Relying on contributions from the International Movement ATD Fourth World, this book deals with questions such as: What … 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 …

Relying on contributions from the International Movement ATD Fourth World, this book deals with questions such as: What … 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 …

for a book that provides a collection of papers on conflict, livelihoods, and poverty in Guinea-Bissau based on both a … findings in the areas of conflict, growth and poverty, institutions and social networks, the characteristics of the poor and …Conflict and political instability have considerably weakened Guinea-Bissau’s productive infrastructure during the past …

result of the conflict, as well as a lack of improvement since then, at least for those in poverty who are highly vulnerable …Guinea-Bissau endured a major conflict in 1998 and has suffered from persistent political instability since …. The data suggest an increase in the lack of security after the conflict and no clear sign of improvement. The population …

, one in three persons living in poverty today might not be poor had it not been for the conflict. … estimates that GDP per capita today could have been more than 40 percent higher if there had been no conflict in 1998. In turn …