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Growth, Sub-National Equity and Poverty Reduction Policies - A Five-Country Comparison

Project Description:	Following our framework paper on this subject (see related projects below), the Policy Practice was commissioned to prepare a five-country comparative study of sub-national growth and poverty. This paper considers the spatial poverty inheritance and processes of poverty creation and maintenance in Vietnam, India, Ghana, Bolivia and Zambia. It synthesises the main points from five country case studies commissioned by DFID, supplementing this with reference to wider literature.
Start Date:	November 2005
Project Duration:	4 months
Country:	Desk-study of Vietnam, India, Ghana, Bolivia and Zambia
Themes:	Spatial development, mobility and urbanisation Political economy of development, institutions and corruption Poverty reduction and development
Client:	DFID
Funder:	DFID
Team Members:	Deborah Bryceson (team leader) Alex Duncan
Related documents:	Growing out of Spatial Poverty: Growth, Sub-National Equity and Poverty Reduction. A Five Country Comparison Government and sub-national growth. Uneven growth within low-income countries: does it matter, and can governments do anything effective?
Related projects:	Governance and Sub-National Growth

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