Autore	Clancy Joy.
Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London : , : Earthscan from Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (217 p.)
Disciplina	333.95/39
Soggetto topico	Biomass energy - Economic aspects Biomass energy - Social aspects Biomass energy - Environmental aspects Energy policy Rural poor Poverty - Government policy Equality Social justice North and south
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-203-12847-8 1-283-97244-1 1-136-46930-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Energy and Rural Poverty -- The Impacts of Large-Scale Biofuel Production in Rural Communities -- How Does Large-Scale Liquid Biofuel Production Affect Socio-Ecological Systems and Ecosystem Services? -- Liquid Biofuel Production and Rural Communities' Food Security -- Do Liquid Biofuels Address Rural Energy and Poverty Issues? -- Can Biofuels Be Made Pro-Poor?.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462578603321

Autore	Gabay Clive
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (182 p.)
Disciplina	362.5/577
Collana	Routledge/Warwick studies in globalisation
Soggetto topico	Poverty - Government policy
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-283-60565-1 9786613918109 1-136-26289-X 0-203-10765-9
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of boxes and tables; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Something is happening here ... conceptual clarity; Conceptualising GCAP; Research design; Chapter outline - hegemony, inclusion, legitimacy; Power: an interlude; 2 Hegemony; Introduction; Monitory oppositionality; Standing up against ... who? what?; Empty signifiers and contested meanings; The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs); Conclusion; 3 Inclusivity; Introduction; Constituting the cosmos; The multiple and contradictory practices of international NGOs in GCAP Reworking powerConclusion; 4 Legitimacy; Introduction; Constructing GCAP at the grassroots; GCAP acting ...; Conclusion; 5 Implications and conclusions; Introduction; Framing the research; Implications of the research; Hegemony, inclusion and legitimacy: the holistic view; Further avenues of research; Final comments; Appendix 1 Interviews; Appendix 2 Email to research participants requesting participation for interviews; Appendix 3 Consent form and information sheet shown to research participants at interview; Appendix 4 Interview themes and questions Appendix 5 The Millennium Development GoalsNotes; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910462454903321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	Washington, D.C., : Brookings Institution Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (313 p.)
Disciplina	362.5/56
Altri autori (Persone)	BrainardLael JonesAbigail <1983-> PurvisNigel
Soggetto topico	Climatic changes - Economic aspects Global environmental change Global temperature changes Poverty - Government policy Economic geography Economic development - International cooperation
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-8157-0381-3
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Double jeopardy : what the climate crisis means for the poor / Abigail Jones, Vinca LaFleur, and Nigel Purvis -- Climate change impacts in the developing world : implications for sustainable development / Anthony Nyong -- Toward a new international climate change agreement / Elliot Diringer -- Greenhouse gas mitigation efforts in China : progress and opportunities / Ned Helme -- Linking communities, forests, and carbon / Michael Jenkins -- Integrating climate change into development : multiple benefits of mitigation and adaptation / Atiq Rahman -- Development in the balance : agriculture and water / Robert Mendelsohn -- Public health adaptation to climate change in low-income countries / Kristie L. Ebi -- Linking adaptation and disaster risk reduction / Saleemul Huq and Jessica Ayers -- The climate-security connection : what it means for the poor / Joshua W. Busby -- Financing adaptation to a warmer world : opportunities for innovation and experimentation / Manish Bapna and Heather McGray -- Exploring the potential for public-private insurance to help the world's poor to adapt and thrive as the climate changes / Ian Burton and Thea Dickinson -- Corporate action on climate adaptation and development : mobilizing new partnerships to build climate change resilience in developing countries and communities / Jane Nelson -- Mobilizing action for climate change adaptation in the North and South / Heather K. Coleman, Raymond C. Offenheiser, and David Waskow
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910459492103321

Autore	Soederberg Susanne <1966->
Edizione	[1 ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (303 p.)
Disciplina	332.7/43 332.743
Collana	RIPE Series in Global Political Economy
Soggetto topico	Debt - Political aspects Consumer credit - Political aspects Poverty - Government policy Poor - Finance, Personal Financial institutions - Political aspects
ISBN	1-317-64672-X 0-415-82267-X 1-315-76195-5 1-317-64673-8
Classificazione	POL000000POL011000
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; List of abbreviations; Introduction; Part I Theorising money, credit and debtfare states; 1 Demystifying money; 2 The power and paradoxes of credit; 3 Debtfare states; Part II Debtfarism and the poverty industry in the United States; Preface to Part II: Debtfarism in the United States and the making of the poverty industry; 4 Debtfarism and the credit card industry; 5 Debtfarism and the student loan industry; 6 Debtfarism and the payday loan industry Part III Debtfarism and the poverty industry in MexicoPreface to Part III: Debtfarism, development and dispossession; 7 Global debtfarism and the universalisation of financial inclusion; 8 Debtfarism and the microfinance industry; 9 Debtfarism and the housing industry; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910476766803321

Edizione	[1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, c2003
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (311 p.)
Disciplina	320.6
Altri autori (Persone)	HoutzagerPeter P MooreMick
Soggetto topico	Economic development - Political aspects Poverty - Government policy Distributive justice
ISBN	1-282-44534-0 9786612445347 0-472-02481-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	""Contents""; ""List of Tables""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction: From Polycentrism to the Polity""; ""2 Political Capabilities over the Long Run""; ""3 Beyond the Political Impossibility Theorem of Agrarian Reform""; ""4 Coalition Building from Below""; ""5 Grounds for Alliance?: Overlapping Interests of Poor and Not so Poor""; ""6 The Boundaries of Antipoverty Policy: Economic Ideas, Political Coalitions, and the Structure of Social Provisions in Chile and Mexico ""; ""7 Polity Qualities: How Governance Afflicts Poverty"" ""8 Do Political Regimes Matter?: Poverty Reduction And Regime Differences Across India""""9 Does Decentralization Contribute to Poverty Reduction?: Surveying the Evidence ""; ""10 Arguing the Politics of Inclusion""; ""Contributors""; ""Subject Index""; ""Author Index""
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910826907903321