Deepa Narayan

TL;DR: Naranayan et al. as discussed by the authors used the lens of social capital, especially bridging or cross-cutting ties that cut across social groups, to design interventions to reduce poverty.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the social, political, and economic institutions facing poor people in post-conflict environments, where lives have been turned upside down by violence and instability.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors construct a measure of social capital in rural Tanzania, using data from the Tanzania Social Capital and Poverty Survey (SCPS), a large-scale survey that asked individuals about the extent and characteristics of their associational activity and their trust in various institutions and individuals.

TL;DR: The case studies in this book were developed as part of a year-long learning process initiated by the World Bank in 2003-4 to examine large scale poverty reduction programs in a wide range of developing countries around the world as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: Measuring empowerment as discussed by the authors is a conceptual framework that can be used to monitor and evaluate programs centered on empowerment approaches, which is a resource for all who are interested in approaches to poverty reduction that address issues of inequitable power relations.