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1 online resource (436 pages)
ISBN:
9780821372166
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"No matter if I fall, I get up again. If I fall five thousand times, I will stand up some other five times." William, a 37 years old from El Gorrion, Columbia, recounts his life story.Most books on growth and poverty reduction are dominated by the perspectives of policy makers and academic experts. Moving Out of Poverty: Success from the Bottom Up presents the perspectives of poor people who have made it out of poverty. Based on discussions with over 60,000 people across 17 different study regions, it provides a bottom up viewpoint on the processes and local institutions that play key roles in leading to poverty escapes. The study finds that there are no differences between the initiatives taken by the poor, the rich, and the movers. What then explains the difference in outcomes? The study explores the role of local level democracy, economic opportunities, empowerment, aspirations and people's organizations, and how these help or hinder people in their quest to move out of poverty.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Contents -- About the Series -- Dedication -- Foreword -- Study Team and Acknowledgments -- About the Authors -- Abbreviations -- Study Regions -- Indexes -- Variable Prefixes and Suffixes -- CHAPTER 1 The Moving Out of Poverty Study: An Overview -- Introduction -- Meet Three People … -- Ayesha from Bangladesh -- Mamba from Malawi -- Adolfo from Mexico -- One study … thousands of narratives -- Principles and Methods -- Individual voices, local context, and change over time -- Study sites -- Data collection methods -- Individual life stories -- Ladder of life -- Focus group discussions -- Household interviews -- What Is Poverty? Who Is Poor? -- The ladder of life -- Poverty is a problem of the many, not the few -- Key Findings -- Poor people are not trapped in a culture of poverty -- Poverty is a condition, not a characteristic -- Power "within" can help a person move up -- Equal opportunity remains a dream -- Responsive local democracies can help reduce poverty -- Collective action helps poor people cope but not get ahead -- Poverty reduction should be guided by lessons from poor people -- The Conceptual Framework -- Key concepts: Initiative and opportunity -- Notes -- CHAPTER 2 Stories of the Poor, Stories by the Poor -- Introduction -- Is Poverty Poor People's Fault? -- Amid poverty, high aspirations -- Hard work as a route out of poverty -- Self-confidence and empowerment -- An abundance of initiative -- The limited role of luck -- Bad behavior as a cause of poverty -- The Hunger for Freedom -- Freedom as an intrinsic value -- Freedom of mind -- Freedom of choice -- Freedom to live with dignity and respect -- Freedom from fear and oppression -- Freedom of movement -- Instrumental freedom for economic opportunity -- Engagement in Family and Community -- Conclusion -- Notes.
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Contents; Foreword; Study Team and Acknowledgments; About the Authors; Abbreviations; 1 The Moving Out of Poverty Study: An Overview; Tables; Figures; 2 Stories of the Poor, Stories by the Poor; Boxes; 3 Poverty Is a Condition, Not a Characteristic; 4 I Believe I Can; 5 The Dream of Equal Opportunity; 6 All Politics Is Local: How Better Governance Helps the Poor; 7 The Unfulfilled Potential of Collective Action; 8 Concluding Reflections; Appendix 1 Researchers and Institutions Involved in Country Studies; Appendix 2 Technical Note on Household Regressions; Appendix 3 Data Collection Methods
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Appendix 4 List of Variables for Household RegressionsAppendix 5 Weights for the PCA-Constructed Indexes, by Study Region; Appendix 6 Regression Results Tables for MOP and MPI; References; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780821372159
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780821372159
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English
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