
Moving out of Poverty Volume 3
The Promise of Empowerment and Democracy in India
Deepa Narayan(Editor)
World Bank Publications (Publisher)
Published on 30. May 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
450 pages
978-0-8213-7217-3 (ISBN)
Description
India has experienced accelerating growth in the last decade, yet why do millions of people remain mired in poverty? This book brings together the voices of the poor from villages in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, to understand how some people have managed to escape poverty while others have not.
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2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
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Paperback (trade)
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biography
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 26 mm
Weight
669 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8213-7217-3 (9780821372173)
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06/2009
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DEEPA NARAYAN is project director of a 15-country World Bank study, Moving Out of Poverty: Understanding Freedom, Democracy, and Growth from the Bottom Up. It builds on an earlier study also directed by Narayan, Voices of the Poor.
Formerly a senior adviser in the Poverty Reduction group of the World Bank, Narayan has over 25 years of development experience in Asia and Africa, working for nongovernmental organizations, national governments, and the United Nations system as well as the World Bank Group. Her areas of expertise include participatory development, community-driven development, and social capital, and the use of these concepts to create wealth for the poor. Recent publications include Moving Out of Poverty: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Mobility (World Bank, 2007); Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas that Work, co-edited with Elena Glinskaya (World Bank, 2007); and Measuring Empowerment: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (World Bank, 2005).
Formerly a senior adviser in the Poverty Reduction group of the World Bank, Narayan has over 25 years of development experience in Asia and Africa, working for nongovernmental organizations, national governments, and the United Nations system as well as the World Bank Group. Her areas of expertise include participatory development, community-driven development, and social capital, and the use of these concepts to create wealth for the poor. Recent publications include Moving Out of Poverty: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives on Mobility (World Bank, 2007); Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas that Work, co-edited with Elena Glinskaya (World Bank, 2007); and Measuring Empowerment: Cross-Disciplinary Perspectives (World Bank, 2005).
Content
Overview: The Moving Out of Poverty Study in India; D.Narayan, B.Sen & K.Hull Understanding Mobility through Life Stories: Assets Gained and Lost; D.Narayan, D.Nikitin & B.Richard Communities Where Poor People Prosper; D.Narayan, S.Paul & P.Petesch Caste Dynamics and Mobility in Uttar Pradesh; S.Kapoor, D.Narayan, N.Badgaiyan & S.Paul People's Organizations and Poverty Escapes in Rural Andhra Pradesh; D.Narayan, G.Prennushi & S.Kapoor Agrarian Reform and Politics of the Middle Path: Poverty Dynamics in West Bengal; K.Deininger, D.Narayan & B.Sen Who Benefits from Conflicts? Some Evidence from Assam; D.Narayan, B.Sen & A.Varshney