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Socioeconomics of charity and poverty alleviation / guest editor, Masudul Alam Choudhury.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- International journal of social economics ; v.29, no. 1/2
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charities.
- Economics--Sociological aspects.
- Economics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bradford, England : Emerald Group Publishing, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This special issue of this journal on ''Socioeconomics of charity and povertyalleviation'' intends to accomplish several objectives. Against the backgroundof the important contributions made to the development of social economics inNorth America, this issue brings together papers by some leading contributorsin a burning issue of social economics.
- Contents:
- Abstracts and keywords; Guest editorial; What is a just economy in a globalized world?; Social economics, justice and the common good; Rescuing charitable duties; Development, charity and poverty; Poverty and economically-deprived women and children; Allocative inefficiency and rural poverty in India; Metaphysics and economy - the problem of interest; Microenterprise development using Islamic financing and organizational instruments; Waqf, perpetual charity and poverty alleviation; Growth and equity in microstates: does size matter in development; Note from the publisher
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-47910-8
- 9786610479108
- 1-84544-656-9
- OCLC:
- 61370318
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