Dr. EF Schumacher is an economist, at present Economic Advisor to the National Goal
Board of Britain. For a number of years he has been interested in contact with «self-help» …

Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers (PRSPs) are now key documents in the international
development system. They represent a major shift towards greater coherence and a more …

This book is part of the growing genre of literature that seeks to deepen our understanding of
the causes of poverty and how to address it. The author, Paul Collier, is Professor of …

Americans know a good deal when they see it. Today a group of leading scientists and
practitioners from several fields--agriculture, medicine, economics, education, engineering …

Sachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit
organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty. He is internationally renowned for …

By all measures, poverty in Africa as a whole has increased and deepened. But in fact,
Africa contains a number of undocumented success stories of poverty reduction. This book …

Poverty reduction is now, and quite properly should remain, the primary objective of the
World Bank. But, when the World Bank dreams of a world free of poverty-what should it be …