a guide to what works Smith, Stephen C. 1955- creator text bibliography nyu New York Palgrave Macmillan 2005 monographic eng

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xii, 259 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. t. I: Extreme poverty, the cruelest trap. Understanding extreme poverty : poverty traps and the experience of the poor -- The keys to capability : eight keys to escaping poverty traps -- pt. II: Escaping the poverty trap : how the poor are gaining the keys to capability. Health, nutrition, and population -- Basic education -- Credit for poverty reduction, and insuring opportunity -- Bottom-up market development : assets and access for the poor -- Entitlement to new technologies and the capability to benefit from them -- Sustaining the environment for ending poverty -- Social inclusion and human rights for the poor and voiceless -- Community empowerment and development -- Ten strategies for innovation in ending global poverty -- pt. III: What you can do to help. First steps -- Further questions -- Stepping up -- What businesses can do -- Some closing words : the end of global poverty. Stephen C. Smith. Includes bibliographical references (p. [221]-250) and indexes. Economic assistance, Domestic Basic needs Social planning Social policy Poor Services for 339.4/6 140396534X 2004061056 DLC 091028 13760606