Voices of the poor : poverty and social capital in Tanzania

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Voices of the poor : poverty and social capital in Tanzania

Deepa Narayan

(Environmentally and socially sustainable development studies and monographs series, 20)

World Bank, 1997

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Bibliography: p. 79-80

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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.

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