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Participatory approaches to attacking extreme poverty : cases studies led by the International Movement ATD Fourth World

Godinot, Xavier, Wodon, Quentin, International Movement ATD Fourth World

2006

Overview

Relying on contributions from the International Movement ATD Fourth World, this book deals with questions such as:What does it mean to live in poverty, and especially in extreme poverty? How can very poor people be reached through development projects? How can we assess whether projects succeed in changing the lives of the poorest individuals? In answering these questions, the emphasis is on exploring what type of knowledge is needed to fight extreme poverty. A key argument is that apart from academic knowledge, a concerted effort is needed to listen to the knowledge of poor people themselves, as well as to the knowledge of practitioners who are engaged with them on a daily basis to fight poverty. After the introductory chapter, the text of a speech by Joseph Wresinski (founder of the International Movement ATD Fourth World) at a congress of social scientists held at UNESCO, is reproduced. The next contribution is based on comments by the International Movement ATD Fourth World on the World Bank’s World Development Report 2004 Making Services Work for Poor People. Thereafter, case studies are provided on participatory approaches to attacking extreme poverty in both developing countries (Madagascar and Tanzania, as well as Bolivia, Guatemala, and Peru) and developed countries (the United States and Belgium).

• Publisher: World Bank,World Bank Publications,The World Bank,Washington, DC: World Bank
• Subject: ACCESS TO ASSETS / ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGE / ACCESS TO SERVICES / ADOLESCENTS / AFFORDABILITY / AID AGENCIES / BABY / BASIC HEALTH / BASIC NEEDS / CENSUSES / CHARACTER / CHARITY / CHILD MORTALITY / CHRONIC POVERTY / CITIZENS / CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA / CONSUMPTION THRESHOLD / DEVELOPING COUNTRIES / DEVELOPMENT POLICY / DIMENSIONS OF POVERTY / DISABLED / DISPARITIES IN ACCESS / DISSEMINATION / DONOR SUPPORT / EARLY CHILDHOOD / ECONOMIC BACKGROUNDS / Economic development projects / Economic development projects -- International cooperation / ECONOMIC GROWTH / ECONOMIC RESOURCES / EMPOWERMENT / EQUALITY / EQUALITY OF OPPORTUNITY / ERADICATION OF POVERTY / EXCLUSIONS / EXPLOITATION / EXTREME POVERTY / EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE / FAMILY RELATIONSHIP / FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY / FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS / FINANCIAL MEANS / FINANCIAL RESOURCES / FIREWOOD / FIRST CHILD / FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS / GOVERNMENT POLICY / GUARANTOR / HEALTH CARE / HEALTH CARE SERVICES / HEALTH SERVICES / HOMELESS PEOPLE / HOSPITALS / HOUSEHOLD INCOME / HOUSEHOLDS / HOUSING / HUMAN BEINGS / HUMAN CAPITAL / HUMAN DEVELOPMENT / HUMAN RACE / HUMAN RIGHTS / HYGIENE / ILL HEALTH / ILLITERACY / IMMIGRANTS / INFANT / INFORMAL ECONOMY / INTERMEDIARIES / INTERNATIONAL BANK / INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE / INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY / INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS / ISOLATION / LATIN AMERICAN / LEGAL STATUS / LIVING CONDITIONS / LOCAL COMMUNITIES / MALNUTRITION / MARGINALIZATION / MEAT / MIGRANT / MILLENNIUM DECLARATION / MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS / MOTHER / MUTUAL RESPECT / NATIONAL GOVERNMENTS / NEW MARKET / NURSE / NURSES / NUTRITION / PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH / PATIENT / PEDAGOGY / PERSISTENT POVERTY / PLAN OF ACTION / Political planning / POLITICAL PROCESS / POLITICAL SUPPORT / POOR / POOR AREA / POOR CHILDREN / POOR CLIENTS / POOR COUNTRIES / POOR FAMILIES / POOR PEOPLE / Poverty / POVERTY ESTIMATES / POVERTY INDICATORS / POVERTY LINES / POVERTY PROGRAMS / POVERTY REDUCTION / POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS / POWER RELATIONS / PRACTITIONERS / PROGRESS / PSYCHOLOGY / PUBLIC SERVICES / RACISM / REDUCTION OF POVERTY / REFUGEES / RESEARCH INSTITUTIONS / RESEARCH PROGRAMS / RESEARCH PROJECTS / RESPECT / RURAL AREAS / SANITATION / SECURITIES / SELF-CONFIDENCE / SERVICE DELIVERY / SERVICE PROVIDERS / SINGLE MOTHER / SOCIAL CAPITAL / SOCIAL CHANGE / SOCIAL COUNCIL / SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT / SOCIAL EXCLUSION / SOCIAL POLICIES / SOCIAL RESEARCH / SOCIAL SCIENCES / SOCIAL SERVICES / SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA / TOTAL POVERTY / UNEMPLOYMENT / UNION / UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION / USER FEES / VACCINES / VICTIMS / VILLAGES / WAR / WORKERS / WORKING CLASS / YOUNG CHILDREN
• ISBN: 0821366254, 9780821366257