This book is a collection of working papers, policy briefs and training modules, published by the International Poverty Centre in Brazil, which provides a compr

One-in-seven adults and one-in-five children in the United States live in poverty. Individuals and families living in povertyÊnot only lack basic, material nec

The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn hel

The book brings together a series of contributions with a common goal of reflecting the links between economic development and rural development. The scenario i

In this hard-hitting polemical Karnani demonstrates what is wrong with today's approaches to reducing poverty. He proposes an eclectic approach to poverty reduc