Rural Poverty, Empowerment and Sustainable Livelihoods Book

Poverty alleviation has become the single overriding objective of many international development agencies, national governments and NGOs. However, despite prolific policy statements and multiple academic research analyses, the depth and severity of poverty continues to increase in our global society.. "Conflicts, genocides, indebtedness, environmental degradation and livelihood destruction have failed to galvanize the international community into undertaking radical programmes directed at alleviating poverty among the poorest and the most vulnerable. The emphasis of this book is to bring together the experiences of national and international scholars and to reflect on poverty and livelihoods in the context of case studies relating to Africa, Asia and Latin America. Issues examined include the environment, public policy reform, conflict and armed humanitarian intervention, feeding programmes and NGOs. A particular value added characteristic of the work is the cross-fertilisation of ideas by South-South exchanges of experience. It is recommended reading for all poverty analysts, development agency, government and NGO personnel, researchers and practitioners.