1. Introduction : Stimulating policy change = 3
PART I : Policy Issues
2. An Elusive Consensus : Definitions, measurement and analysis of poverty = 23
3. Private Adjustments : Household, Crisis and Work = 55
4. Rural - Urban Linkages and Poverty Analysis = 89
5. Participatory Governance and Poverty Reduction = 121
6. Poverty in Transition : Lessons from Eastern Europe and Central Asia = 145
7. Financing Basic Social Services = 173
PART II : Country Cases
8. Angola = 205
9. Mali, Mauritania and Sao Tome e Principe = 217
10.Lesotho, Uganda, Zambia and Maldives = 231
11.Nepal and Indian States of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan = 253
12.Laos = 277
13.Guatemala and Uruguay = 289
14.Lebanon and Palestine = 303
15.Bulgaria, Latvia and Tajikstan = 329
References = 353
About the Authors = 369
PART I : Policy Issues
2. An Elusive Consensus : Definitions, measurement and analysis of poverty = 23
3. Private Adjustments : Household, Crisis and Work = 55
4. Rural - Urban Linkages and Poverty Analysis = 89
5. Participatory Governance and Poverty Reduction = 121
6. Poverty in Transition : Lessons from Eastern Europe and Central Asia = 145
7. Financing Basic Social Services = 173
PART II : Country Cases
8. Angola = 205
9. Mali, Mauritania and Sao Tome e Principe = 217
10.Lesotho, Uganda, Zambia and Maldives = 231
11.Nepal and Indian States of Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan = 253
12.Laos = 277
13.Guatemala and Uruguay = 289
14.Lebanon and Palestine = 303
15.Bulgaria, Latvia and Tajikstan = 329
References = 353
About the Authors = 369