Research Catalog

Title

What works for the poorest? : poverty reduction programmes for the world's extreme poor / edited by David Lawson ... [et al.].

Publication

Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Pub., c2010.

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Details

Additional Authors

Lawson, David.

Description

xviii, 282 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Poverty reduction programmes for the world's extreme poor

Subject

• Poor > Services for > Congresses
• Economic assistance, Domestic > Congresses
• Poverty > Government policy > Congresses
• Economic assistance > Congresses

Note

• Papers presented at a conference for the exchange of ideas and practical approaches to improving the well-being of the extreme poor, held at the BRAC Centre in Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 2006.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

What works for the poorest? / David Hulme and David Lawson -- Pro-poorest growth : a national household survey approach / Umar Serajuddin, Hassan Zaman and Ambar Narayan -- A "q-squared" approach to enhancing our understanding of the chronically poor / David Lawson -- Alternative accounts of chronic disadvantage : income deficits versus food security / Naila Kabeer -- Identifying and targeting the extreme poor : a methodology for rural Bangladesh / Binayak Sen and Sharifa Begum -- Testing combined targeting systems for cash transfer programmes : the case of the CT-OVC programme in Kenya / Carlos Alviar, Francisco Ayala and Sudhanshu Handa -- Institutional issues in scaling-up programmes for meeting the health related needs of the very poor / Hilary Standing and Elizabeth Kirk -- Eradicating extreme poverty : the Chile Solidario Programme / Armando Barrientos -- Assisting the poorest in Bangladesh : learning from BRAC's "Targeting the Ultar Poor" Programme / David Hulme and Karen Moore -- Unconditional cash transfers to the very poor in central Viet Nam : is it enough to "just give them the cash?" / Peter Chaudhry -- Exclusion to empowerment : women of the Siddi community in Gujarat, India / Somnath Bandyopadhyay, Apoorva Oza and David Nygaard -- The NREGA and rural women in poverty : entitlements, issues and emerging concerns / Rina Bhattacharya, Meera Pillai and Ratna Sudarshan -- Strategies for promoting decent contract labour : experiences from South African and UK agriculture / Stephanie Barrientos -- The role of health equity funds in meeting health-related needs of the poorest in urban areas of Cambodia / Chean Rithy Men and Maurits Van Pelt -- Linking microfinance and safety net programmes : new pathways for the poorest / Syed Hashemi and Malika Anand -- Revenue mobilization for poverty reduction : what we know, what we need to know / Tony Addison -- Making poverty reduction work for the poorest / David Hulme and David Lawson.

Call Number

JFE 12-4331

ISBN

• 9781853396908
• 1853396907

LCCN

2010398087

OCLC

320189875

Title

What works for the poorest? : poverty reduction programmes for the world's extreme poor / edited by David Lawson ... [et al.].

Imprint

Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Pub., c2010.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Lawson, David.

Other Form:

Online version: What works for the poorest? Rugby, Warwickshire : Practical Action Pub., c2010 (OCoLC)761340025

Research Call Number

JFE 12-4331