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One illness away : why people become poor and how they escape poverty /
Why does poverty persist? A critical, but so far ignored, part of the answer lies in the fact that poverty is regularly created. Large numbers of people are escaping poverty, but large numbers are concurrently falling into chronic poverty. This book presents the first large-scale examination of the...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford, UK ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; 1. Refilling the Pool of Poverty; 2. Poverty Flows; 3. The Rising-Falling Tide; 4. Reasons for Descent: The Health Poverty Trap; 5. Reasons for Escape: Diversification and Agriculture; 6. Connecting Capability with Opportunity: Investing in Information; 7. A Two-pronged Strategy: Protection and Opportunity; Appendix. Measuring Poverty: Testing Stages-of-Progress; Notes; References; Index.