Local Governance and Poverty in Developing Nations Contributor(s): Pouw, Nicky (Editor), Baud, ISA (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415719690 ISBN-13: 9780415719698 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $58.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2013 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
Dewey: 339.460 |
Series: Routledge Studies in Development and Society |
Physical Information: 274 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This volume examines the persistence of poverty - both rural and urban - in developing countries, and the response of local governments to the problem, exploring the roles of governments, NGOs, and CSOs in national and sub-national agenda-setting, policy-making, and poverty-reduction strategies. It brings together a rich variety of in-depth country and international studies, based on a combination of original data-collection and extensive research experience in developing countries. Taking a bottom-up and multi-dimensional perspective of poverty and well-being as the starting point, the authors develop a convincing set of arguments for putting the priorities of poor people first on any development agenda, thus carving out an undisputable role for local governance in interplay with higher-up governance actors and institutions. |