David Lawson

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  What Works for the Poorest?

  David Lawson, David Hulme, Imran Matin, Karen Moore

  Poverty reduction has become the central goal of development policies over the last decade but there is a growing realization that the poorest people rarely benefit from poverty reduction programmes. Microfinance programmes can help poor people improve their lives but generally such programmes do no...

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  What Works for Africa's Poorest

  David Lawson, David Hulme, Lawrence K. Ado-Kofie

  Although great strides have been made, Africa still lags behind other parts of the world in the reduction of poverty. We now know that the poorest people rarely benefit from poverty reduction programmes, and this is especially true in some countries of sub-Saharan Africa. Microfinance programmes, fo...

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  What Works for Africa's Poorest Children

  David Lawson, Diego Angemi, Ibrahim Kasirye

  While there has been substantial progress in reducing global poverty in recent years, hundreds of millions of vulnerable children remain trapped in extreme poverty. This is especially the case on the African continent, where children account for the majority and growing proportion of the population....