Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation / Caroline Moser, editor.
Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation / Caroline Moser, editor.
Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation / Caroline Moser, editor.
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Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
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N339.46091/ 7
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English
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Physical content
x, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents
Introduction / Caroline Moser -- Intergenerational asset accumulation and poverty reduction in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 1978-2004 / Caroline Moser and Andrew Felton -- Learning from asset-based approaches to poverty / Michael R. Carter -- The stages-of-progress methodology and results from five countries...
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Publisher
Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
District of Columbia
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"Provides a set of case studies of asset-building projects around the globe aimed at designing and implementing public policies that will increase the capital assets of the poor. Highlights the ways in which poor households and communities can move out of poverty through longer-term accumulation of capital assets"--Provided by publisher.
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Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation / Caroline Moser, editor.
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This volume grew out of the Brookings Institution-Ford Foundation Workshop on Asset-based Approaches to Poverty Reduction in a Globalized Context, held in Washington, D.C., on June 27-28, 2006, led by Caroline Moser, and co-hosted by the Ford Foundation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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c2007.
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N339.46091/ 7
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9780815758570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081575857X (pbk. : alk. paper)
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339.46091724
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991023072919702626
