TY - BOOK AU - Narayan Deepa AU - Petesch Patti TI - Voices of the poor from many lands: from many lands SN - 0821350498 AV - HC79 VOI PY - 2002/// PB - World Bank KW - Poor KW - Case studies KW - Poverty N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction Ghana : "empty pockets" Malawi : " tangled web" Nigeria : illbeing and insecurity Bangladesh : waves of disaster India : gains and stagnation in Bihar and Andhra Pradesh Indonesia : coping with vulnerability and crisis Bosnia and Herzegovina : war-torn lives Bulgaria : reeling from change Kyrgyz Republic : crumbling support, deepening poverty The Russian Federation : struggling against the tide Argentina : life used to be better Brazil : gains and losses in the favelas Ecuador : the perils of poverty Jamaica : island in a turbulent world Conclusion : an empowering approach to poverty reduction N2 - "Voices of the Poor consists of three books that bring together the experiences of over 60,000 poor women and men. The first book, Can Anyone Hear Us?, gathers the voices of over 40,000 poor women and men in 50 countries from the World Bank's participatory poverty assessments. The second book, Crying Out for Change, draws material from a new 23-country comparative study. The final book, From Many Lands, presents 14 country case studies."--Jacket ER -