Fighting poverty with facts : community-based monitoring systems /

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Author / Creator:Reyes, Celia.
Imprint:Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, 2009.
Description:1 online resource (xviii, 104 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:In focus
In focus (International Development Research Centre (Canada))
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11211710
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Other authors / contributors:Due, Evan.
International Development Research Centre (Canada)
ISBN:1552504352
9781552504352
1552504328
9781552504321
9781552504321
9781552504352
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Available also on the Internet.
Includes bibliographical references.
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Summary: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.
Other form:Print version: 9781552504321