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A critical history of poverty finance : colonial roots and neoliberal failures / / Nick Bernards
| A critical history of poverty finance : colonial roots and neoliberal failures / / Nick Bernards |
| Autore | Bernards Nick |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xi, 219 pages) |
| Disciplina | 339.46 |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Financial services industry - Technological innovations Microfinance |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Acknowledgements -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- Part I. Poverty finance and the antinomies of colonialism1. A colonial problem -- 2. Poverty finance and nascent neoliberalism -- 3. Structural adjustment, backlash, and the turn to the local: Explaining the rise of microfinance -- Part II. Making markets for poverty finance -- 4. Commercialising community: Experiments with marketisation -- 5. From microcredit to financial inclusion -- Part III. Innovation to the rescue? -- 6. The forever-latent demand for microinsurance -- 7. Fintech and its limits -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index. |
| Altri titoli varianti | Critical History of Poverty Finance |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910774615603321 |
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| London : , : Pluto Press, , [2022] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others]
| Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.46 |
| Collana | CROP International Studies in Poverty Research |
| Soggetto topico | Poverty - Prevention |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 1-78360-625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910511750603321 |
| London, [England] : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others]
| Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Collana | CROP international studies in poverty research |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Sustainable development Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21954-1
1-78360-625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Dag Rune Olsen -- Development and Sustainability Science: Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Positive Social Change / Alberto D. Cimadamore, Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemoller, Gro Therese Lie and Maurice B. Mittelmark -- Seeking Wisdom: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Australian Indigenous Practices and Planetary Management / Mark G. Edwards -- Policies for Poverty Reduction in a Transformative Green Economy / Enrique Delamonica -- Health Promotion and Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan / Altyn Aringazina -- Children's Literacy in Health and Sustainability / Neil Chadborn and Jane Springett -- Participatory Research as a Tool for Change in Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Social Equity / Jane Springett -- Connecting Development and Sustainability: Empowering People to Effective International Cooperation / Cristine Koehler Zanella -- Sustainability and Transdisciplinary Knowledge: Experience Gained and Challenges Ahead / Gro Therese Lie, Alberto D. Cimadamore, Maurice B. Mittelmark and Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemöller. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910798293703321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others]
| Development and sustainability : the challenge of social change / / edited by Alberto D. Cimadamore [and three others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (193 p.) |
| Disciplina | 339.4/6 |
| Collana | CROP international studies in poverty research |
| Soggetto topico |
Poverty - Prevention
Sustainable development Development studies |
| ISBN |
1-350-21954-1
1-78360-625-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Foreword / by Dag Rune Olsen -- Development and Sustainability Science: Transdisciplinary Knowledge for Positive Social Change / Alberto D. Cimadamore, Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemoller, Gro Therese Lie and Maurice B. Mittelmark -- Seeking Wisdom: A Transdisciplinary Perspective on Australian Indigenous Practices and Planetary Management / Mark G. Edwards -- Policies for Poverty Reduction in a Transformative Green Economy / Enrique Delamonica -- Health Promotion and Sustainable Development in Kazakhstan / Altyn Aringazina -- Children's Literacy in Health and Sustainability / Neil Chadborn and Jane Springett -- Participatory Research as a Tool for Change in Ecosystem Approaches to Health and Social Equity / Jane Springett -- Connecting Development and Sustainability: Empowering People to Effective International Cooperation / Cristine Koehler Zanella -- Sustainability and Transdisciplinary Knowledge: Experience Gained and Challenges Ahead / Gro Therese Lie, Alberto D. Cimadamore, Maurice B. Mittelmark and Fungisai P. Gwanzura Ottemöller. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813062903321 |
| London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Economic assistance : Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States of America and Georgia, signed at Tbilisi, July 26, 2013, with annexes
