| Local Governance and Poverty in Developing Nations Contributor(s): Pouw, Nicky (Editor), Baud, Isa (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415887321 ISBN-13: 9780415887328 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Sociology - General - Social Science | Developing & Emerging Countries - Business & Economics | Economics - Macroeconomics |
| Dewey: 339.460 |
| LCCN: 2011031318 |
| Physical Information: 0.69" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (1.24 lbs) 292 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. |
