Voices of the Poor

Poverty and Social Capital in Tanzania

von Deepa Narayan-Parker

96 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 20. This study describes the practices and processes of participatory methods that tap the knowledge the poor have about their own reality. The Participatory Poverty Assessment uses methods to measure and facilitate ""listening to the poor."" Participatory tools show how the poor view poverty, inflation, and other economic and social trends. In addition, the study established the high economic returns to village social capital, measured by density of groups with particular characteristics.

• Reihe: World Bank Publications
• ISBN: 9780821340615
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.1997
• Größe: 275 x 215 mm
• Verlag: World Bank Publications