| Economic assistance : Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States of America and Georgia, signed at Tbilisi, July 26, 2013, with annexes |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2014?] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (69 unnumbered pages) |
| Collana | Treaties and other international acts series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, American - Georgia (Republic)
Economic development projects - Georgia (Republic) - Finance Poverty - Georgia (Republic) - Prevention Economic assistance, American Economic development projects - Finance Poverty - Prevention |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Treaties. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Millennium Challenge Compact between the United States of America and Georgia, signed at Tbilisi, July 26, 2013, with annexes |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910702626303321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2014?] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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For protection and promotion [[electronic resource] ] : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Annamaria Milazzo and Christine Weigand
| For protection and promotion [[electronic resource] ] : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [et al.] ; with the assistance of Annamaria Milazzo and Christine Weigand |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (614 p.) |
| Disciplina | 362.5/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GroshMargaret E |
| Collana | The World Bank social safety nets primer series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor - Services for Poverty - Prevention Social planning Social policy |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-13622-4
9786612136221 0-8213-7582-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Figure 1.1 Processes and Stakeholders Involved in a Safety Net; Box 1.1 Definitions of Safety Nets and Social Assistance; 2. The Case for Safety Nets; Figure 2.1 Where Safety Nets Fit in Larger Development Policy; Figure 2.2 Perceptions of Fairness of Country Income Distribution in Latin America; Box 2.1 The Motivating Force of Educational Stipends: The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Program; Box 2.2 The Loss of an Ox; Box 2.3 A Poverty Trap in Shinyanga
Box 2.4 A Policy Maker's Take on Growth, Equality, and Policy Box 2.5 The Developmental Effects of the Elizabethan Poor Laws; Table 2.1 Safety Nets for Protection and Promotion; Table 2.2 Possible Target Groups, the Role of Safety Nets, and Complementary Policies; Table 2.3 Examples of Social Protection Programs by Life Cycle; Figure 2.3 Distribution of General Revenue-Financed Transfers for Selected Countries by Population Quintile; Box 2.6 Is Dependency Always Bad?; Box 2.7 Women's Reactions to Questions about Transfers and Fertility Table 2.4 Summary of How to Handle Challenges to Safety Nets 3. Financing of and Spending on Safety Nets; Box 3.1 Okun's Leaky Bucket; Table 3.1 Cost-Benefit Estimates of the Education Effects of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano Program, Ecuador; Table 3.2 Options for Increasing Safety Net Budgets: Advantages and Disadvantages; Box 3.2 What Tax Instruments Should Governments Use to Support Safety Nets?; Box 3.3 Fiscal Responsibility Laws; Figure 3.1 Societal Attitudes about Poverty and Spending on Social Welfare Table 3.3 Perceptions of Poverty in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, 1995-7 (percentage of respondents) Box 3.4 Literature on Safety Net Spending Levels Based on the IMF's Government Finance Statistics; Figure 3.2 Safety Net Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP, Selected Countries and Years; Figure 3.3 Social Assistance and Social Insurance as a Percentage of GDP by Region, Selected Years; Figure 3.4 Social Assistance, Social Insurance, and Social Sector Spending by Region, Selected Years; Table 3.4 Correlations between Spending on Social Sectors and Other Factors Figure 3.5 Spending, Income, and Public Attitudes Table 3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Financing Sources for Subnational Governments; Table 3.6 Options for Managing Local Governments' Incentives to Use Lax Entry Criteria for Centrally Financed Safety Net Programs; Box 3.5 Financing Arrangements and Incentives in the Netherlands; Box 3.6 Quality Assurance of Eligibility Determination in the U.S. Food Stamp Program; Table 3.7 An Example of a Functional Analysis of a Program and Responsible Levels of Government: The Village Full Employment Program, India Table 3.8 Advantages of Alternative Allocations of Institutional Responsibilities for Household Targeting Systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454107803321 |
| Washington, D.C., : World Bank, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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For protection and promotion : : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [and others]
| For protection and promotion : : the design and implementation of effective safety nets / / Margaret Grosh ... [and others] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | xvii, 587 pages : illustrations ; ; 25 cm |
