World Poverty

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World Poverty
Author : Sylvia Whitman
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Language : English
Release Date : 19 April 2024
ISBN : 9781438109060
Pages : 417 pages
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Examine the situations in the United States, India, Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Guatemala, and the Ukraine, and investigate the strategies that these national governments have adopted to fight poverty.

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This text addresses the understanding and alleviation of poverty, inequality, and inequity using a unique and broad mix of concepts, measurement methods, statistical tools, software, and practical exercises. Part I discusses basic fundamental issues of well-being and poverty measurement. Part II develops an integrated framework for measuring poverty, social welfare,

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