This book has three main objectives. First, it presents an interdisciplinary perspective on the
problem of global poverty. Despite common rhetoric about the benefits of interdisciplinary …

Understanding Global Poverty introduces students to the study and analysis of poverty,
helping them to understand why it is pervasive across human societies, and how it can be …

Explores how to define, measure, and keep track of poverty; the causes of poverty; and
counterstrategies. This work features detailed case studies that examine the situations in the …

This second edition of this highly-successful glossary provides an exhaustive and
authoritative guide to over 200 technical terms used in contemporary scholarly research on …

This book addresses the long-standing global issue of poverty. An introductory chapter
explores concepts and definitions of poverty, the subsequent chapters providing detailed …

summary World poverty is an important book offering fresh insights into how to tackle poverty
worldwide. With contributions from leading scholars in the field both internationally and in …

This book, the last volume in a three-part series, draws on a large-scale worldwide poverty
study to present the views, experiences, and aspirations of poor people in 14 selected …

Poverty has plagued humanity for generations. Even today roughly 1.3 billion people in
developing countries live in abject poverty as measured by the international income …

Three main changes in thinking about poverty have gained increasing currency over the
past decade. First, the concept of poverty has broadened, with increasing attention to issues …

Poverty reduction is now, and quite properly should remain, the primary objective of the
World Bank. But, when the World Bank dreams of a world free of poverty-what should it be …