Poor poverty the impoverishment of analysis, measurement and policies
This book, co-published with the UN's Dept of Economic and Social Affairs, offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980's, poverty remains stub...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, England ; New York, New York :
Bloomsbury Academic
[2011]
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| Colección: | The United Nations Series on Development
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009684824706719 |
| Sumario: | This book, co-published with the UN's Dept of Economic and Social Affairs, offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980's, poverty remains stubbornly high in many parts of the world. This collection argues that the mainstream perspectives on poverty and deprivation have contributed to considerable distortion and misunderstanding and that is not unrelated to ineffectual policy prescriptions. In particular it highlights the World Bank's dollar-a-day |
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| Notas: | Includes index. |
| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (241 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9789210555722 9781283195072 9786613195074 9781849664516 9781849664523 |
