• Measuring poverty

Measuring poverty

This book, from the Reaching the Poor Program (RPP), provides eleven case studies that document how health, nutrition and population programmes have performed in reaching disadvantaged groups. The studies were commissioned in an effort to find better ways of ensuring that health, nutrition and population programmes benefit those that need them most. The case studies focused on Africa, Asia and Latin America. Topics examined include: health, nutrition, and population topics related to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs): nutrition; infant and child health; reproductive health; and AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis.

The authors conclude that it is possible for health, nutrition and population programmes to reach the poor more effectively than they are doing at present. However, there is no one strategy that would be appropriate in all cases. The authors highlight the need to find better and more feasible approaches to service delivery for the poor to be reached effectively and to ensure flexibility. They suggest the need to learn from and draw on what has worked elsewhere, rather than simply duplicating programmes. This requires: studying approaches of successful programmes; adapting to local conditions; experimenting with adapted approaches in various and multiple settings; monitoring these experiences; and adjusting approaches according to findings. [adapted from author]

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