Community-based development has been criticized for its inadequate understanding of power relationships at the local level, which thus leaves room for elite capture. This paper compares and contrasts two case studies, both of which take power seriously in their institutional designs. The solar...

Basing on our devised World Bank’s ‘Design Principles’ for effective renewable energy projects in developing countries and an in-depth analysis of our two solar lighting projects in Bangladesh and India, this paper explores three key obstacles that constrain poor people from obtaining...

Intro -- Summary contents -- Detailed contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Ch. 1: Building a 'Pro-Poor' Social Capital Framework -- Ch. 2: Ethnography - Alternative Research Methodology -- Ch. 3: Historical and Cultural Contexts of Mainland Chinese Migrants in Hong Kong -- Ch. 4: Investing...