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 …

We are living through a period of rapid global poverty reduction. According to recent
estimates, high, sustained growth across most of the developing world allowed nearly half a …

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

President Lyndon Johnson declared war on poverty in the United States in 1964. 1 At the
time, the US had a very modest commitment to programs, other than public education, aimed …

World Poverty provides an authoritative and balanced examination of the many facets of
world poverty and the policy issues surrounding it. World Poverty: A Reference Handbook …

This book presents innovative approaches to reducing poverty through the commitment,
involvement, and leadership of individuals, for-profit businesses, and not-for-profit …