What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies? This book examines the credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their aid programmes and their good and bad practices are...

Interest in learning how to make the most of the potential developmental benefits of remittance flows has grown worldwide. Financing the Family adds to that body of knowledge with a summary of recent research that emphasizes experimental approaches, focuses on Central America, and analyzes the...

Das vorliegende Buch leistet einen Beitrag zur internationalen Partizipationsforschung. Es setzt sich mit dem entsprechenden entwicklungspolitischen Diskurs auseinander und untersucht am Beispiel der zentralasiatischen Republiken Kirgistan und Tadschikistan die Angemessenheit und Anwendbarkeit...

This paper makes new estimates of the cost of ending poverty and the global distribution of both the cost and poverty itself. First, the paper discusses definitions of 'ending' poverty, arguing that there is an overemphasis (e.g. SDG 1) on the extreme poverty line which is insufficient for...

This study systematically investigates the development process, major characteristics and weak links of China's poverty alleviation experience and conducts a comparative analysis of poverty alleviation cases. It also accurately presents the internal logic and core elements of China's poverty...

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Chapter 1 Fighting Poverty -- Part I Failure of the Libertarian Approach -- Chapter 2 Microcredit Misses Its Mark -- Chapter 3 Mirage at the Base of the Pyramid -- Chapter 4 Romanticizing the Poor -- Part II Effective...