Just give money to the poor : the development revolution from the global south /

* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts* Team authored by foremost scholars in the development fieldAmid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores principales: Hanlon, Joseph (Autor), Barrientos, Armando (Autor), Hulme, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Sterling, VA : Kumarian Press, 2010.
Temas:
Transfer payments > Developing countries.
Economic assistance > Developing countries.
Poverty > Developing countries.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Aide au développement.
Transferts monétaires.
Pauvreté.
Pays moins développés.
Economic assistance
Poverty
Transfer payments
Developing countries
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:* Argues strongly for overlooked approach to development by showing how the poor use money in ways that confound stereotypical notions of aid and handouts* Team authored by foremost scholars in the development fieldAmid all the complicated economic theories about the causes and solutions to poverty, one idea is so basic it seems radical: just give money to the poor. Despite its skeptics, researchers have found again and again that cash transfers given to significant portions of the population transform the lives of recipients. Countries from Mexico to South Africa to Indonesia are giving money.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xii, 216 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781565493643
1565493648

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