wyszukanych pozycji: 9
Moving Out of Poverty (Volume 3): The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India
ISBN: 9780821372173 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 450 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 'To take birth as a poor man itself is a big punishment. We are facing many difficulties and there is none to support us. We cannot die also. ... Our condition is like applying perfumed oil to mustache when there is no food to eat.' - Male focus group discussion, Appipuram, Andhra Pradesh India has experienced accelerating growth in the last 10 years, yet millions of Indians remain mired in poverty. Why? Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. 'Moving Out of Poverty: The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India'...
'To take birth as a poor man itself is a big punishment. We are facing many difficulties and there is none to support us. We cannot die also. ... Our ...
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239,74 zł |
Measuring Social Capital: An Integrated Questionnaire
ISBN: 9780821356616 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 62 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The idea of social capital has enjoyed a remarkable rise to prominence in both the theoretical and applied social science literature over the last decade. While lively debate has accompanied that journey, thereby helping to advance our thinking and clarifying areas of agreement and disagreement, much still remains to be done. One approach that could help bring further advances for both scholars and practitioners is providing a set of empirical tools for measuring social capital. The purpose of this paper is to introduce such a tool with a focus on applications in developing countries. The...
The idea of social capital has enjoyed a remarkable rise to prominence in both the theoretical and applied social science literature over the last dec...
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117,18 zł |
Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas That Work
ISBN: 9780821368763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 422 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Development cannot be imposed from the outside. It has to happen from within. This groundbreaking book from South Asia shows how homegrown experiments can be scaled up to transform the lives of millions of poor women and men in the developing world. Here are stories of development ideas that work and of the visionary individuals who were determined to see them succeed. These achievements have taken place against all odds, in countries struggling with widespread corruption, weak governance, minimal infrastructure, deep-rooted social divisions, and poorly functioning judicial systems. South...
Development cannot be imposed from the outside. It has to happen from within. This groundbreaking book from South Asia shows how homegrown experiments...
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183,58 zł |
Moving Out of Poverty (Volume 2): Success from the Bottom Up
ISBN: 9780821372159 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall 5,000 times, I will stand up another 5,000 times.' -- William, a 37-year-old from El Gorrion, Colombia 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...
'No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall 5,000 times, I will stand up another 5,000 times.' -- William, a 37-year-old from El Gorrion, Colombia...
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Moving Out of Poverty: Rising from the Ashes of Conflict
ISBN: 9780821376317 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. "There is no peace with hunger. Only promises and promises and no fulfillment. If there is no job, there is no peace. If there is nothing to cook in the pot, there is no peace." - Oscar, a 57-year-old man, El Gorrion, Colombia "They want to construct their houses near the road, and they cannot do that if they do not have peace with their enemies. So peace and the road have developed a symbiotic relation. One cannot live without the other. . . ." - A community leader from a conflict-affected community on the island of Mindanao, Philippines Most conflict studies focus on the national level, but...
"There is no peace with hunger. Only promises and promises and no fulfillment. If there is no job, there is no peace. If there is nothing to cook in t...
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239,74 zł |
Measuring Empowerment: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives
ISBN: 9780821360576 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 480 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty?--poor people themselves. But if empowerment cannot be measured, it will not be taken seriously in development policy making and programming. Building on the award-winning 'Empowerment and Poverty Reduction' sourcebook, this volume outlines a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate programs centered on empowerment approaches. It presents the perspectives of 27 distinguished researchers and practitioners in economics, political science, sociology, psychology,...
Poverty reduction on a large scale depends on empowering those who are most motivated to move out of poverty?--poor people themselves. But if empowerm...
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210,56 zł |
Moving Out of Poverty: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Mobility
ISBN: 9780821371114 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This book brings together the latest thinking about poverty dynamics from diverse analytic traditions. While covering a vast body of conceptual and empirical knowledge about economic and social mobility, it takes the reader on compelling journeys of multigenerational accounts of three villages in Kanartaka, India, twelve years in the life of a street child in Burkina Faso, and much more. Leading development practitioners and scholars from the fields of anthropology, economics, political science, and sociology critically examine the literature from their disciplines and contribute new...
This book brings together the latest thinking about poverty dynamics from diverse analytic traditions. While covering a vast body of conceptual and em...
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416,38 zł |
Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Social Capital in Tanzania
ISBN: 9780821340615 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 20. This study describes the practices and processes of participatory methods that tap the knowledge the poor have about their own reality. The Participatory Poverty Assessment uses methods to measure and facilitate "listening to the poor." Participatory tools show how the poor view poverty, inflation, and other economic and social trends. In addition, the study established the high economic returns to village social capital, measured by density of groups with particular characteristics.
Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 20. This study describes the practices and processes of partici...
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134,69 zł |
MOVING OUT OF POVERTY, VOL 2
ISBN: 9780821378366 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall 5,000 times, I will stand up another 5,000 times. William, a 37-year-old from El Gorrion, Colombia 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...
No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall 5,000 times, I will stand up another 5,000 times. William, a 37-year-old from El Gorrion, Colombia Why ...
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416,38 zł |