The Poverty of Rights: Human Rights and the Eradication of Poverty

In agreement with Zed Books earlier publications in the series are granted open access status. CROP is happy to present The Poverty of Rights - Human Rights and the Eradication of Poverty, edited by Willem Van Genugten and Camilo Pérez-Bustillo, an important intellectual contribution that breaks new ground in the political struggle to reduce world poverty. 2008.
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From Poverty to Power: how Active Citizens and Effective States can Change the World

Book. 2008. Author: Duncan Green. OXFAM.
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Poverty Reduction for Profit? A Critical Examination of Business Opportunities at the Bottom of the Pyramid

Jean-Louis Warnholz examines C.K Prahalad‘s idea that selling to four billion poor people at the bottom of the economic pyramid (BoP) generates both profits for big business and eliminates poverty. A welcome, innovative and influential perspective, but an opportunity missed.
Working Paper Number 160, October 2007, Queen Elizabeth House, University of Oxford.
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The World’s Most Deprived: Characteristics and Causes of Extreme Poverty and Hunger

Akhter U. Ahmed, Ruth Vargas Hill, Lisa C. Smith, Doris M. Wiesmann, and Tim Frankenberger: International Food Policy Research Institute
Washington, DC, October 2007
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Subjective Assessments, Participatory Methods and Poverty Dynamics: The Stages-of-Progress Method

Anirudh Krishna: Chronic Poverty Research Centre, Working Paper 93 (2007)
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Interrelationship between Growth, Inequality, and Poverty: the Asian Experience

Hyun H. Son: Asian Development Bank.
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Rural Livelihoods, Poverty Reduction and Food Security in Southern Africa: is CBNRM the Answer?

USAID Report:  It focuses on three economic aspects of community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) approaches in Southern Africa amd its role in poverty reduction.
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Poverty in Focus: Does Aid Work? – for the MDGs

International Poverty Centre‘s series Poverty in Focus
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Where Needs Meet Rights. Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in a new Perspective

Bas de Gaay Fortman: World Council of Churches Publications, Risk Book Series No. 88 (1999)
Four chapters of this book can be downloaded seperately:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 9
Chapter 10

Poverty as a Human Rights Deficit: some Implications for the International Financial Institutions

Bas de Gaay Fortman: Tilburg University (2001)
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Bella Americana: some Consequences for the United Nations 10th International Castiglioncello Conference

Bas de Gaay Fortman: Unilateral actions and military interventions- The future of non-profileration (Italy 2003)
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Fact Sheet Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers

International Monetary Fund (2005)
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Politics and the PRSP Approach: Synthesis Paper

L. Piron and A. Evans: ODI Working Paper 237 (2004)
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Livelihoods Connect

This resource website is member of the knowledge group of the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and has a range of documents and course lists on poverty issues and poverty eradication strategies.
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Dev-Zone

The Dev-Zone website contains an online knowledge centre on economic disparity and poverty issues.
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Reality of Aid

The Reality of Aid project is a major north/south international non-governmental initiative focusing exclusively on analysis and lobbying for poverty eradication policies and practices in the international aid regime. Its website contains reports, news and documents.
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