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Poverty

Merino, Noël. (Added Author).

Summary:

Examines the issue of poverty from a variety of international perspectives.

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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 0737756632 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780737756630 (pbk.)
  • ISBN: 0737756624 (hbk.)
  • ISBN: 9780737756623 (hbk.)
  • Physical Description: 251 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
    print
  • Publisher: Detroit : Greenhaven Press, [2012]

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
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
Poverty

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