KfW promotes microfinance investment funds and other activities that facilitate the growth of microfinance. This book … microfinance investment, and its promotion …

globalisation? Will poverty simply diminish with increased global markets? This state-of-the-art critical 'development' reader deals … with these and other related questions. "Globalisation, Poverty and Conflict" examines the inter-relationships between … globalisation, poverty and conflict. It complements current debates in the field of development studies and, in an era in which …

institutional incentives in order to meet both environmental and poverty alleviation objectives. However, their optimal design …

, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been …

poverty over the next ten years. It presents a pro-poor macroeconomic policy allowing countries to recapture policy space …, help promote growth, reduce inequality and diminish poverty in a sustainable way …

, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for …

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and … emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously … neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies …

There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How …

What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies? This book examines the … credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their …