Author: ADB InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : es
Pages : 20
Book Description
Rural poverty reduction in South Asia
Author: ADB InstituteEnding Poverty in South Asia
Author: Deepa Narayan-ParkerPublisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 082136877X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas that Work is one of the few books on empowerment that combines a conceptual framework with a practical framework and distills the key lessons without suggesting magic bullets. Written by program champions themselves the
Rural Development and Poverty in South Asia
Author: Syed Mohammad NaseemPublisher: New York : United Nations
ISBN:
Category : Poverty
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Poverty Reduction in South Asia
Author: Publisher: World Bank Publications
ISBN: 9780821328101
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 48
Book Description
Presents the proceedings of an informal workshop on poverty reduction in South Asia sponsored by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the World Bank. This workshop on poverty reduction in South Asia brought together participants from a wide range of related fields. They identified several areas of consensus, clarified issues for further research, analysis, and discussion, and suggested possible future steps. Although much has been done to alleviate poverty, the pace remains slow, leading donor agencies to look for new approaches. Much success has been achieved in community-based and participatory programs, some of which incorporate insight from programs launched by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The Aga Khan Rural Support Program currently serves as a respected model. The participatory components are already included in a number of World Bank-financed programs while the Bank considers their incorporation even further. This is in line with the consensus that emerged from the workshop--that community-based participatory programs in South Asia hold great promise and provide a firm basis for pursuing such strategies through research, evaluation, and operational experimentation.
Rural Poverty in South Asia
Author: T. N. SrinivasanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780231062244
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 565
Book Description
Reducing Rural Poverty in Asia
Author: Nurul IslamPublisher: The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)
ISBN: 9788179931257
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 406
Book Description
Reducing rural poverty in Asia provides evidence-based guidelines for policymakers in developing countries, fore researchers focusing on development problems, and for the international development assistance community in the continuing search for ways to effectively reduce poverty in the developing world. Detailed examinations are clearly presented on the efforts for poverty alleviation through micro-enterprise development and rural public employment programmes that focus on public works and household/small-scale industries. Asia-based case studies of various micro-enterprises and rural public employment projects reveal important policy mechanisms and the effectiveness of each poverty reduction measure. Tables, figures, and relevant glossaries make unfamiliar terms and difficult information easy to understand. This comprehensive, thorough and insightful book is a must read for students and scholars of rural development.
Rural Poverty Reduction in South Asia
Author: Asian Development Bank InstitutePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Economic assistance
Languages : en
Pages : 22
Book Description
Sustainable Rural Poverty Value Chain Model for Poverty Reduction in South Asia
Author: GOVERNANCE AND POVERTY REDUCTION
Author: AMITA SINGHPublisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
ISBN: 8120336984
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Poverty reduction in South Asia is a precondition for sustaining any form of reforms in governance. The new public management reforms which started in South Asia from Sri Lanka taking the initiative in 1977–78 have been a decisive break from the previously practised State driven protectionist system. Investment in the region has been rising and even per capita income has shown some increase, yet the state has not been able to lead these reforms appropriately and efficiently. Thus poverty has not been reduced, ordinary people continue to languish under government programmes and the socially excluded remain outside the mainstream decision making bodies. Governance in South Asia faces the single most important challenge of poverty reduction which continues to blunt and disfigure capacity, self esteem and service delivery system to the poor. This book attempts to bring out microlevel studies from many regions in South Asia to address issues of entrepreneurship, knowledge and professionalism. As an initiator of the idea on developing a critique to the straightjacketed ‘best practice’ research, this book questions the standard practice in evaluating administrative reforms as not being the true base for knowledge. Administrators need to balance capacity and control in every implementation programme. Confining to the knowledge of ‘best practices’ may conceal enormous amount of information from the ‘less than best’ practices which may be necessary to sustain good initiatives of public managers. This book highlights areas of active networking, partnerships and collaborations amongst state and non-state bodies, NGOs and specialist Science and Technical Organizations. The true nature of governance is explained and demonstrated through the processes which otherwise pass off undetected in macro-understanding of governance.
The Great Ascent
Author: Inderjit SinghPublisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 480
Book Description
Poverty is the grim reality for some 400 million people - mostly small farmers and agricultural laborers - in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. To remedy the problem, South Asian governments and international agencies have focused on raising the productivity of small farms and increasing opportunities for rural employment. This strategy, however, has long been criticized for doing the poor more harm than good. The author challenges that pessimistic view by critically reviewing a wealth of evidence from recent academic literature and the World Bank's operational experience. He shows that rapid agricultural growth has benefited all classes of the poor and that the "great ascent" from poverty to a more materially rewarding life has begun. A variety of programs intended to help the poor directly are examined in detail. Research, extension, and training activities are evaluated for their effectiveness in promoting the adoption of high-yielding varieties of cereal, spreading new farming technology, encouraging multiple cropping, and increasing the cultivation of high-value crops. The author also considers programs in dairying, poultry farming, commercial fishing, and forestry and argues that policymakers have neglected these potentially profitable activities. Finally, he discusses the dismal failure of land reforms in reducing poverty.