Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation /

Reducing global poverty : the case for asset accumulation /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2007.
Description:x, 305 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
Subject:
Poverty -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Poverty -- Government policy -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Poor -- Developing countries -- Finance, Personal -- Congresses.
Microfinance.
Poor -- Finance, Personal.
Poverty.
Poverty -- Government policy.
Social policy.
Microfinance -- Developing countries -- Congresses.
Developing countries -- Social policy -- Congresses.
Developing countries.
Conference papers and proceedings.
Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6364458
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Other authors / contributors:Moser, Caroline O. N.
ISBN:9780815758570 (pbk. : alk. paper)
081575857X (pbk. : alk. paper)
Notes:This volume grew out of the Brookings Institution-Ford Foundation Workshop on Asset-based Approaches to Poverty Reduction in a Globalized Context, held in Washington, D.C., on June 27-28, 2006, led by Caroline Moser, and co-hosted by the Ford Foundation.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:"Provides a set of case studies of asset-building projects around the globe aimed at designing and implementing public policies that will increase the capital assets of the poor. Highlights the ways in which poor households and communities can move out of poverty through longer-term accumulation of capital assets"--Provided by publisher.

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