Lifting people out of poverty is one of the great challenges facing the international community today. It has become still more daunting in the context of the global financial crisis, which has severe implications for the poorest people in the world. Almost 1.4 billion people in developing...

"To take birth as a poor man itself is a big punishment. We are facing many difficulties and there is none to support us. We cannot die also. ?? Our condition is like applying perfumed oil to mustache when there is no food to eat." - Male focus group discussion, Appipuram, Andhra PradeshIndia...