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Towards a New Paradigm for Poverty Eradication in South Asia.

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Ali, Shaikh Maqsood; Sirivardana, Susil – International Social Science Journal, 1996

Summarizes the Report and Recommendations of the Independent South Asian Commission on Poverty Alleviation. Proposes an economic development approach that is based on a people-centered values framework and social mobilization. Profiles a similar program, Janasaviya, pioneered in Sri Lanka in 1989. (MJP)

Descriptors: Advocacy, Capitalism, Citizen Participation, Disadvantaged Environment

Gender and Equity: Experience of the Working Women's Forum, India.

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Azad, Nandini – International Social Science Journal, 1996

Illustrates how poor women were able to move out of poverty and dehumanization through a process of mobilization and organization. The process was catalyzed by the intervention of a non-governmental organization, the Working Women's Forum. Outlines the Forum's program of economic, social, and technological empowerment. (MJP)

Descriptors: Capitalism, Developing Nations, Disadvantaged Environment, Economic Development