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Title

Participatory approaches to attacking extreme poverty : case studies led by the International Movement ATD Fourth World / edited by Xavier Godinot and Quentin Wodon.

Publication

Washington, D.C. : World Bank, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors

• Godinot, Xavier, 1951-
• Wodon, Quentin.
• International Movement ATD Fourth World.

Description

xii, 115 pages; 26 cm.

Summary

"Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty is part of the World Bank Working Paper series. These papers are published to communicate the results of the Bank's ongoing research and to stimulate public discussion." "Relying on contributions from the International Movement ATD Fourth World, this book deals with questions such as: What does it mean to live in poverty, and especially in extreme poverty? How can very poor people be reached through development projects? How can we assess whether projects succeed in changing the lives of the poorest individuals? In answering these questions, the emphasis is on exploring what type of knowledge is needed to fight extreme poverty. A key argument is that apart from academic knowledge, a concerted effort is needed to listen to the knowledge of poor people themselves, as well as to the knowledge of practitioners who are engaged with them on a daily basis to fight poverty. After the introductory chapter, the text of a speech by Joseph Wresinski (founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World) at a congress of social scientists held at UNESCO, is reproduced. The next contribution is based on comments by the International Movement ATD Fourth World on the World Bank's World Development Report 2004 Making Services Work for Poor People. Thereafter, case studies are provided on participatory approaches to attacking extreme poverty in both developing countries (Madagascar and Tanzania, as well as Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru) and developed countries (the United States and Belgium). Book jacket."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

World Bank working paper ; no. 77

Uniform Title

World Bank working paper ; no. 77.

Subject

Economic development projects > International cooperation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

1. Participatory Approaches to Attacking Extreme Poverty: An Overview / Charles Courtney, Xavier Godinot and Quentin Wodon -- Overview of the Contributions in This Volume -- Seminar at the World Bank to Discuss the Issue of Extreme Poverty -- Conclusion: Where Do We Go from Here? -- Part I. Three Types of Knowledge on Poverty -- 2. A Knowledge That Leads to Action / Joseph Wresinski -- Academic Knowledge and Mobilization for Action -- Without Freedom of Thought, No Communication -- The Secret Garden of the Poorest of the Poor -- Restoring Thinking, Supporting the Effort of the Fourth World to Know -- An Action That Thinks and Communicates Itself -- A Committee Ready for Action -- 3. Making Services Work for Very Poor People: Comments on the World Development Report 2004 / Xavier Godinot -- The Nature of Chronic Poverty and the Challenge of Its Eradication -- The Uncertainty of Statistics on Extreme Poverty -- The Knowledge Building Process of the WDR Report -- The Shortage of Truly Participatory Research on Poverty -- Part II. Experiences from Developing Countries -- 4. Making Health Services Work for Poor People: Ten Years of Work in Tananarive, Madagascar / Chantal Laureau, Caroline Blanchard and Xavier Godinot -- Living Conditions and Health Care Provision in Tananarive -- The Decision to Carry Out an Early Childhood Program (1989-1990) -- Starting Point: Lack of Understanding and a Divide Between the Hospitals and the Inhabitants -- Implementation of the Knowledge-Health Program Around Those in Early Childhood -- Extending the Knowledge-Health Program -- The Development Books -- Dialog with Health Professionals and Medical Bodies -- Writing a Book on the Health of Very Young Children -- People and a Neighborhood Gaining Freedom and Pride -- Some Lessons Learned from the Program -- 5. Taking the Time to Learn from the Poor in Tanzania / Niek Tweehuysen and Andrew Hayes -- Encountering the Very Poor -- Enabling the Very Poor to Join Forces -- International Day for the Eradication of Poverty -- Other Sources of Knowledge -- Partners in Development -- 6. Enabling Children to Learn in Latin America / International Movement ATD Fourth World (Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru Teams) -- Reaching the Poorest Children Through Street Libraries in Peru -- Understanding the Life of Poor Children and their Parents: Dona Elena's Family in Guatemala -- Enabling Children to Learn from Each Other: The Tapori Network in Bolivia -- Part III. Experiences from Developed Countries -- 7. The Story of the "Unleashing Hidden Potential" Seminar in the United States / Carl Egner -- Roots of the project -- The Street Library in East New York -- A New Project in Boston -- Preparing the Seminar -- The Unleashing Hidden Potential Seminar -- After the Seminar -- 8. Another Approach to Poverty Indicators in Belgium / Johan Bellens, Regis De Muylder, Beatrice Meurant, Henk Van Hootegem and Frank Vereecken -- Goals of the Research-Action-Training and Method -- Results -- General Reflections -- 1.1. A Delegation of Families in Poverty is Received at the World Bank -- 4.1. Infant and Child Mortality in Madagascar -- 4.2. Dialog Between the Very Poor and Health Services -- 4.3. A Nurse's Experience -- 4.4. Leaving Fear Behind: The Account in 2004 of the Path Traveled by One Mother -- 4.5. A Mother's Account, End of 2004 -- 5.1. Paul -- 5.2. Andrew -- 5.3. Saidi -- 5.4. Hamis -- 6.1. One Day in a Street Library in El Bosque -- 6.2. Gerson -- 6.3. Tapori Activities in Lourdes' and Gema's Schools -- 6.4. Juanita (By a Member of the ATD Fourth World Bolivian Team).

ISBN

0821366254 (pbk.)

OCLC

• ocm70159202
• SCSB-5261193

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries