The Economics of Poverty: History, Measurement, and Policy
(Sprache: Englisch)
The book reviews past and present debates on the challenges faced in attaining equitable economic development. The book aims to provide an introduction to economics where the application to poverty is central and guides learning. And it aims to help those...
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The book reviews past and present debates on the challenges faced in attaining equitable economic development. The book aims to provide an introduction to economics where the application to poverty is central and guides learning. And it aims to help those who already know some economics learn more about poverty and inequality.
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PART 1: HISTORY OF THOUGHT; Chapter 1: Origins of the Idea of a World Free of Poverty; Chapter 2: New Thinking on Poverty after 1950; PART 2: MEASURES AND METHODS; Chapter 3: Measuring Welfare; Chapter 4: Poverty Lines; Chapter 5: Poverty and Inequality Measures; Chapter 6: Impact Evaluation; PART 3: POVERTY AND POLICY; Chapter 7: Dimensions of Poverty and Inequality in the World; Chapter 8: Growth, Inequality and Poverty; Chapter 9: Economy-Wide and Sectoral Policies; Chapter 10: Targeted Interventions; Conclusions: Past Progress and Future Challenges
Autoren-Porträt von Martin Ravallion
Martin Ravallion holds the inaugural Edmond D. Villani Chair of Economics at Georgetown University, prior to which he was the Director of the World Bank's research department. He has advised numerous governments and international agencies on poverty and policies for fighting it, and he has written extensively on this and other subjects in economics, including four books and 200 papers in scholarly journals and edited volumes. He is President of the Society for theStudy of Economic Inequality. Amongst various prizes and awards, in 2012 he was awarded the John Kenneth Galbraith Prize from the American Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Martin Ravallion
- 736 Seiten, Maße: 15,6 x 23,6 cm, Taschenbuch, Englisch
- Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
- ISBN-10: 0190212772
- ISBN-13: 9780190212773
- Erscheinungsdatum: 07.01.2016
Sprache:
Englisch
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