Marginality

1 Marginality-An Overview and Implications for Policy; Joachim von Braun and Franz W. GatzweilerPart 1 Concepts and Theory2 Marginality-A Framework for Analyzing Causal Complexities of Poverty; Franz W. Gatzweiler and Heike Baumüller3 Exclusion and Initiatives to "Include": Revisiting Basic Economics to Guide Development Practice; Sajjad Zohir4 Marginality from a Socio-ecological Perspective; Daniel Callo-Concha, Jan Henning Sommer, Janina Kleemann, Franz W. Gatzweiler, and Manfred DenichPart 2  Dimensions and Prevalence of Marginality5 Mapping Marginality Hotspots; Valerie Graw and Christine Husmann6 The Poorest: Who and Where They Are?; Akhter U. Ahmed, Ruth Vargas Hill, and Farria Naeem7 Targeting the Poorest and Most Vulnerable: Examples from Bangladesh; Nusha Yamina Choudhury and Christa Räder8 Correlates of Extreme Poverty in Rural Ethiopia; Degnet Abebaw Ejigie and Assefa Admassie9 Examining the Circle of Attachment, Trauma, Shame, and Marginalization: the Unheard Voices of Young Kutchi Girls; Manasi KumarPart 3 Environmental Drivers of Marginality10 Poverty, Agriculture and the Environment: the Case of Sub-Saharan Africa; Prabhu Pingali, Kate Schneider, and Monika Zurek11 The Marginal Poor and their Dependence on Ecosystem Services: Evidence from South Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa; Pushpam Kumar and Makiko Yashiro12 Land Degradation, Poverty, and Marginality; Nicolas Gerber, Ephraim Nkonya, and Joachim von BraunPart 4 Experiencing Marginality in Africa and Asia13 Tackling Social Exclusion and Marginality for Poverty Reduction: Indian Experiences; Sukhadeo Thorat14 Consumption Behavior of the Poorest and Policy Implications in Indonesia; Evita Hanie Pangaribowo15 Addressing Extreme Poverty and Marginality: Experiences in Rural China; Ling Zhu16 Experiences in Targeting the Poorest: a Case Study from Bangladesh; Syed Masud Ahmed17 Rural Poverty and Marginalization in Ethiopia: a Review of Development Interventions; Assefa Admassie and Degnet AbebawPart 5

Joachim von Braun is an economist, with a Doctoral degree in agricultural economics from University of Göttingen, Germany. He joined ZEF as Professor and Director of the Department for Economic and Technological Change in December 2009. He was also Director at ZEF during its foundation phase 1997-2002. Before returning to ZEF, von Braun was Director General of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) based in Washington, DC, U.S.A. 2002 to 2009. von Braun also has been Professor for Food Economics and Policy at Kiel University, Germany. His research addresses international development economics topics, incl. markets and trade; poverty; health and nutrition; science and technology.