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Many Dimensions of Poverty / edited by N. Kakwani, J. Silber.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development economics.
- Social choice.
- Welfare economics.
- Macroeconomics.
- Social structure.
- Equality.
- Economic development.
- Development Economics.
- Social Choice and Welfare.
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.
- Social Structure.
- Development Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Development Economics.
- Social Choice and Welfare.
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.
- Social Structure.
- Development Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (302 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2013.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Different Disciplines, Different Perceptions; Part II: On Poverty and Freedom; Part III: Extending the Concept of Multidimensional Poverty; Part IV: Critical Policy Issues; Index
- Notes:
- Papers originally presented at an international conference in Brasilia on August 29-31, 2005.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786611915087
- 9781281915085
- 1281915084
- 9780230592407
- 0230592406
- OCLC:
- 314769777
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