and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for … partnership : how microfinance and microfranchising compliment each. other / John Hatch. -- Microfranchising and the base of the …This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to …

the Philippines / Arsenio Balisacan and Rosemarie Edillon -- 7. Micro-finance and poverty reduction in Asia / John Weiss …1. Experiences with poverty targeting in Asia : an overview / John Weiss -- 2. Poverty targeting in India / Pradeep … Srivastava -- 3. Poverty targeting in Indonesia / Ari A. Perdana and John Maxwell -- 4. Poverty targeting in the People …

Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert …

sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development … services approach. : income, inequality and poverty / Kerry Turner and Brendan Fisher -- 3. Ecospace, humanspace and climate … to climate conflict : who is taking the heat for global warming? / Betsy Hartmann -- 10. Rural poverty, cotton production …

the poor : the poverty impact of the Khushhali Bank's microfinance lending in Pakistan / Heather Montgomery -- 9. The role …It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are … other policy interventions that may also be significant in a "growth plus" approach to poverty reduction. This volume brings …

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the …

globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and …

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work … affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk …1. Introduction -- 2. Risk and poverty -- 3. The risk coping strategies of the rural poor -- 4. The limits to risk …

(OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies …