From many lands / / edited by Deepa Narayan, Patti Petesch

• Pubblicazione: Washington, DC, : A copublication of Oxford University Press and the World Bank, c2002
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: xvi, 509 pages ; ; 24 cm
• Disciplina: 305.5/69
• Soggetto topico: Poor; Poverty
• Altri autori: Narayan-ParkerDeepa PeteschPatti L
• Note generali: "World Bank"--Cover.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: From many lands
• ISBN: 1-280-08530-4; 9786610085309; 0-585-45643-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910828794803321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Voices of the poor.