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Why do some local poverty reduction initiatives work while others fail? And why can some be replicated and scaled up to the national or wider level to achieve a massive impact and help millions escape the 'poverty trap'?This book looks at twenty of the most innovative case studies of poverty reduction and Millennium Development Goal (MDG) localization from 15 countries - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nepal, Paraguay, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam - covering diverse issues ranging from housing and tourism to socio-economic empowerment of women, health insurance and markets for livestock produce.Key questions are: Why do some interventions work while others do not? What are the stumbling blocks and how can they be overcome? And what lessons and principles are there for replicating and scaling up poverty reduction initiatives world-wide? This book tackles these questions and more and presents a wealth of knowledge, evidence and ideas for all practitioners and researchers working to reduce poverty at the local level but who want to have a global impact.The first book to explain why some development projects work, others fail and how success can be replicated and up-scaled anywhere. It offers cutting edge analysis from experts at UNDP, provides steps for success that can be replicated in any local context to achieve poverty reduction. It provides fresh evidence from 15 countries in Asia, North Africa and Latin America.

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