Poverty
- Social protection for the poor and poorest in developing countries: reflections on a quiet revolution
- A. Barrientos;D. Hulme / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- The concept and practice of social protection in developing countries has advanced at an astonishing pace over the last decade or so. There is a growing consensus around the view that social protectio...
- Arrested development: the political origins and socio-economic foundations of common violence in Jamaica
- I. Duncan-Waite;M. Woolcock / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- Drawing on extensive field research in Kingston’s garrison communities, this paper argues that Jamaica generally, and Kingston in particular, experiences high levels of common viole...
- The interpretation of globalization amongst Chinese business leaders: a managerial and organizational cognition approach
- A. Mamman;K. Liu / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- Since the 1980s China is one of the few countries that has embraced and benefited from economic globalisation. Much of what has been reported about the impact of globalisation is based on macroeconomi...
- Breaking legal inequality traps: new approaches to building justice systems for the poor in developing countries
- C. Sage;M. Woolcock / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2007
- The record of attempts to build the rule of law and to undertake judicial reform has not been very successful despite the broad agreement on the importance of building – and enhancing access to ...
- Adoption of the internet in rural NGOs in indonesia - a study on internet appropriation for rural sector reform
- Y. Nugroho / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- Today rural sector reform is a paramount issue in Indonesian development. Yet, different social actors have different perspectives and stances towards it. Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) in Indone...
- A macroeconomic policy approach to poverty reduction
- S. K. Mallick / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- Based on data from India spanning over the last five decades, this paper first develops a framework linking key macroeconomic variables to poverty w...
- Managing assets and vulnerability contexts: vistas of gendered livelihoods of Adivasi women in South India
- S Arun / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- This paper focuses on the livelihood issues of adivasi or the scheduled tribes in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Examining the gendered vulnerability context of adivasi livelihoods, the author a...
- Communal tenure and rural poverty: reflections on land transactions in Svosve communal area, Zimbabwe
- A. Chimhowu;P. Woodhouse / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- This paper examined the effect of the land reforms policy of 2000-2002 on rural poverty in Zimbabwe. The thrust of the reform policy is to redistribute land for equitable access as a strategy for pove...
- Financing the poor: can microcredit make a difference? Empirical observations from Bangladesh
- F. Hossain;T. Knight / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2008
- Over the last three decades microcredit has gained enormous success in reducing...
- Poverty, inequality and ethnic minorities in Vietnam
- K. Imai;R. Gaiha / Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2007
- This study examines how and why ethnic minorities are poorer than ethnic majorities in Vietnam using the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey VHLSS data for 2002 and 2004. The analysis is designe...
