Narayan, DeepaNarayan, Deepa2013-08-202013-08-202002-060-8213-5166-4https://hdl.handle.net/10986/15239Poverty will not be reduced on a large scale, without tapping into the energy, skills, and motivation of the millions of poor people around the world. This book offers a framework for empowerment, that focuses on increasing poor people's freedom of choice, and action to shape their own lives. This approach requires three societal changes: a change in the mindset, from viewing poor people as the problem to viewing them as essential partners in reducing poverty; a change in the relationship between poor people, and formal systems, enabling them to participate in decisions that affect their lives; and, a change in formal, and informal institutions to make them more responsive to the needs, and realities of poor people. Based on analysis of experiences from around the world, the book identifies four key elements to support empowerment of poor people: information, inclusions/participation, accountability, and local organizational capacity. This framework is applied to five areas of action to improve development effectiveness. These are: provision of basic services, improved local governance, improved national governance, pro-poor market development, and access to justice, and legal aid. The book also offers tools and practices, focusing on a wide range of topics, to support poor people's empowerment. These range from poor people's enterprises, information and communications technology, and, community driven development, to diagnostic tools such as corruption surveys, and citizen report cards.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOPOVERTY REDUCTIONEMPOWERMENTLOCAL ORGANIZATIONSCAPACITY BUILDINGPARTICIPATORY METHODSINFORMATION DISSEMINATIONINFORMATION TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYENERGY ASSISTANCE FOR THE POORSKILLSFREEDOM OF CHOICELIVELIHOOD PROGRAMSSOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONSPOOR PEOPLEINSTITUTIONAL ASPECTSPOVERTY ANALYSISSERVICES DELIVERYBASIC SERVICESGOVERNANCE APPROACHMARKET ACCESSACCESS TO JUDICIAL SYSTEMSENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENTCOMMUNITY-BASED DEVELOPMENTCORRUPT PRACTICESCITIZEN PARTICIPATION ACCOUNTABILITYANALYTICAL WORKBASIC EDUCATIONBASIC SERVICESBUREAUCRATIC QUALITYBUSINESS DEVELOPMENTBUSINESS ENVIRONMENTCAPACITY BUILDINGCITIZENCITIZEN FEEDBACKCITIZEN VOICECITIZENSCIVIL CONFLICTCIVIL LIBERTIESCIVIL SOCIETYCIVIL WARCOLLECTIVE ACTIONCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGYCOMMUNITY LEVELCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECORRUPTIONCOUNTRY DATADECENTRALIZATIONDECISION MAKINGDEMOCRACYDEVELOPMENT ECONOMICSDEVELOPMENT EFFORTSDEVELOPMENT GOALSDEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONDEVELOPMENT PROCESSDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMEDEVELOPMENT REPORTDEVELOPMENT STRATEGIESDISCLOSUREDONOR REPRESENTATIVESECONOMIC CONDITIONSECONOMIC GROWTHECONOMIC MANAGEMENTEMPOWERMENTENTERPRISE SURVEYSEQUAL ACCESSEXCLUDED GROUPSFEMALE EDUCATIONFINANCIAL CAPITALFINANCIAL SERVICESFORMAL INSTITUTIONSGENDER INEQUALITIESGOOD GOVERNANCEGROWTH PERFORMANCEGROWTH PRO-POORGROWTH PROSPECTSGROWTH RATESHEALTH CAREHEALTH SERVICESINCOMEINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINCOME INEQUALITYINCOME POVERTYINDIVIDUAL LEVELINDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENTINEQUALITYINFANT MORTALITYINSTITUTIONAL REFORMINSURANCEINTERNAL ACCOUNTABILITYINTERNATIONAL AGENCIESINTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTINVESTMENT CLIMATEJUDICIAL INDEPENDENCEJUDICIAL REFORMLIVING CONDITIONSLIVING STANDARDSLOCAL COMMUNITIESLOCAL GOVERNANCELOCAL GOVERNMENTSLOCAL KNOWLEDGELOCAL LEVELMACROECONOMIC POLICYMARKET ACTIVITIESNATIONAL GOVERNANCENATIONAL LEVELNATIONAL LEVELSNATIONAL PROCESSESPARTICIPATORY POVERTYPARTICIPATORY POVERTY ASSESSMENTPARTICIPATORY PROCESSESPOLICY CHOICESPOLITICAL ACCOUNTABILITYPOLITICAL PARTIESPOOR GOVERNANCEPOOR GROWTHPOOR MENPOOR PEOPLEPOOR POLICIESPOVERTY ASSESSMENTPOVERTY ERADICATIONPOVERTY ERADICATION ACTION PLANPOVERTY REDUCTIONPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIESPOVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGYPRIORITY AREASPRIVATE SECTORPRO- POORPRO- POOR GROWTHPRO-POORPRO-POOR GROWTHPROMOTING GROWTHPUBLIC ACTIONPUBLIC DOMAINPUBLIC EXPENDITUREPUBLIC EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENTPUBLIC EXPENDITURE REVIEWPUBLIC SPENDINGREDUCING POVERTYROADSRULE OF LAWRURAL AREASSECTOR ACTIVITYSERVICE DELIVERYSOCIAL ACTIONSOCIAL DEVELOPMENTSOCIAL EXCLUSIONSTRUCTURAL ADJUSTMENTSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTSUSTAINABLE POVERTYTAX COMPLIANCETECHNICAL ASSISTANCETRANSPARENCYWATER SUPPLYWorld Bank10.1596/0-8213-5166-4