Introduction / Caroline Moser -- Intergenerational asset accumulation and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1978 …-2004 / Caroline Moser and Andrew Felton -- Learning from asset-based approaches to poverty / Michael R. Carter -- The stages …-of-progress methodology and results from five countries / Anirudh Krishna -- Asset accumulation policy and poverty reduction / Caroline Moser …

"Argues that incoherent social programs significantly contribute to poverty and little growth. Proposes converting the … contributions and raising consumption taxes on higher-income households to increase the rate of GDP growth, reduce inequality, and …

-- Cash transfers for older people reduce poverty and inequality / Armando Barrientos -- Mineral wealth, conflict and …Preface -- Introduction -- Equity, inequality traps and institutions: a cross-disciplinary view / Anthony Bebbington …, Anis Dani, Arjan de Haan and Michael Walton -- Inequality traps and institutionalized inequities -- Asset inequality and …