Download or read book The Politics of Poverty Reduction written by Paul Mosley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Poor people everywhere are politically weak, and yet poverty in some developing countries has gone down dramatically. Why is this? Using nine country case-studies this book provides answers by examining government alliances, the role of aid donors and NGOs, and policies on labour, tax and expenditure.