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and Poverty, Chapter 1, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 23-51 -- Ravi Kanbur (2001), 'Economic … Policy, Distribution and Poverty: The Nature of Disagreements', World Development, 29 (6), 1083-94 -- François Bourguignon … Growth, 7, 195-225 -- Martin Ravallion (2001), 'Growth, Inequality and Poverty: Looking Beyond Averages', World Development …
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Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert … the world is appraised, and specially commissioned research focuses on the political economy process and the outcomes of …
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and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for …This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to … be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted …
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The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the …
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globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and …
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This Handbook is the first attempt to adapt the IS approach to developing countries from a theoretical and empirical viewpoint. The Handbook brings eminent scholars in economics, innovation and development studies together with promising young researchers to review the literature and push...
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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 …
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(OECD) affect development and poverty in developing and transition economies …
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'What I like most about Strategic Challenges for the Base of the Pyramid is the authors' clear understanding of what we have already learned about the BoP domain and their subsequent focus on creating new knowledge. The chapters in this book provide important insights into several important...
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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 …
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