Understanding poverty

Understanding poverty

by Banerjee, Abhijit V. Bénabou, Roland Mookherjee, Dilip

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This volume brings together essays by 34 leading economists about important things they have learnt from their research that relate to poverty. These essays range from the impact of colonialism and globalization to the future of micro-credit and the quest for vaccines.

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  • Full title :Understanding poverty / edited by Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee, Roland Bénabou, Dilip Mookherjee.

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This volume brings together essays by 34 leading economists about important things they have learnt from their research that relate to poverty. These essays range from the impact of colonialism and globalization to the future of micro-credit and the quest for vaccines.

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  • Publication Date:2006.

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The Physical Object

  • Description:lii, 443 pages : : illustrations ; : 24 cm

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:0195305191, 0195305205, 9780195305197, 9780195305203
  • oclc:ocm69223261
  • LC Classification:HC79.P6
  • Dewey Decimal:362.5

Table of Contents

Measuring poverty / Angus Deaton -- Understanding prosperity and poverty : geography, institutions, and the reversal of fortune / Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, & James Robinson -- Colonialism, inequality, and long-run paths of development / Stanley L. Engerman & Kenneth L. Sokoloff -- The Kuznets curve : yesterday and tomorrow / Thomas Piketty -- New growth approach to poverty alleviation / Philippe Aghion & Beatriz Armendáriz de Aghion -- Globalization and all that / Abhijit Vinayak Banerjee -- The global economy and the poor / Pranab Bardhan -- The role of agriculture in development / Mukesh Eswaran & Ashok Kotwal -- Fertility and income / T. Paul Schultz -- Fertility in developing countries / Mukesh Eswaran -- Corruption and development / Jean-Jacques Laffont -- Ethnic diversity and poverty reduction / Edward Miguel -- Redistribution toward low incomes in richer countries / Emmanuel Saez -- Transfers and safety nets in poor countries : revisiting the trade-offs and policy options / Martin Ravallion -- Poverty persistence and design of antipoverty policies / Dilip Mookherjee -- