the Buabin Oil Palm Outgrower Project
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
Globally, there are about 500 million small farms from which two billion people derive their livelihoods. These farmers face a host of challenges to access both domestic and international markets. This thesis examines the ...
Old new city : a study of spatial interactions in traditional neighborhoods of Kolkata to identify a new paradigm for urban design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)
This thesis through study and analyses endeavored to demonstrate how various interactions in the urban fabric of old neighborhoods of Kolkata made them more humane, inclusive and ecologically less harmful. It highlighted ...
Building community assets through individual development accounts : growing a strategic network in Lawrence, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
This thesis aims to inform the decision-making process for growing an asset-building program through strategic partnerships with other community-based organizations (CBOs). The impetus for this paper came from Lawrence ...
The waterfront engine : proposal for a 21st century Delhi
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)
Delhi, a 14 million people megacity, has a huge open space area available in its heart along the banks of the Yamuna River. At the same time, Delhi, which would like to become a fully-fledged global city, does not have a ...
Downtown development as a strategy for revitalization in Providence, Rhode Island
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
This thesis examines the incidence of benefits resulting from downtown development in Providence, Rhode Island. Despite the acclaim accorded to the recent downtown development, there have been very few assessments of the ...
A model of ex-offender reentry in Suffolk County, Massachusetts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002)
The United States, like every other country, has a system of correctional facilities in which it places people for punitive and rehabilitative reasons. To determine what kinds of people come back compared to those who went ...
An image and multimedia database for Tren Urbano : application to technology transfer programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Information systems can be expected to play a major role in urban infrastructure projects that require technology transfer. The volume of information that is addressed and the greatly increased accessibility to that ...
Raise the roof : can location efficient mortgages increase social equity, compact development, and transit ridership?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2003)
Complete "and" cooperate through industry cluster public policy : a Connecticut case
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)
Even though the cluster-led economic development has received wide attention among policy makers since the 1900s, the ways it is implemented has been questioned by several researchers. One of the criticisms is that policy ...
The real estate user charge and its impact on housing development in China
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2006)
Off-budget public finance in China is an informal system of levies that emerges in response to local fiscal needs. Off-budget funds serve as part of local government revenue and help finance local government expenditures. ...