| Disciplina | 362.5/6 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | GroshMargaret E |
| Collana | The World Bank social safety nets primer series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poor - Services for Poverty - Prevention Social planning Social policy |
| ISBN |
1-282-13622-4
9786612136221 0-8213-7582-2 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; Figure 1.1 Processes and Stakeholders Involved in a Safety Net; Box 1.1 Definitions of Safety Nets and Social Assistance; 2. The Case for Safety Nets; Figure 2.1 Where Safety Nets Fit in Larger Development Policy; Figure 2.2 Perceptions of Fairness of Country Income Distribution in Latin America; Box 2.1 The Motivating Force of Educational Stipends: The Bangladesh Female Secondary School Assistance Program; Box 2.2 The Loss of an Ox; Box 2.3 A Poverty Trap in Shinyanga
Box 2.4 A Policy Maker's Take on Growth, Equality, and Policy Box 2.5 The Developmental Effects of the Elizabethan Poor Laws; Table 2.1 Safety Nets for Protection and Promotion; Table 2.2 Possible Target Groups, the Role of Safety Nets, and Complementary Policies; Table 2.3 Examples of Social Protection Programs by Life Cycle; Figure 2.3 Distribution of General Revenue-Financed Transfers for Selected Countries by Population Quintile; Box 2.6 Is Dependency Always Bad?; Box 2.7 Women's Reactions to Questions about Transfers and Fertility Table 2.4 Summary of How to Handle Challenges to Safety Nets 3. Financing of and Spending on Safety Nets; Box 3.1 Okun's Leaky Bucket; Table 3.1 Cost-Benefit Estimates of the Education Effects of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano Program, Ecuador; Table 3.2 Options for Increasing Safety Net Budgets: Advantages and Disadvantages; Box 3.2 What Tax Instruments Should Governments Use to Support Safety Nets?; Box 3.3 Fiscal Responsibility Laws; Figure 3.1 Societal Attitudes about Poverty and Spending on Social Welfare Table 3.3 Perceptions of Poverty in the United States, Europe, and Latin America, 1995-7 (percentage of respondents) Box 3.4 Literature on Safety Net Spending Levels Based on the IMF's Government Finance Statistics; Figure 3.2 Safety Net Expenditures as a Percentage of GDP, Selected Countries and Years; Figure 3.3 Social Assistance and Social Insurance as a Percentage of GDP by Region, Selected Years; Figure 3.4 Social Assistance, Social Insurance, and Social Sector Spending by Region, Selected Years; Table 3.4 Correlations between Spending on Social Sectors and Other Factors Figure 3.5 Spending, Income, and Public Attitudes Table 3.5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Financing Sources for Subnational Governments; Table 3.6 Options for Managing Local Governments' Incentives to Use Lax Entry Criteria for Centrally Financed Safety Net Programs; Box 3.5 Financing Arrangements and Incentives in the Netherlands; Box 3.6 Quality Assurance of Eligibility Determination in the U.S. Food Stamp Program; Table 3.7 An Example of a Functional Analysis of a Program and Responsible Levels of Government: The Village Full Employment Program, India Table 3.8 Advantages of Alternative Allocations of Institutional Responsibilities for Household Targeting Systems |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910782571403321 |
| Washington, D.C. : , : World Bank, , c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Foreign assistance : Millennium Challenge : agreement between the United States of America and Côte d'Ivoire, with annexes, signed at Washington, November 7, 2017; entered into force August 5, 2019
| Foreign assistance : Millennium Challenge : agreement between the United States of America and Côte d'Ivoire, with annexes, signed at Washington, November 7, 2017; entered into force August 5, 2019 |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2019?] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (100 unnumbered pages) |
| Collana | Treaties and other international acts series |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic assistance, American - Côte d'Ivoire
Economic development projects - Côte d'Ivoire - Finance Poverty - Côte d'Ivoire - Prevention Economic assistance, American Economic development projects - Finance Poverty - Prevention |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Treaties. |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Altri titoli varianti | Agreement between the United States of America and Côte d'Ivoire, with annexes, signed at Washington, November 7, 2017; entered into force August 5, 2019 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910712963303321 |
| [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Department of State, , [2019?] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Four decades of poverty reduction in China : drivers, insights for the world, and the way ahead
| Four decades of poverty reduction in China : drivers, insights for the world, and the way ahead |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Piraí : , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (93 pages) |
| Disciplina | 915.1043 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | Development Research Center of the State Councilthe People's Republic of China |
