Poverty and progress : realities and myths about global poverty /
"In his new book, Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty, renowned development economist Deepak Lal draws on 50 years of experience around the globe to describe developing-country realities and rectify misguided notions about economic progress. Part One of Poverty and Pr...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
Cato Institute,
©2013.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part 1. Reality
- 1. The ascent from mass poverty
- 2. The global spread of well-being
- 3. Destitution, conjunctural poverty and income transfers
- 4. Political economy
- Part 2. Myths
- 5. The numbers game
- 6. Statistical snake oil
- 7. Theoretical curiosa
- 8. Micro everything
- 9. Saving Africa
- 10. Global warming.