Martin Ravallion

The Economics of Poverty

History, Measurement, and Policy

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sydney University Press
• Seitenzahl: 736
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 230mm x 154mm x 49mm
• Gewicht: 1084g
• ISBN-13: 9780190212773
• ISBN-10: 0190212772
• Artikelnr.: 45984653

Autorenporträt

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 the Study 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.

Inhaltsangabe

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