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The Prosperity Initiative (PI)
The Prosperity Initiative's goal is to unlock the potential of select industries, creating durable economic choice and a route out of poverty for millions of people. Key strategies: - Document
Financing social protection
Brooks World Poverty Institute, University of Manchester, 2007Social protection helps communities, households and individuals to protect themselves against contingencies threatening their living standard. Financing has emerged as a key constraint on the extension of social protection in developing countries.DocumentStrategy of growth for substantial reduction of poverty and reversal of trend towards increasing regional divide
Madras School of Economics, India, 2007In view of the increasing regional disparity alongside high rates of growth in India, this paper argues for a new model of growth which is more inclusive and even, across India’s states.OrganisationInstitute for International and Development Economics (IIDE)
The Institute for International and Development Economics is a web-based non-profit research institute.DocumentPoverty, growth and income distribution in Lebanon - country study
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008This country study is a modified executive summary of the full report, which is the first to draw a comprehensive profile of poverty in Lebanon based on money-metric measurements of household expenditures. Its data source is a 2004/05 national Living Conditions and Household Budget Survey.DocumentPoverty reduction for profit? A critical examination of business opportunities at the bottom of the pyramid
Queen Elizabeth House Library, University of Oxford, 2007The author examines C.K Prahalad’s idea that selling to four billion poor people at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BoP) generates both profits for big business and eliminates poverty. A welcome, innovative and influential perspective, but an opportunity missed, he argues.DocumentA proposed strategy for growth, employment and poverty reduction in Uzbekistan
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2007What is an appropriate plan for growth, employment and poverty reduction in Uzbekistan? This paper offers such a strategy. It calls for achieving a rapid and sustainable rate of economic growth based on the expansion of domestic public and private investment. Achieving such an objective entails a heterodox package that involves:DocumentLow-income households’ access to financial services
Asian Development Bank, 2007Formal financial sectors in most developing economies serve only a minority, often no more than 20–30 percent of the population. Most households and particularly low-income households in rural areas do not have access to basic financial services.OrganisationVox
VoxEU.org is a policy portal set up by the Centre for Economic Policy Research (www.CEPR.org) in conjunction with a consortium of national sites, including the Italian site LaVoce (which provided iDocumentGlobal imbalances and developing countries: remedies for a failing international financial system
Southern African Regional Poverty Network, 2007A major risk for the world economy, and especially for developing countries, is an abrupt unwinding of global imbalances. This volume compiles the perspectives of several authorities on international finance and macroeconomics. It has a regional focus on Africa and East Asia, and is structured into three main sections:Pages
