Reducing poverty on a global scale
Subtitle: learning and innovating for development : findings from the Shanghai global learning initiative
By: edited by Blanca Moreno-Dodson
Contributors: Moreno-Dodson, Blanca; World Bank
Publisher: World Bank
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
Subjects: Poverty -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Economic assistance -- Developing countries -- Case studies; Economic development projects -- Developing countries -- Case studies
Genres: Case studies
Description: Capturing the findings from the Shanghai Global Learning Initiative, Reducing Poverty on a Global Scale attempts to contribute to the broader existing knowledge on poverty reduction and the effectiveness of aid. The objective is to enlighten development practitioners about observed achievements towards reducing poverty and the factors behind them. Each of the chapters extracts implementation lessons learnt from a subset of case studies prepared along different poverty dimensions, focusing on such factors as the role of commitment and leadership, institutional innovation, learning and experimentation, and external catalysts. Instead of recommending particular solutions or best practices, the book distills key findings from the strategically selected examples and weaves them into a topical narrative.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: title: Introduction -- Frannie A. Léautier and Blanca Moreno-Dodson; title: The framework for analysis -- Michele de Nevers and Mark Sundberg; title: Observations at the country level -- Blanco Moreno-Dodson; title: Development as a process of learning and innovation : lessons from China -- Yan Wang; title: Thematic analysis -- Kim Cuenco, Roberto Dañino, Waleed Malik, Anne Ritchie, Lisa Taber, Egbe Osifo-Dawodu, Gift Manase, and Karen Lashman; title: Lessons on community-driven development programs -- Mohini Malhotra; title: Learning and scaling up through evaluation -- Ariel Fiszbein and Coralie Gevers; title: Operational implications -- Ronald Kim and M. Ziad Alahdad; title: Issues for future research-- Frannie A. Léautier and Blanca Moreno-Dodson