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  • Moving Out of Poverty

    Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Mobility

    by Palgrave Macmillan UK ...
    Series Book 1 - Moving out of poverty
    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 ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moving Out of Poverty

    Success from the Bottom Up

    by Deepa Narayan, Lant Pritchett, Soumya Kapoor, Palgrave Macmillan UK ...
    Series Book 2 - Moving out of poverty
    '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 Gorrión, Colombia Why and how do some people move out of povertyâ€"and stay outâ€"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: ... Read more

    $29.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Moving Out Of Poverty (Volume 1): Crossdisciplinary Perspectives On Mobility

    by Narayan Deepa; Petesch Patti ...
    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 ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Moving Out Of Poverty, Volume 2: Success From The Bottom Up

    by Narayan Deepa; Pritchett Lant; Kapoor Soumya ...
    No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall five thousand times, I will stand up some other five times." William, a 37 years old from El Gorrion, Columbia, recounts his life story.Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. Moving Out of Poverty: Success from the Bottom Up presents the perspectives of poor people who have ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Moving Out of Poverty

    Rising from the Ashes of Conflict

    by Palgrave Macmillan UK ...
    Series Book 4 - Moving out of poverty
    “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 Gorrión, 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 ... Read more

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    This handbook initiates fresh debates on poverty and its impact in a constantly changing Global South society. It studies the concept, theories, and causes of poverty, as well as the design and delivery of social welfare policies related to specific groups, such as women, children, and the elderly. The chapters are theoretical, evidence-based, and empirical in nature and bring together a holistic ... Read more

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  • Institutional Pathways To Equity: Addressing Inequality Traps

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    Questions of equity and inequality have moved to the center of debates on development and poverty reduction. This reflects growing awareness that even countries with high rates of growth can experience stagnating or increasing inequality, and that inequality can itself limit the poverty reducing effects of growth. Indeed, recent work indicates that, in addition to its intrinsic value, equity ... Read more

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    The WDR 2012: Gender Equality and Development will focus on the evolution of gender equality across the world in the context of the development process. The report will consider gender equality as a core development goal in itself, and will argue that gender equality matters for the pace of development. Improvements in gender equality can generate gains in economic efficiency and improvements in ... Read more

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  • The Vulnerability of Cities

    Natural Disasters and Social Resilience

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  • Crossing the Divide

    Rural to Urban Migration in Developing Countries

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    Threats to human well-being in the Global South and Global North

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  • The Routledge Handbook of Gender and Development

    Edited by Anne Coles, Leslie Gray, Janet Momsen ...
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