Uruguay is a small open economy with one of the highest GDP per capita ratios in the region. The country's recent poor growth performance has been strongly correlated with neighboring Argentina's economic...
Uruguay is a small open economy with one of the highest GDP per capita ratios in the region. The country's recent poor growth performance has been strongly correlated with neighboring Argentina's economic...
Empowerment is a critical element in the fight against poverty. In its broadest sense, empowerment refers to the freedom of choice and action to shape one's future. Its critical dimensions include participation...
Empowerment is a critical element in the fight against poverty. In its broadest sense, empowerment refers to the freedom of choice and action to shape one's future. Its critical dimensions include participation...
This article notes that at the end of 2000, the government of Argentina (specifically the Subsecretar?a de Gesti?n P?blica, or the Sub-secretary of Public Management) initiated a program of state modernization...
Since the early 1990s, the Bolivian government has begun a transition towards a more decentralized form of government. As a result, the country's 324 municipalities have greater autonomy and responsibilities...
This article notes that at the end of 2000, the government of Argentina (specifically the Subsecretar?a de Gesti?n P?blica, or the Sub-secretary of Public Management) initiated a program of state modernization...
Since the early 1990s, the Bolivian government has begun a transition towards a more decentralized form of government. As a result, the country's 324 municipalities have greater autonomy and responsibilities...
Nike started its commercial venture in Vietnam in 1995 and made a significant contribution to the country's economy during the late 1990s. However, violations of the labor code at Nike's Vietnamese contract...
In 1995 the World Bank and the Government of Brazil (GoB) jointly initiated the Rural Poverty Alleviation Program (RPAP) in an attempt to reduce the poverty levels in the northeast region of Brazil. The...
The Russian coal sector was in need of reforms after beginning its transition from a planned economy in 1991. In 1996 and 2000, the World Bank provided two sector adjustment loans, or SECALs, for socially...
SEWA is the acronym for the Self-Employed Women's Association, based in Ahmedabad, India. In Hindi (an Indian language), sewa means 'service.' The association, working as a cooperative union, holds the...
In the last five decades of its existence, the Blind People's Association (BPA) at Ahmedabad, India, has emerged as an internationally renowned voluntary organization for the blind and people with other...
The Consultative Group to Assist the Poorest (CGAP) was set up at the World Bank as a three-year initiative (1995-1998) to increase the quality and quantity of sustainable microfinance institutions (MFIs)...
Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), which means 'the organization for the power of laborers and farmers' in Hindi, was founded in 1990 by three social activists in one of the most backward areas in...
Swayam Krishi Sangam (SKS) is a Grameen Bank replication project in one of the poorest parts of India, the drought-prone Medak district of Andhra Pradesh. SKS works for the empowerment of the poor by providing...
Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad, or Lijjat, is an organization that has acted as a catalyst in empowering poor urban women across India during the last four decades. Starting as a small group of seven...
The World Bank aided Kecamatan Development Project (KDP) is a community-based project, initiated by the Government of Indonesia, to alleviate rural poverty levels. The distinctive feature of the project...
Participatory budgeting (PB) began more than a decade ago in Porto Alegre, one of the most populated cities in South Brazil. PB is a process through which citizens present their demands and priorities...
Yamada village in southwest Japan faces problems related to depopulation due to migration and an aging community, with a third of village population being elderly and suffering from isolation. The Yamada...