TY  - BOOK
AU  - Narayan,Deepa
AU  - Petesch,Patti
ED  - World Bank, Washington, DC.
ED  - World Bank, Washington, DC.
TI  - From Many Lands. Voices of the Poor
SN  - 9780821350492 :
U1  - 330 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - [Washington, D.C.]
PB  - Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse
KW  - Access to Education
KW  - ericd
KW  - Child Welfare
KW  - Community Study
KW  - Developing Nations
KW  - Economically Disadvantaged
KW  - Educational Needs
KW  - Family Environment
KW  - Foreign Countries
KW  - Institutional Role
KW  - Poverty
KW  - Public Policy
KW  - Quality of Life
KW  - Rural Urban Differences
KW  - Sex Discrimination
KW  - Social Bias
KW  - Sociocultural Patterns
KW  - Unemployment
KW  - Violence
KW  - Well Being
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N2  - This book, the last volume in a three-part series, draws on a large-scale worldwide poverty study to present the views, experiences, and aspirations of poor people in 14 selected countries. In each country, interviews and discussion groups were held in 8-15 rural and urban communities that reflected the most prevalent poverty groups and the diversity of poverty in that country. The countries are Ghana, Malawi, Nigeria, Bangladesh, India, Indonesia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Argentina, Brazil, Ecuador, and Jamaica. The chapters bring to life the peculiarities of what it means to be poor in various communities, including the perceived global, local, and environmental causes of poverty; the contributions of governments, institutions, and community organizations to well-being or their lack; the struggle for education; poor health conditions; discrimination and violence against women; child welfare, child labor, and young people's loss of hope; and survival strategies. Despite very different regions and contexts, four major themes emerged: (1) the diversity of assets and capabilities needed by poor people to survive and overcome poverty; (2) the profound impact of economy-wide policies and shocks on poor people's lives; (3) the negative effects of the culture of mediating institutions on well-intended policies; and (4) the persistence of gender inequity in households and societies, and the acute vulnerability of children in struggling households. Policy recommendations focus on reversing state failure to reduce poverty and human suffering. Appendices present development indicators for the 14 countries, currency exchange rates, and an overview of study themes and methods. (SV)
ER  -