The Government of Honduras has launched a Multidimensional Vulnerability Index (MVI) to provide electronic vouchers for food, medicines
and biosafety equipment targeted to independent workers and self-employed persons hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Disability is a complex concept, which is usually misunderstood. In fact, different models to define disability exist, and in the last few decades the concept has evolved from understanding disability as a medical or individual perspective to a human rights one, where disability is the result of the interaction between a health condition and different social and attitudinal barriers.
What is the relationship between land use and the alleviation of multidimensional destitution in Mozambique? What lessons can be drawn for a broader context, beyond that of Mozambique, of regional trends towards land scarcity in Sub-Saharan Africa and beyond? What do these relationships mean for policy makers?