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Poverty : global challenges, role of inequality and reduction strategies /
Poverty reduction and inequality are undeniably the buzz issues of the millennium. And where else would one go to understand the dynamics and paradoxes they raise for policies other than Africa, the continent historically synonymous with poverty until recently when chants of 'Africa rising'...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Nova Publishers,
[2015]
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| Colección: | Hunger and poverty.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- POVERTY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, ROLE OF INEQUALITY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES; POVERTY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, ROLE OF INEQUALITY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WELFARE 'PARADOX': IS AFRICA'S GROWTH EXPERIENCE REALLY 'UNIQUE'?; Chapter 2: METAPHORS OF POVERTY: PARACONSISTENCY, POLYCONTEXTUALITY, HEALTH-DISEASE AND COMPLEXITY; Chapter 3: HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A SURVEY OF THEORY AND EVIDENCE; Chapter 4: REGIONAL POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: DO SECTORAL GROWTH DYNAMICS MATTER?
- Chapter 5: RURAL-URBAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO POVERTY CHANGES IN CAMEROON: A NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSISChapter 6: INEQUALITY, POLARIZATION AND POVERTY IN CAMEROON; Chapter 7: INDIGENOUS HEALTH GAP REFRAMED: ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES BY POVERTY ALLEVIATION; Chapter 8: AMELIORATING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT: EXEMPLAR PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES; Chapter 9: CONCLUSION: CHALLENGING THE STEREOTYPE ON GROWTH, POVERTY AND SECTORAL OUTCOMES IN AFRICA; ABOUT THE EDITOR; INDEX.