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Voices of the poor : can anyone hear us? Deepa Narayan, Raj Patel, Kai Schafft, Anne Rademacher and Sarah Koch-Schulte

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2000Description: 343 pagesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0195216016
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC79 NAR
Contents:
Foreword Acknowledgments Ch. 1 Listening to the Voices of the Poor 2 Conceptual Framework: Examining Poverty Through Institutions 8 Approaches to Poverty Assessment 13 What Is a Participatory Poverty Assessment? 15 Methodology of the Study 16 Ch. 2 Definitions of Poverty 30 Poverty Is Multidimensional 32 Material Well-Being 35 Psychological Well-Being 37 State-Provided Infrastructure 45 The Assets of the Poor 48 Case Study 2.1 Focus on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union 65 Ch. 3 State Institutions 82 Understanding Institutions 84 Case Study 3.1 Access to Health Care 110 Case Study 3.2 Education 119 Ch. 4 Civil Society Institutions 128 Nongovernmental Organizations 132 Community-Based Organizations 143 Neighborhood and Kinship Networks 163 Case Study 4.1 Financial Services 166 Case Study 4.2 Indonesia - Community Capacity and Village Government 168 Ch. 5 Changing Gender Relations in the Household 174 Roots of Gender Inequality 177 Traditional Gender Norms 178 Gender Identity 180 From Breadwinner to Burden: The Changing Roles of Poor Men 182 Women: The New Breadwinners 184 Consequences and Coping 194 Female-Headed Households 201 Case Study 5.1 Gender and Education 206 Case Study 5.2 Gender and Property Rights 211 Ch. 6 Social Fragmentation 218 Social Cohesion 220 Why Is Social Cohesion Declining? 222 Social Exclusion 229 Case Study 6.1 The Poor and the Police 249 Case Study 6.2 Widows 255 Ch. 7 Conclusions - The Way Forward 264 Institutions and Power 265 Findings 266 Elements of a Strategy for Change 273 The Voices of the Poor 282 App. 1 Regions and Countries of PPA Reports 287 App. 2 List of PPA Authors 289 App. 3 Systematic Content Analysis Using QSR NUD*IST 294 App. 4 "Consultations with the Poor" Index Tree 296 App. 5 Sample Analysis Procedure: Institutions 304 App. 6 Listing of Poverty Assessment Reports Analyzed for this Research 309 App. 7 Tables and Figures 326 References 334
Summary: "Voices of the Poor" provides a unique and detailed picture of the life of the poor and explains the constraints poor people face to escape from poverty in a way that more traditional survey techniques do not capture well. Each of the three volumes demonstrates the importance of voice and power in poor people's definition of poverty. 'Voices of the Poor' concludes that we need to expand our conventional views of poverty which focus on income expenditure, education, and health to include measures of voice and empowerment
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Foreword
Acknowledgments
Ch. 1 Listening to the Voices of the Poor 2
Conceptual Framework: Examining Poverty Through Institutions 8
Approaches to Poverty Assessment 13
What Is a Participatory Poverty Assessment? 15
Methodology of the Study 16
Ch. 2 Definitions of Poverty 30
Poverty Is Multidimensional 32
Material Well-Being 35
Psychological Well-Being 37
State-Provided Infrastructure 45
The Assets of the Poor 48
Case Study 2.1 Focus on Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union 65
Ch. 3 State Institutions 82
Understanding Institutions 84
Case Study 3.1 Access to Health Care 110
Case Study 3.2 Education 119
Ch. 4 Civil Society Institutions 128
Nongovernmental Organizations 132
Community-Based Organizations 143
Neighborhood and Kinship Networks 163
Case Study 4.1 Financial Services 166
Case Study 4.2 Indonesia - Community Capacity and Village Government 168
Ch. 5 Changing Gender Relations in the Household 174
Roots of Gender Inequality 177
Traditional Gender Norms 178
Gender Identity 180
From Breadwinner to Burden: The Changing Roles of Poor Men 182
Women: The New Breadwinners 184
Consequences and Coping 194
Female-Headed Households 201
Case Study 5.1 Gender and Education 206
Case Study 5.2 Gender and Property Rights 211
Ch. 6 Social Fragmentation 218
Social Cohesion 220
Why Is Social Cohesion Declining? 222
Social Exclusion 229
Case Study 6.1 The Poor and the Police 249
Case Study 6.2 Widows 255
Ch. 7 Conclusions - The Way Forward 264
Institutions and Power 265
Findings 266
Elements of a Strategy for Change 273
The Voices of the Poor 282
App. 1 Regions and Countries of PPA Reports 287
App. 2 List of PPA Authors 289
App. 3 Systematic Content Analysis Using QSR NUD*IST 294
App. 4 "Consultations with the Poor" Index Tree 296
App. 5 Sample Analysis Procedure: Institutions 304
App. 6 Listing of Poverty Assessment Reports Analyzed for this Research 309
App. 7 Tables and Figures 326
References 334

"Voices of the Poor" provides a unique and detailed picture of the life of the poor and explains the constraints poor people face to escape from poverty in a way that more traditional survey techniques do not capture well. Each of the three volumes demonstrates the importance of voice and power in poor people's definition of poverty. 'Voices of the Poor' concludes that we need to expand our conventional views of poverty which focus on income expenditure, education, and health to include measures of voice and empowerment

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