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1. International Aid

   By Paul Mosley

   Series: Global Institutions

   The book provides an up-to-date overview of the politics by which aid flows are determined and of their impact on development, from the level of the global economy down to the individual household. There is a particular focus on the promise of the Millennium Development Goals to ‘make poverty...

   To Be Published February 28th 2013 by Routledge
2. Financial Exclusion and the Poverty Trap

   Overcoming Deprivation in the Inner City

   By Pamela Lenton, Paul Mosley

   Series: Routledge Advances in Social Economics

   The persistence of poverty hurts us all, and attacking poverty is a major policy objective everywhere. In Britain, the main political parties have an anti-poverty mandate and in particular an agreed commitment to eliminate child poverty by 2020, but there is controversy over how this should be done...

   Published October 18th 2011 by Routledge
3. Work, Female Empowerment and Economic Development

   Edited by Sara Horrell, Hazel Johnson, Paul Mosley

   Series: Routledge Studies in Development Economics

   Accumulation of assets to enable the diversification of activities has been established as crucial in helping the rural poor escape poverty. The empowerment of women has been identified as a way to overcome inefficiencies in the allocation of resources within the family and so improve agrarian...

   Published December 16th 2009 by Routledge
4. Poverty and Exclusion in North and South

   Essays on Social Policy and Global Poverty Reduction

   Edited by Elizabeth Dowler, Paul Mosley

   Series: Priorities for Development Economics

   Over the past decade there has been a worrying increase in poverty in the industrialised countries of the "North", while many of the developing countries of the "South" have experienced some improvement. This collection argues that there are a number of likenesses between the predicaments of North...

   Published June 25th 2003 by Routledge
5. Finance Against Poverty: Volume 2

   Country Case Studies

   By Hulme David, Paul Mosley

   Over the last decade, the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs has become increasingly popular. This volume examines the effectiveness of this theory when put into practice. The book presents empirical evidence drawn...

   Published September 11th 1996 by Routledge
6. Finance Against Poverty: Volume 1

   By Hulme David, Paul Mosley

   In two volumes these books review and expand the theory that poverty in the world's poorest regions could be alleviated by providing small loans to micro-entrepreneurs. Volume 1 provides detailed analysis of this theory and offers policy recommendations for practitioners in this field. Volume 2...

   Published September 11th 1996 by Routledge
7. Aid and Power - Vol 1

   The World Bank and Policy Based Lending, 2nd Edition

   By Jane Harrigan, Paul Mosley, John Toye

   When the major aid organizations made flows of aid conditional on changes in policy, they prompted an extensive debate in development circles. Aid and Power has made one of the most significant and influential contributions to that debate. This edition has been revised to take account of changes...

   Published October 11th 1995 by Routledge