Nora Dudwick

Radhika Srinivasan

This book addresses the urgent need for job creation in conflict-affected states in sub-Saharan Africa. It finds that job creation through public works, training, and community-based livelihood often is unsustainable.

Are Value Chains an Answer?

Creating Jobs in Africa's Fragile States

Kathleen R. Kuehnast

"This study of social networks in a post-socialist county is an important tool for bridging the policy gap between macro level economic strategies and micro-level interventions. The findings illustrate the notable impact of poverty on the form and function of informal social networks of the poor and non-poor in the Kyrgyz Republic. The polarization of social networks reflects the increasing socioeconomic stratification of the population. This paper notes that the size of networks and frequency of social encounters have significantly decreased among the poor, leading to greater economic, geographic, and social isolation. Simultaneously, the non-poor have become more reluctant to provide support to poor relatives. Money has become central to maintaining informal social networks, making it more difficult for the poor to remain part of them." --Résumé de l'éditeur.

social networks in transition--the Kyrgyz Republic

Better a hundred friends than a hundred rubles?

Some Examples from Ethnography

Relationship Between Jobs and Social Cohesion

Hermine G. De Soto

Anthropologists in Postsocialist States

Fieldwork Dilemmas

Alexandre Marc

Elizabeth Gomart

This study uses quantitative and qualitative research methods to document the experiences of people in Armenia, Georgia, the Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Moldova, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan struggling to cope with the dramatic changes in lifestyle and economic conditions following the collapse of the Soviet Union. It demonstrates how poverty in the region differs from that experienced in other parts of the world, and looks at how cultural and institutional barriers have hindered attempts to improve these problems. It also examines the links between poverty, gender and ethnicity, and seeks to convey the psychological impact of poverty, as well as its social and economic effects.

Qualitative Studies of Poverty in the Former Soviet Union

When Things Fall Apart

Nora Dudwick

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