Introduced in 1999, poverty reduction strategies (PRS) are currently the World Bank and IMF’s main instrument to regulate access to debt relief and concessional financing from both institutions. By replacing the former structural adjustment programs this new approach seeks to increase the...

It has long been hypothesized that democracy benefits the poor; however, the hypothesis still lacks solid empirical evidence. This paper contributes to providing new worldwide evidence on the poverty reduction effect of democracy which we refer to as the Amartya Sen hypothesis. The...

Part I. Conceptual and Historical Perspectives of Decentralization and Local Governance -- Chapter 1. From Deconcentration to Devolution: Tracking the Historical Trajectory of Democratic Decentralization in Ghana -- Chapter 2. Historical Perspectives of Local Governance and Community Development...

Cover -- Contents -- ATD Fourth World -- Preface to the English Edition -- Foreword by Christopher Winship -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction: Insecurity, Poverty and Extreme Poverty- Xavier Godinot -- Part One -- Introduction: Resisting Extreme Poverty Every Day-Xavier Godinot -- 1.The Child...