Scaling up poverty reduction [[electronic resource] ] : learning and innovating for development : findings from the Shanghai global learning initiative / / edited by Blanca Moreno-Dodson

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450105803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC, : World Bank, 2005
• ISBN: 1-280-21709-X; 9786610217090; 0-8213-6363-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (290 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Moreno-DodsonBlanca
• Disciplina: 339.4/6/091724
• Soggetti: Poverty - Developing countries; Economic assistance - Developing countries; Economic development projects - Developing countries; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Foreword; Millennium Development Goals; Acknowledgments; Acronyms; Introduction; 1. The Framework for Analysis; 2. Observations at the Country Level; 3. Development as a Process of Learning and Innovation: Lessons from China; 4. Thematic Analysis; 5. Lessons on Community-driven Development Programs; 6. Learning and Scaling Up through Evaluation; 7. Operational Implications; 8. Issues for Future Research; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 2003 the World Bank, in partnership with the Government of the People's Republic of China, began a one year-long global learning process that focused on worldwide efforts to reduce poverty along different dimensions. A series of case studies, multi-country interactive videoconferences, online dialogues, and field visits led up to the working conference in Shanghai, on May 25 - 27, 2004. Development lessons and experiences were shared and debated at this event by policymakers, politicians, donors, academics, development practitioners, civil society groups, and representatives from developmen