Extreme poverty, growth and inequality in bangladesh

This book is unique in that it focuses on extreme poverty. It brings together contributions from both academics and policy makers to address fundamental questions such as what difference does it make if we talk of extreme poverty as opposed to other more moderate forms of poverty?

What works for africa's poorest children

What Works for Africa’s Poorest Children? From Measurement to Action provides cutting edge examples on how we can identify child poverty and deprivation, analyses innovative ultra-poor child sensitive programmes, and provides new public financing and governance rights suggestions for child povert...

Living on little

Living on Little illuminates the many deep and overlooked ways that scarcity shapes the lives of ordinary Kenyans. Drawing on four years of systematic research with nearly 300 low-income families, this book tells a holistic story about how low-income Kenyans optimistically pursue life-long missi...

Somewhere to live

Despite millions of people being lifted out of poverty during recent decades, finding somewhere decent and affordable to live is proving increasingly difficult in urban areas around the world.This is not by accident, but by design, since the forms of economic management that have held sway for fo...

Islamic microfinance

Islamic Microfinance critically examines the performance of fifteen institutions and demonstrate how Islamic methods can efficiently satisfy the needs of some types of client but not all. It asks which types of products are affordable and beneficial, for which purposes and for whom.

Taking shelter

Taking Shelter: Housing Finance for the World's Poor explores recent innovations in housing microfinance, presented by the innovators themselves: from field researchers and financial providers, to investors and regulators. It is a key reference to any reader interested in expanding housing financ...

Making market systems work for the poor

‘The M4P approach fosters understanding of the functions and players within market systems and how these can be strengthened in order to better serve the needs of the poor.' Alan Gibson. This collection, all inspired in some way by Gibson’s teachings, is essential reading for practitioners, funde...

Facilitating change across cultures

As the international development sector responds to calls for decolonisation and localisation, how can facilitators work humbly, wisely and respectfully across cultures to support positive change?This book asks readers to reflect on their own roles, values and power as facilitators in internation...

Can we know better?

This book is intended for all who are committed to human wellbeing and who want to make our world fairer, safer and more fulfilling for everyone. It argues that to do better we need to know better and provides evidence that what we believe we know in international development is often distorted o...

Transdisciplinary knowledge co-production for sustainable cities

How can we create appropriate practices for research collaboration in the face of climate change, widening inequalities, decreasing biodiversity and untenable consumption levels? Transdisciplinary co-production focuses on real-world problems through collaborative processes that include a wide var...

Cross-cultural organizational and financial training

Cross-Cultural Organizational and Financial Training offers a clear and accessible way of designing, planning, delivering, and evaluating training, using participatory approaches. It uses 10 countries as examples and a toolkit of activities, helpful responses and tips, to help trainers prepare fo...

When communities design aid

Emergency market mapping and analysis toolkit

The focus is on simple visual, graphical and largely qualitative ways of describing the impact of the emergency on people and on the critical market systems upon which they most rely. The manual also includes a free CD-ROM of the Toolkit and supplementary materials.

Cities for human development

For the last 30 years, the idea of ‘cities as engines of growth’ has played a key role in capturing the imagination of decision-makers and encouraging public and private investments into cities. However, at the same time, the world has experienced the urbanisation of poverty and inequality. Urban...