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Contents
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Foreword
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Chapter One: Introduction
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Poverty in Zambia: a decade of change
Why this book?
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Chapter Two: Research methods
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What is participatory research and where did it come from?
What tools did these studies use?
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Chapter Three: Livelihoods of the poor
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Introduction: How do the poor get by?
Cutting across rural and urban livelihoods
Rural livelihoods: what has changed?
- Impacts of liberalization
- Environmental factors
- Extension services
- Access to land
- What makes a difference
Urban livelihoods: declining well-being?
- Formal employment
- Informal employment
Adaptable livelihoods: responding to poverty
- The causes and impacts of poverty
- Coping strategies
Conclusions
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Chapter Four: Health
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Overview of health problems
Access to health care in a changing sytem
- Distance: a double payment for health services
- Is cost a barrier to access?
- Quality of service provision: has it changed?
- Patterns of health seeking behaviour
Institutions of community participation
Conclusions
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Chapter Five: Education
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Perceptions of the value of education
Perceptions of constraints on access to education
Perceptions of factors affecting quality of education
Gender issues affecting quality of education and pupil performance
Institutional Issues
Conclusions
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Chapter Six: Case study on use of beneficiary assessment in developing a social fund
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Introduction
Beneficiary assessments in developing a Social Fund
Use of BA in evaluation of impact
Conclusion
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Chapter Seven: Conclusions
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Policy formulation and implementation
Decentralisation of service provision
Contribution to National Poverty Reduction Strategy
The participatory approach
About the authors
References
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