World development report 2000 - 2001 : Attacking poverty

Contents:
Overview Attacking Poverty: Opportunity, Empowerment, and Security 1;
Basrabai’s story 2;
Poverty in an unequal world 3;
A strategy for poverty reduction 6;
From strategy to action 7;
Working together to fight poverty 12;
Part I Framework;
Chapter 1 The Nature and Evolution of Poverty 15;
Poverty’s many dimensions 15;
Measuring poverty in its multiple dimensions 16;
The evolution of poverty 21;
Chapter 2 Causes of Poverty and a Framework for Action 31;
The causes of poverty 34;
A framework for action 37;
Part II Opportunity;
Chapter 3 Growth, Inequality, and Poverty 45;
Economic growth and poverty reduction 46;
What drives economic growth? 49;
Why are similar rates of growth associated with different rates of poverty reduction? 52;
Economic growth and nonincome poverty 57;
Chapter 4 Making Markets Work Better for Poor People 61;
Have market reforms delivered growth? 62;
Have market reforms delivered benefits to poor people? 64;
Making markets do more for poor people 72;
Chapter 5 Expanding Poor People’s Assets and Tackling Inequalities 77;
Assets and their synergies 77;
Public action to facilitate the accumulation of assets 78;
Redistributing public spending 80;
Institutional reforms for effective delivery: governance, markets, and competition 85;
Participation: choice, monitoring, and accountability 88;
Complementarities in public action 93;
Part III Empowerment;
Chapter 6 Making State Institutions More Responsive to Poor People 99;
Public administration and poverty reduction 99;
Poor people and the rule of law 102;
How can decentralization be made pro-poor? 106;
The politics of poverty reduction: pro-poor coalitions 108;
Political regimes and poverty 112;
Chapter 7 Removing Social Barriers and Building Social Institutions 117;
Gender discrimination and poverty 117;
Social stratification and poverty 123;
Social fragmentation and conflict 126;
Building social institutions and social capital 128;
Part IV Security;
Chapter 8 Helping Poor People Manage Risk 135;
A typology of risks 136;
The nature and magnitude of vulnerability 138;
Responses to risk by households and communities 140;
Policy responses for improving risk management 146;
Chapter 9 Managing Economic Crises and Natural Disasters 161;
Preventing and coping with economic crises 161;
Reducing vulnerability to natural disasters 170;
Part V International Actions;
Chapter 10 Harnessing Global Forces for Poor People 179;
Expanding market access in high-income countries 179;
Reducing the risk of economic crises 180;
Producing pro-poor international public goods 181;
Ensuring a voice for poor people in global forums 185;
Chapter 11 Reforming Development Cooperation to Attack Poverty 189;
Making aid more effective in reducing poverty 192;
Relieving the debt burden of poor countries 200;
Bibliographic Note 205;
Selected World Development Indicators 267.