Fighting poverty with facts : community-based monitoring systems /
Reyes, Celia.
Fighting poverty with facts : community-based monitoring systems / by Celia Reyes and Evan Due. - Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2009. - 1 online resource (xviii, 104 pages) : illustrations - - In focus . - In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada)) .
Available also on the Internet.
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. The issue and development context -- pt. 2. The approach -- pt. 3. Experiences from the field -- pt. 4. Lessons and recommendations -- pt. 5. Ways forward.
For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. There have been advances, but progress has been uneven and nearly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from extreme "income poverty." Income poverty, however, is only part of the picture. A multi-faceted account of poverty and human welfare incorporates elements that go beyond income to capture the characteristics of poverty as experienced by the poor themselves. This book presents the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS). CBMS recognizes that the poor must be inv
1552504352 9781552504352 1552504328 9781552504321
CPCSUB2011-2012 CostPaid FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo
(AMICUS)000034644634
Poverty--Research--Citizen participation.--Developing countries
Poverty--Research--Methodology.
Poor--Developing countries.
Community development--Developing countries.
Pauvreté--Recherche--Participation des citoyens.--Pays en voie de développement
Pauvreté--Recherche--Méthodologie.
Pauvres--Pays en voie de développement.
Développement communautaire--Pays en voie de développement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Poverty & Homelessness.
Community development
Poor
Poverty--Research--Methodology
Developing countries
HC59.72.P6 / R49 2009eb
362.5/525091724
Fighting poverty with facts : community-based monitoring systems / by Celia Reyes and Evan Due. - Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2009. - 1 online resource (xviii, 104 pages) : illustrations - - In focus . - In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada)) .
Available also on the Internet.
Includes bibliographical references.
pt. 1. The issue and development context -- pt. 2. The approach -- pt. 3. Experiences from the field -- pt. 4. Lessons and recommendations -- pt. 5. Ways forward.
For more than two decades, governments and development agencies around the world have focused on reducing poverty. There have been advances, but progress has been uneven and nearly a quarter of the world's population still suffers from extreme "income poverty." Income poverty, however, is only part of the picture. A multi-faceted account of poverty and human welfare incorporates elements that go beyond income to capture the characteristics of poverty as experienced by the poor themselves. This book presents the Community-Based Monitoring System (CBMS). CBMS recognizes that the poor must be inv
1552504352 9781552504352 1552504328 9781552504321
CPCSUB2011-2012 CostPaid FormOnline AccessRestricted GovNo
(AMICUS)000034644634
Poverty--Research--Citizen participation.--Developing countries
Poverty--Research--Methodology.
Poor--Developing countries.
Community development--Developing countries.
Pauvreté--Recherche--Participation des citoyens.--Pays en voie de développement
Pauvreté--Recherche--Méthodologie.
Pauvres--Pays en voie de développement.
Développement communautaire--Pays en voie de développement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE--Poverty & Homelessness.
Community development
Poor
Poverty--Research--Methodology
Developing countries
HC59.72.P6 / R49 2009eb
362.5/525091724