rural areas where most economic activities continue to take place. As growth has been weak, poverty levels remain high. This … book provides a collection of papers on conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau based on both the nationally …. The chapters deal with growth and poverty, institutions and social networks, the determinants of poverty, the means of …

The objective of this volume is to assess the relationships between growth and poverty reduction on the basis of a … analysis suggests that growth led to substantial reductions in the share of the population in poverty. Yet growth could not be … solve the paradox of high growth without poverty reduction. It was initially believed in both countries that there had been …

The papers in this volume examine the links between gender, time use, and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. They … contribute to a broader definition of poverty to include time poverty, and to a broader definition of work to include household … literature and surveys on time use in Africa, and use tools and approaches drawn from analysis of consumption-based poverty to …

does it mean to live in poverty, and especially in extreme poverty? How can very poor people be reached through development … questions, the emphasis is on exploring what type of knowledge is needed to fight extreme poverty. A key argument is that apart … the knowledge of practitioners who are engaged with them on a daily basis to fight poverty. After the introductory chapter …

rural areas where most economic activities continue to take place. As growth has been weak, poverty levels remain high. This … book provides a collection of papers on conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau based on both the nationally …