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Fighting poverty with facts : community-based monitoring systems /

For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. There have been advances, but progress has been uneven and nearly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from extreme "income poverty." Income poverty, however...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reyes, Celia
Autor Corporativo: International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Otros Autores: Due, Evan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2009.
Colección:In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. There have been advances, but progress has been uneven and nearly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from extreme "income poverty." Income poverty, however, is only part of the picture. A multi-faceted account of poverty and human welfare incorporates elements that go beyond income to capture the characteristics of poverty as experienced by the poor themselves. This book presents the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS). CBMS recognizes that the poor must be inv
Notas:Available also on the Internet.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 104 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:1552504352
9781552504352
1552504328
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