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What works for the poorest? : poverty reduction programmes for the world's extreme poor / edited by David Lawson [and others].
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Language
English
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Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Pub., ©2010.
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xviii, 282 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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HC79.P6 W49 2010
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Economic assistance, Domestic
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Poverty
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Lawson, David, 1971-
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Summary note
This book is the first attempt to examine what works for the poorest and analyses innovative ultra-poor programmes from around the world and explores the lessons that emerge from this important body of knowledge. It should be read by staff of donor agencies and NGOs, students of development studies who are concerned about chronic poverty.
Notes
Papers presented at a conference for the exchange of ideas and practical approaches to improving the well-being of the extreme poor, held at the BRAC Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2006.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)
Contents
What works for the poorest? / David Hulme and David Lawson
Pro-poorest growth : a national household survey approach / Umar Serajuddin, Hassan Zaman and Ambar Narayan
A "q-squared" approach to enhancing our understanding of the chronically poor / David Lawson
Alternative accounts of chronic disadvantage : income deficits versus food security / Naila Kabeer
Identifying and targeting the extreme poor : a methodology for rural Bangladesh / Binayak Sen and Sharifa Begum
Testing combined targeting systems for cash transfer programmes : the case of the CT-OVC programme in Kenya / Carlos Alviar, Francisco Ayala and Sudhanshu Handa
Institutional issues in scaling-up programmes for meeting the health related needs of the very poor / Hilary Standing and Elizabeth Kirk
Eradicating extreme poverty : the Chile Solidario Programme / Armando Barrientos
Assisting the poorest in Bangladesh : learning from BRAC's "Targeting the Ultra Poor" Programme / David Hulme and Karen Moore
Unconditional cash transfers to the very poor in central Viet Nam : is it enough to "just give them the cash?" / Peter Chaudhry
Exclusion to empowerment : women of the Siddi community in Gujarat, India / Somnath Bandyopadhyay, Apoorva Oza and David Nygaard
The NREGA and rural women in poverty : entitlements, issues and emerging concerns / Rina Bhattacharya, Meera Pillai and Ratna Sudarshan
Strategies for promoting decent contract labour : experiences from South African and UK agriculture / Stephanie Barrientos
The role of health equity funds in meeting health-related needs of the poorest in urban areas of Cambodia / Chean Rithy Men and Maurits Van Pelt
Linking microfinance and safety net programmes : new pathways for the poorest / Syed Hashemi and Malika Anand
Revenue mobilization for poverty reduction : what we know, what we need to know / Tony Addison
Making poverty reduction work for the poorest / David Hulme and David Lawson.
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Poverty reduction programmes for the world's extreme poor
ISBN
9781853396908 ((paperback))
1853396907 ((paperback))
LCCN
2010398087
OCLC
320189875
RCP
H - S
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