Poor people everywhere are politically weak, and yet poverty in some developing countries has gone down dramatically. Why is this? Using nine country case-studies this book provides answers by examining government alliances; policies on labour, tax, and expenditure; and the role of aid donors and NGOs.
Poor people everywhere are politically weak, and yet poverty in some developing countries has gone down dramatically. Why is this? Using nine country case-studies this book provides answers by examining government alliances; policies on labour, tax, and expenditure; and the role of aid donors and NGOs.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Paul Mosley holds BA and PhD degrees in economics. He has worked mostly in academia but also in government, as economic adviser to the Kenya Treasury (1969-71) and the UK Department for International Development (1979-81). He has also worked in a voluntary capacity for both development and social policy NGOs and is currently on the board of the Sheffield Credit Union. His publications include Aid and Power (2e, 1995), Finance against Poverty (1996) and Poverty and Social Exclusion in North and South (2003).
Inhaltsangabe
Part 1: Analysis and policy recommendations 1: Introduction 2: A short history of 'pro-poor policy', 1970-2008 3: The politics of crisis and macro-adjustment 4: Political violence and poverty reduction 5: Long-term poverty reduction strategies 6: Institutions, state capacity, and poverty 7: The global politics of poverty reduction 8: Summary and conclusions Part 2: Case Studies 9: Argentina 10: Bolivia 11: Malaysia and Indonesia 12: Russia 13: African case studies: Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe
Part 1: Analysis and policy recommendations 1: Introduction 2: A short history of 'pro-poor policy', 1970-2008 3: The politics of crisis and macro-adjustment 4: Political violence and poverty reduction 5: Long-term poverty reduction strategies 6: Institutions, state capacity, and poverty 7: The global politics of poverty reduction 8: Summary and conclusions Part 2: Case Studies 9: Argentina 10: Bolivia 11: Malaysia and Indonesia 12: Russia 13: African case studies: Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, and Zimbabwe
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