Contracting for Public Services |
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| Author:
| World Bank Staff,
Brook, Penelope J.
Smith, Suzanne M. |
| Series title: | Other World Bank Bks. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-8213-5124-6 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2002 |
| Publisher: | World Bank Publications
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $22.00 |
Book Description:
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Empowerment and Poverty Reduction: A Sourcebook is an outcome of World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty, which highlighted opportunity, empowerment, and security as key elements in the creation and implementation of poverty reduction strategies. This book provides a framework for empowerment that concentrates on increasing poor peopleAcirc;'s freedom of choice and action to shape their own lives. This framework pertains to five areas of action to improve development...
More DescriptionEmpowerment and Poverty Reduction: A Sourcebook is an outcome of World Development Report 2000/2001: Attacking Poverty, which highlighted opportunity, empowerment, and security as key elements in the creation and implementation of poverty reduction strategies. This book provides a framework for empowerment that concentrates on increasing poor peopleAcirc;'s freedom of choice and action to shape their own lives. This framework pertains to five areas of action to improve development effectivenessAcirc;-provision of basic services, improved local governance, improved national governance, access to justice and legal aid, and pro-poor market development. This Sourcebook gives 20 Acirc;"Tools and Practices,Acirc;" which concentrate on a wide-range of topics to encourage the empowerment of the poor from poor peopleAcirc;'s enterprises, information and communication technologies to diagnostic tools including corruption surveys and citizen report cards.