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Overcoming the Persistence of Inequality and Poverty / by Valpy FitzGerald, Judith Heyer ; edited by R. Thorp.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Fitzgerald, E. V. K. (Edmund Valpy Knox), 1947-
Heyer, Judith.
Thorp, Rosemary.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Economic development.
Political planning.
Political sociology.
International economic relations.
Political science.
Social structure.
Equality.
Development Studies.
Public Policy.
Political Sociology.
International Political Economy'.
Political Science.
Social Structure.
Local Subjects:
Development Studies.
Public Policy.
Political Sociology.
International Political Economy'.
Political Science.
Social Structure.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (324 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2011.
Place of Publication:
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
International experts evaluate new policy directions in economic development and poverty reduction, building on the ideas of a pioneer in the new discipline of Development Studies, Frances Stewart. Combing ideas and evidence on technological change, human development and conflict prevention to address the issue of the persistence of inequality.
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction
pt. 2. Technical change and economic development
pt. 3. Human development, income distribution and poverty
pt. 4. Conflict, ethnicity and inequality.
Notes:
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:
9786613067715
9781283067713
1283067714
9780230306721
0230306721
OCLC:
712015796

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