This title discusses how to alleviate poverty in Africa, identifying the constraints under which women operate and policies that will aid growth and empower women, recognising the importance of bargaining parameters and the role of assets

1. Introduction -- 2. The way forward : how do 'inclusive' alliances happen? -- 3. The fiscal politics of mineral development in Ghana -- 4. Zambia : democratisation without a 'social dividend'? -- 5. Bolivia : a 'hybrid' political economy? -- 6. The politics of inclusive fiscal policy -- 7....