Moving out of poverty / Deepa Narayan and Patti Petesch, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Narayan-Parker, Deepa.

Petesch, Patti L.

World Bank.

Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poverty--Developing countries.

Poverty.

Migrant labor.

Social mobility.

Developing countries.

Social mobility--Economic aspects--Developing countries.

Migrant labor--Developing countries.

Developing countries--Economic conditions.

Economic conditions.

Physical Description:

volumes : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Washington, D.C. : World Bank, c2007-

Summary:

Why and how do some people move out of poverty-and stay out-while others remain trapped? Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. In contrast, Moving Out of Poverty: Success from the Bottom Up presents the experiences of poor people who have made it out of poverty.

The book's findings draw from the Moving Out of Poverty research conducted in communities in 15 countries in Africa, East Asia, Latin America, and South Asia. The authors synthesize the results of qualitative and quantitative research based on discussions with over 60,000 people in rural areas. They offer bottom-up perspectives on the processes and local institutions that play key roles in escapes from poverty.

The study finds that there are no differences in the initiatives taken by the poor, the rich, and the upwardly mobile. What, then, explains the difference in outcomes? The authors demonstrate how-in the face of deep social inequalities that block access to economic opportunities and local democracies-individual initiative and empowerment by themselves are often not enough to escape poverty.

This book will be of interest to all concerned with equity in an increasingly unequal world.

Contents:

v. 1. Cross-disciplinary perspectives on mobility

v. 2. Success from the bottom up

v. 3. The promise of empowerment and democracy in India

v. 4. Rising from the ashes of conflict (forthcoming)

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Phi Beta Kappa Library Trust Fund.

Contains:

Cross-disciplinary perspectives on mobility.

Success from the bottom up.

Promise of empowerment and democracy in India.

Rising from the ashes of conflict (forthcoming)

ISBN:

9780821371114

0821371118

9780821369913

0821369911

0821372157

9780821372159

9780821372173

0821372173

9780821378380

0821378384

9780821378397

0821378392

9780821376317

0821376314

OCLC:

182662899

Publisher Number:

99934629475