Description |
251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
Series |
Global viewpoints |
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Global viewpoints.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
ch. 1. The global issue of poverty. The global recession has caused a slowdown in progress against poverty / United Nations -- Global poverty has decreased in recent years, especially in Asia / Laurence Chandy and Geoffrey Gertz -- Poverty is worsening in many countries, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa / Nicholas N. Eberstadt -- Most of the world's poor now live in middle-income countries / Andy Sumner -- Income inequality and relative poverty have risen in industrialized countries / Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) -- The current measure of poverty is inadequate / David Woodward -- ch. 2. The experience of poverty around the world. African poverty is falling much faster than you think / Maxim Pinkovskiy and Xavier Sala-i-Martin -- South Asia has the largest concentration of poverty in the world / Ejaz Ghani -- China has made great strides in the elimination of poverty / M.K. Pandhe -- Latin America has experienced a decline in poverty and inequality / Alicia Bárcena -- Poverty in the Middle East and North Africa varies widely / Farrukh Iqbal and Mustapha Kamel Nabli -- Poverty in the United States is greater than in other high-income countries / Timothy Smeeding -- ch. 3. The causes of poverty. Poverty around the world is caused by government intervention / Walter E. Williams -- Poverty is alleviated by active citizenship and effective governments / Duncan Green -- High birth rates and population growth are correlated with poverty / United Nations Population Fund (UNPFA) -- Population growth is not the cause of poverty / Nicholas Eberstadt -- Hunger is both a cause of and a consequence of poverty / World Food Programme -- Poverty is not clearly linked with hunger / Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo -- ch. 4. Efforts to end poverty. Foreign aid in Africa is increasing poverty / Dambisa Moyo -- Foreign aid in Africa is helping to fight poverty / Kevin Watkins -- Global redistribution of incomes is a solution to inequality and poverty / Claire Melamed -- Rapid growth, even with inequality, is the best way to fight poverty / Arvind Panagariya -- Removing barriers to trade would help decrease poverty / William Easterly -- Globalization is not clearly the cause of reduced poverty or increased inequality / Pranab Bardhan. |
Subject |
Poverty.
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Added Author |
Merino, Noël.
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ISBN |
9780737756623 hardback |
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0737756624 hardback |
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9780737756630 paperback |
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0737756632 paperback |
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