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Reducing poverty and sustaining the environment : the politics of local engagement

By: Bass, Stephen (editor)Contributor(s): Reid, Hannah (Editor) | Satterthwaite, David (editor) | Steele, Paul (editor)Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London ; Sterling, VA : Earthscan, ©2005Description: xxv, 318 pages : illustrationsISBN: 9781844071166; 1844071162; 9781849772303 ; 1849772304 ; 9781423728450 ; 1423728459 Subject(s): Poverty -- Developing countries -- Prevention -- Case studies | Environmental management -- Political aspects -- Developing countries -- Case studies | Local government -- Developing countriesDDC classification: 339.46

Contents:

List of Tables, Diagrams and Boxes; List of Photographs; Acknowledgements; About the Authors and Editors; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Creating Space for Civil Society in an Impoverished Environment in Pakistan; Chapter 3 The Bioplan; Chapter 4 Environment-Poverty Linkages; Chapter 5 The Evolving Roles of Environmental Management Insitutions in East Africa; Chapter 6 Stories on the Environment and Conflict from Northern Nigeria; Chapter 7 The Sea is Our Garden; Chapter 8 'Working for Water' in a Democratic South Africa.

Summary: 'A valuable contribution to our collective knowledge about governance poverty and the environment' Frances Seymour World Resources Institute 'Detailed and realistic documentation of contemporary development and governance relationships and trends' Melissa Leach Institute of Development Studies There are growing signs that development work by governments aid agencies and non-government organisations ignores the fact that environmental quality matters to the poor. There are also indications that some environmental work is pushing 'people-out' protection methodologies. Yet recently an extensive

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'A valuable contribution to our collective knowledge about governance poverty and the environment' Frances Seymour World Resources Institute 'Detailed and realistic documentation of contemporary development and governance relationships and trends' Melissa Leach Institute of Development Studies There are growing signs that development work by governments aid agencies and non-government organisations ignores the fact that environmental quality matters to the poor. There are also indications that some environmental work is pushing 'people-out' protection methodologies. Yet recently an extensive

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