03303nam 2200661 a 450 991096803290332120251117115344.01-280-08530-497866100853090-585-45643-710.1596/0-8213-5049-8(CKB)111087027993872(SSID)ssj0000086984(PQKBManifestationID)11998505(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000086984(PQKBWorkID)10052476(PQKB)10643924(MiAaPQ)EBC3050655(Au-PeEL)EBL3050655(CaPaEBR)ebr10051184(CaONFJC)MIL8530(OCoLC)666915977(The World Bank)ocm48927438(US-djbf)12675335(BIP)46129074(BIP)7544990(EXLCZ)9911108702799387220020204d2002 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierFrom many lands /edited by Deepa Narayan, Patti Petesch1st ed.Washington, DC A copublication of Oxford University Press and the World Bankc2002xvi, 509 pages ;24 cmVoices of the poor"World Bank"--Cover.0-8213-5049-8 Includes bibliographical references.Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: Ghana - "Empty Pockets" -- Chapter 3: Malawi - Tangled Web -- Chapter 4: Nigeria - Illbeing and Insecurity -- Chapter 5: Bangladesh - Waves of Disaster -- Chapter 6: India - Gains and Stagnation in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh -- Chapter 7: Indonesia - Coping with Vulnerability and Crisis -- Chapter 8: Bosnia and Herzegovina - War-Torn Lives -- Chapter 9: Bulgaria - Reeling from Change -- Chapter 10: Kyrgyz Republic - Crumbling Support, Deepening Poverty -- Chapter 11: The Russian Federation - Struggling against the Tide -- Chapter 12: Argentina - Life Used to Be Better -- Chapter 13: Brazil - Gains and Losses in the Favelas -- Chapter 14: Ecuador - The Perils of Poverty -- Chapter 15: Jamaica - Island in a Turbulent World -- Chapter 16: Conclusion - An Empowering Approach to Poverty Reduction -- Appendix 1 - Development Indicators for Fourteen Country Case Studies -- Appendix 2 - Country Currencies and the 1999 Exchange Rate -- Appendix 3 -Overview of Study Themes and Methods.Voices of the Poor provides a unique and detailed picture of the life of the poor and explains the constraints poor people face to escape from poverty in a way that more traditional survey techniques do not capture well. From Many Lands, the third volume in the Voices of the Poor series, contains regional findings and 23 country cases, grouped by region.Voices of the poor.PoorCase studiesPovertyCase studiesPoorPoverty305.5/69Narayan-Parker Deepa1465117Petesch Patti L873904MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910968032903321From many lands4480965UNINA