An individual holding dual or multiple jobs is defined as moonlighting. Today, moonlighting has become a key strategy among individuals in many developed and developing countries, where high competition exists to achieve economic goals. Moonlighting occurs when people are willing to work more hours than that demanded by their primary job with its fixed hours of work.

The poor, facing absolute or relative poverty, are one key group who are willing to moonlight to uplift their living conditions while professionals are another group for whom moonlighting plays a significant role. There are positive and negative factors with respect to this moonlighting. On the one hand, moonlighting encourages low income workers to earn more through for example, self employment than they could achieve merely with their primary employment, hence it would serve to uplift the living conditions of their families.

Moonlighting then seems to be a good solution for enhancing th......

Sri Lanka has achieved excellent health indicators in maternal and infant mortality, life expectancy and immunization. Yet malnutrition remains a major problem.
 
The intergenerational vicious cycle related to malnutrition has four main stages: (i) low birth weight infants; (ii) child growth failure; (iii) malnourished stunted adolescents and (iv) small statured malnourished reproductive age women. Detailed evidence exists on three components of the vicious cycle for Sri Lanka. The DHS 2006/2007 data that links malnutrition (both under and over nutrition) in women aged 15-49 (the reproductive age group), weight at birth and in children under five to the asset index clearly shows that malnutrition is linked to economic inequalities. The very lack of national level information on the third component of this cycle is an issue of importance. Small studies, anecdotal evidence and the continuing intergenerational cycle clearly indicate that adolescent malnutrition is a ......

Cordaid, an international development organisation, launched a People in Need campaign with the following visuals in 2007. The visuals depict people modelling with consumer products that can be purchased in many outlets in different countries. The advertisement contains comparisons of the price of the item and the price of daily requirements for the people depicted in the visual as a way of conveying that it takes less to support someone in poverty than the money spent on such an item.

We would like to open a discussion about this campaign and obtain your views on it.

• What do you think the campaign is trying to portray? Is it effective in what it conveys? Please explain
• Who do you think the target audience is? Is the advertisement effective in inf......

The article on contribution of agricultural insurance on livelihood of rural farmers (click here to read the article) submitted by Agricultural and Agrarian Insurance Board (AAIB) to the Poverty Portal highlights importance of agricultural insurance for a farmer to withstand adverse conditions. Further, the article addresses issues which are important to consider in the efforts of poverty reduction and improvement of livelihoods of rural farmers.

1. Lower participation of private sector in the agricultural insurance sector
2. Less demand for agricultural insurance from farmers due to lack of awareness of farmers

With the above views we would like to lead the discussion on
1. What are the factors needed to get greater support from the private sector offer insurance services to farmers?
2.  What are the innovations that can be introduced to align the insurance ......