| Soggetto topico |
Economic development - China
Poverty - China - Prevention Poverty - Prevention |
| ISBN | 1-4648-1878-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Front Cover -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- Context -- Notes -- References -- 2 Forty Years of Rural Poverty Reduction -- Introduction -- What drove poverty reduction in China? -- Notes -- References -- 3 Drivers of China's Economic Transformation and Poverty Reduction -- Introduction -- Growing agricultural productivity: Higher incomes and more choices -- Progressive industrialization: Better jobs for more people -- Managed urbanization: Multiple gains for migrants and nonmigrant rural families, but persistent inequality of opportunities -- Expanded infrastructure investment: Improved connectivity and job creation for the poor -- Notes -- References -- 4 Poverty Alleviation Strategies -- Introduction -- Area-based poverty alleviation strategies -- Social protection policies -- Targeted poverty alleviation strategy -- Notes -- References -- 5 Implications of China's Poverty Reduction -- China's approach to poverty reduction in a global context -- References -- 6 The Way Ahead -- Introduction -- New drivers of growth and poverty reduction -- Defining new standards and policy objectives for a prosperous China -- Coordinating pro-poor development policies and social protection programs -- Notes -- References -- 7 Conclusions -- Concluding remarks -- References -- Appendix A: Key Household Surveys -- Boxes -- Box 3.1 Agricultural technology extension for poverty reduction: Promoting mulch film in Guyuan -- Box 3.2 Upgrading skills through learning by doing: How Mr. Xie Dewu set up his own valve-making company in Yongjia -- Box 4.1 The evolution of poverty targeting: How China used international expertise -- Box 4.2 Human resources and incentives for targeted poverty alleviation.
Box 4.3 East-West collaboration from the perspective of a poverty-stricken district in Ningxia Autonomous Region -- Box 4.4 How digital technologies were leveraged for targeted poverty alleviation -- Box 5.1 China's poverty reduction policies as a case study in pro-poor governance -- Figures -- Figure ES.1 The two pillars of China's approach to poverty reduction -- Figure 1.1 Poverty reduction in China over the past 40 years based on the 2010 poverty standard -- Figure 1.2 China accounts for almost three-quarters of global extreme poverty reduction since 1981: Poverty headcount based on the international poverty line, 1981-2017 -- Figure 2.1 Rapid economic growth drove poverty reduction -- Figure 2.2 Drivers of rural poverty reduction, 1988-2018 -- Figure 3.1 Rapid and sustained economic growth in China came about with fast economic transformation, 1978-2018 -- Figure 3.2 Labor productivity, particularly from industry, drove high economic growth, 1995-2018 -- Figure 3.3 Employment and productivity of manufacturing, 1978-2001 -- Figure 3.4 Workers benefited from the diversification of jobs and the expansion of wage employment, 1998-2013 -- Figure 3.5 Wage gaps between urban and rural areas narrowed, suggesting that China reached the Lewis tipping point around 2007 -- Figure 3.6 Urbanization in China followed a similar pattern as other fast-growing economies, 1960-2019 -- Figure 3.7 Migration has increased consistently over time, as have migrant earnings as a share of total household income, 1993-2017 -- Figure 3.8 "Floating" populations' income per month -- Figure 3.9 Infrastructure investment grew steadily beginning in the early 1990s -- Figure 4.1 Central and provincial Anti-Poverty Fund allocations, 2001-20 -- Tables -- Table 2.1 Poverty reduction between 1978 and 2019. Table 4.1 Main social protection programs in rural and urban China, 2019 or latest available data -- Table 4.2 Share of registered poor households achieving "three guarantees" and safe drinking water. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838206803321 |
| Piraí : , : World Bank Publications, , 2022 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Human rights, health, and poverty reduction strategies [[electronic resource]]
| Human rights, health, and poverty reduction strategies [[electronic resource]] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Geneva, Switzerland, : United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, : World Health Organization, c2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (81 p.) |
| Disciplina | 341.765 |
| Collana | Health & human rights publication series |
| Soggetto topico |
Right to health
Human rights - Health aspects Poverty - Prevention Health services accessibility |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-282-25007-8
9786612250071 92-4-068373-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | COVER; COPYRIGHT; TITLE; FOREWORD; Table of Contents; List of Acronyms and Terms; Introduction; Section 1; Section 2; Section 3; Section 4; Section 5 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454911603321 |
| Geneva, Switzerland, : United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, : World Health Organization, c2008 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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