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    Empowerment and poverty reduction: a sourcebook

    PovertyNet, World Bank, 2002
    This Sourcebook defines the World Bank’s approach to emowerment for economic growth and poverty reduction. It will also inform the World Bank’s social development strategy. A growing body of evidence is showing the linkages between empowerment and good governance and growth, growth that is more pro-poor, and improved project performance.
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    Arguing for the poor: elites and poverty in developing countries

    Institute of Development Studies UK, 2002
    This paper, published by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS), suggests that aid donors should engage more actively with the national elites of developing countries in defining anti-poverty strategies. It argues that this does not depend on those elites being altruistic or especially “pro-poor”.
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    Influencing poverty reduction strategies: a guide

    Oxfam, 2002
    Guide for Oxfam staff and for other organisations concerned with influencing and monitoring national policy making in developing countries to the benefit of the poor.The report: offers a background and introduction to the increasing opportunities for civil society to participate in policy formulation and implementation in low income countries, and in particular the new opportunities c
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    Governance & poverty: an alternative paradigm

    GDNet document store, 2000
    In much the same way that non-formal sector "parallel economies" have been addressed since the 1980's, the "new paradigm" presented in this paper proposes the integration of "parallel governance" into our development models.
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    Voices and choices at a macro level

    Participation & Civic Engagement Group, World Bank, 1999
    An interactive learning tool that is designed to support and strengthen participatory processes for the formulation, implementation and monitoring of poverty reduction strategies and other national government strategies.
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    Participation and poverty reduction: issues, theory, and new evidence from South Africa

    International Food Policy Research Institute, 2001
    This paper examines the relationship between community participation and the efficacy of interventions designed to reduce poverty.It developes some simple analytics that are used to structure a review of the extant literature and motivate the analysis of the impact of participation on the efficacy of public works interventions in South Africa.
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    The impact of government policies and programs on poverty

    Economic Policy Research Centre, Uganda, 2001
    This paper highlights the poverty orientation and impact of the various policies and programs that have been adopted and implemented in Uganda in recent years. It provides an overview of the main causes of poverty, and presents some measures for tackling poverty.
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    Concepts of sustainable agriculture and rural development: IISD bibliography

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999
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    Women, environment and development: IISD bibliography

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999
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    Sustainable livelihoods: IISD bibliography

    International Institute for Sustainable Development, Winnipeg, 1999

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