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Voices of the Poor in Colombia - Strengthening Livelihoods, Families, and Communities (Paperback, New)
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Voices of the Poor in Colombia - Strengthening Livelihoods, Families, and Communities (Paperback, New)
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This latest Voices of the Poor study advances the participatory
research tradition of the previous World Bank Voices works with new
modules focusing on poor peoples' action recommendations. In the
summer of 2002, 942 poor women and men from ten poor communities of
Colombia discussed urgent problems facing their families and
communities. They shared their experiences, frustrations and hopes
for improving their deteriorating livelihood prospects, the
pervasive violence afflicting their homes and communities, and the
very poor educational and training opportunities availably locally.
Voices of the Poor in Colombia also includes proposals, developed
by the communities, that they believe can bring real improvements
to their lives. Two broad patterns emerge from the more than 250
action recommendations developed. First, poor people view problems
of livelihood, insecurity and education as tightly connected, and
progress will have to be made simultaneously on all three fronts if
any is to be made at all. Second, households are seen to be the
critical arenas in which development problems begin and then
spread, and responsive and effective local institutions are
terribly important if poor families and communities are to become
more harmonious, secure and prosperous. Despite the wider political
violence, a significant finding from this work is a very widespread
view that more cohesive and stronger families and local
organizations are the bedrock to greater peace and development.
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