1st Edition
Local Governance and Poverty in Developing Nations
1. Introduction Nicky Pouw and Isa Baud Part I: Researching Well-Being 2. Well-Being in Theory and Practice Nicky Pouw and Briana Gilmore 3. Moving Out of Poverty Deepa Narayan Part II: Rural Poverty, Priorities and Governance Responses 4. Poverty and Asset Accumulation among Smallholder Farmers in Uganda Nicky Pouw 5. Food Security Management, Aid and Governance Michiel Keyzer and Lia van Wesenbeeck 6. Governance for Non-Timber Forest Products Mirjam Ros-Tonen and Koen Kusters 7. Governance, Poverty and Social Justice in the Coastal Fisheries of India Maarten Bavinck Part III: Urban Poverty, Citizenship and Democracy 8. Mapping Urban Poverty for Local Governance in India Isa Baud, N. Sridharan and Karin Pfeffer 9. Negotiated Spaces for Representation in Mumbai Isa Baud and Navtej Nainan 10. Citizenship, Local Governance and Democracy Michaela Hordijk Part IV: The Role of Local and National Institutions 11. Participatory Assessment of Development in Africa Ton Dietz 12. Economic Governance by the Private and Public Sector Maarten Brouwer and Sabine Blokhuis
Biography
Nicky Pouw is a development economist and assistant professor in International Development Studies at the School of GPIDS at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam.
Isa Baud is professor in International Development Studies at the School of GPIDS at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences of the University of Amsterdam.
