Local Governance and Poverty in Developing Nations (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415887328)

This volume examines the persistence of poverty - both rural and urban - in developing countries, and the response of local governments to the problem, exploring the roles of governments, NGOs, and CSOs in national and sub-national agenda-setting, policy-making, and poverty-reduction strategies. It brings together a rich variety of in-depth country and international studies, based on a combination of original data-collection and extensive research experience in developing countries. Taking a bottom-up and multi-dimensional perspective of poverty and well-being as the starting point, the authors develop a convincing set of arguments for putting the priorities of poor people first on any development agenda, thus carving out an undisputable role for local governance in interplay with higher-up governance actors and institutions.

Author: Nicky Pouw
ISBN-10: 0415887321
ISBN-13: 9780415887328
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 12/21/2011
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.24lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d