Defining Poverty in the Developing World

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ISBN: 0230516726
ISBN 13: 9780230516724
Herausgeber: Frances Stewart/Barbara Harriss-White
Verlag: Springer Verlag GmbH
Umfang: xvi, 264 S.
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.06.2007
Auflage: 1/2007
Produktform: Gebunden/Hardback
Einband: Gebunden

A very hot topic at the moment: defining poverty and relating it to policy are seen as essential for developmentUnique approach to poverty analysis: it considers intellectual roots, historical evolution, development indicators and policy contextsThe detailed chapters on the four approaches serve as a comprehensive introduction to alternative approaches to poverty

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Beschreibung

Using data for India and Peru, the authors compare and contrast four different approaches to poverty analysis at a theoretical and empirical level. The research reveals the implications for measuring poverty and for policy, concluding that the approach chosen does make a marked difference to conclusions drawn.

Autorenporträt

SUSANA FRANCO (Ph.D. Notingham) economist who has specialised in Development Economics CATERINA RUGGERI LADERCHI poverty economist at the World Bank ABHILASHA SHARMA Associate Fellow at the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER),New Delhi, India

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