Moving Out of Poverty
Moving Out of Poverty is a project sponsored by the World Bank, as well as a series of four books describing the results of the project, that aim to understand how people rise up the ladder from poverty to prosperity, and how they may fall back into poverty. comparative research across more than 500 communities in 15 countries on how and why poor people move out of poverty. The series was launched in 2007 under the editorial direction of Deepa Narayan. Other authors of books in the series include Patti Petesch, Lant Pritchett, and Soumya Kapoor . All the books are freely available online as PDFs in the Open Knowledge Repository. Publications. Books. The four books in the series are: Technical notes. The World Bank has published detailed technical notes for the project to supplement the qualitative descriptions found in the books. Overviews. The World Bank has published a brief overview. Key findings. According to reviewer Duncan Green, the following were the main findings of the study: Reception. Deepa Narayan wrote an op-ed in the "New York Times" building on the findings in the study reported in the books. Duncan Green reviewed the book series on  his blog for Oxfam, calling it an outstanding mega-study. Former United States President Bill Clinton called the series “an important resource for everyone who’s working to alleviate poverty.”