Voices of the Poor: Poverty and Social Capital in Tanzania (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780821340615)

Environmentally and Socially Sustainable Development Studies and Monographs Series No. 20. This study describes the practices and processes of participatory methods that tap the knowledge the poor have about their own reality. The Participatory Poverty Assessment uses methods to measure and facilitate "listening to the poor." Participatory tools show how the poor view poverty, inflation, and other economic and social trends. In addition, the study established the high economic returns to village social capital, measured by density of groups with particular characteristics.

Author: Deepa Narayan-Parker
ISBN-10: 0821340611
ISBN-13: 9780821340615
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Language: English
Published: 10/01/1997
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.53lbs
Size: 10.83h x 8.45w x 0.31d