Description: Empowerment and Poverty Reduction : A Sourcebook

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Empowerment and Poverty Reduction : A Sourcebook

Poverty will not be reduced on a large scale, without tapping into the energy, skills, and motivation of the millions of poor people around the world. This book offers a framework for empowerment, that focuses on increasing poor people's freed...

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Main Author:	Narayan, Deepa
Language:	English en_US
Published:	Washington, DC: World Bank 2013
Subjects:	POVERTY REDUCTION EMPOWERMENT LOCAL ORGANIZATIONS CAPACITY BUILDING PARTICIPATORY METHODS INFORMATION DISSEMINATION INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ENERGY ASSISTANCE FOR THE POOR SKILLS FREEDOM OF CHOICE LIVELIHOOD PROGRAMS SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS POOR PEOPLE INSTITUTIONAL ASPECTS POVERTY ANALYSIS SERVICES DELIVERY BASIC SERVICES GOVERNANCE APPROACH MARKET ACCESS ACCESS TO JUDICIAL SYSTEMS ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENT CORRUPT PRACTICES CITIZEN PARTICIPATION ACCOUNTABILITY ANALYTICAL WORK BASIC EDUCATION BUREAUCRATIC QUALITY BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT CITIZEN CITIZEN FEEDBACK CITIZEN VOICE CITIZENS CIVIL CONFLICT CIVIL LIBERTIES CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL WAR COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNITY LEVEL COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE CORRUPTION COUNTRY DATA DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DEMOCRACY DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS DEVELOPMENT GOALS DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION DEVELOPMENT PROCESS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME DEVELOPMENT REPORT DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISCLOSURE DONOR REPRESENTATIVES ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC GROWTH ECONOMIC MANAGEMENT ENTERPRISE SURVEYS EQUAL ACCESS EXCLUDED GROUPS FEMALE EDUCATION FINANCIAL CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES FORMAL INSTITUTIONS GENDER INEQUALITIES GOOD GOVERNANCE GROWTH PERFORMANCE GROWTH PRO-POOR GROWTH PROSPECTS GROWTH RATES HEALTH CARE HEALTH SERVICES INCOME INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INDIVIDUAL LEVEL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INSURANCE INTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITY INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT CLIMATE JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL REFORM LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS LOCAL KNOWLEDGE LOCAL LEVEL MACROECONOMIC POLICY MARKET ACTIVITIES NATIONAL GOVERNANCE NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONAL LEVELS NATIONAL PROCESSES PARTICIPATORY POVERTY PARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENT PARTICIPATORY PROCESSES POLICY CHOICES POLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITY POLITICAL PARTIES POOR GOVERNANCE POOR GROWTH POOR MEN POOR POLICIES POVERTY ASSESSMENT POVERTY ERADICATION POVERTY ERADICATION ACTION PLAN POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PRIORITY AREAS PRIVATE SECTOR PRO- POOR PRO- POOR GROWTH PRO-POOR PRO-POOR GROWTH PROMOTING GROWTH PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC DOMAIN PUBLIC EXPENDITURE PUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT PUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEW PUBLIC SPENDING REDUCING POVERTY ROADS RULE OF LAW RURAL AREAS SECTOR ACTIVITY SERVICE DELIVERY SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL EXCLUSION STRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENT SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUSTAINABLE POVERTY TAX COMPLIANCE TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSPARENCY WATER SUPPLY
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/06/2002840/empowerment-poverty-reduction-sourcebook http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15239

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Summary:	Poverty will not be reduced on a large scale, without tapping into the energy, skills, and motivation of the millions of poor people around the world. This book offers a framework for empowerment, that focuses on increasing poor people's freedom of choice, and action to shape their own lives. This approach requires three societal changes: a change in the mindset, from viewing poor people as the problem to viewing them as essential partners in reducing poverty; a change in the relationship between poor people, and formal systems, enabling them to participate in decisions that affect their lives; and, a change in formal, and informal institutions to make them more responsive to the needs, and realities of poor people. Based on analysis of experiences from around the world, the book identifies four key elements to support empowerment of poor people: information, inclusions/participation, accountability, and local organizational capacity. This framework is applied to five areas of action to improve development effectiveness. These are: provision of basic services, improved local governance, improved national governance, pro-poor market development, and access to justice, and legal aid. The book also offers tools and practices, focusing on a wide range of topics, to support poor people's empowerment. These range from poor people's enterprises, information and communications technology, and, community driven development, to diagnostic tools such as corruption surveys, and citizen report cards.