Information and communication technologies for employment creation and poverty alleviation in selected ESCWA member countries /

Rural poverty alleviation in Brazil : toward an integrated strategy by Valdés, Alberto

Table of Contents: “…Poverty and non-farm employment in rural Brazil -- 7. Rural education -- 8. …”

Poverty in Albania : a qualitative assessment

Table of Contents: “…Industrial activity, employment and income -- 6. Ndihme ekonomike and other economic assistance -- 7. …”

Poverty and social developments in Peru, 1994-1997

Table of Contents: “…Poverty - changing faces? -- 5. Growth and employment -- 6. Social expenditures - what and for whom? …”

China : overcoming rural poverty / by Piazza, Alan Lee

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Service provision for the poor : public and private sector cooperation /

Table of Contents: “…Stern -- Poverty in Russia / Boris Nemtsov -- The role of altruistically motivated organizations in making services work for poor people: The experience of the private not-for-profit health sector in Uganda / Daniele Giusti -- basic services - a basic right / Jeremy Hobbs -- The Madrasa Early Chilhood Programme in East Africa / Kathy Bartlett -- The role of the private sector: Evidence from a study of vouchers for private schooling in Colombia / Michael Kremer -- The rural private practitioner / Hema Viswanathan -- The rol of local governments: Delivering infrastructure: a strategic framework / Junaid K. Ahmad -- Employment of farmers and poverty alleviation in China / Yuzhao Wang -- Incentives and innovations: Getting health services to the poor: incentives, efficiency, and health system performance / Orvill Adams and William Savedoff -- Bolivia's plan for achieving education for all goals / John Newman -- Rushing to help the poor through participation may be self-defeating / Jean-Philippe Platteau -- Modes of financing: Tanzania's experience with education / Mwatumu J. …”

The impact of economic reforms on rural households in Ethiopia : a study from 1989 to 1995 by Dercon, Stefan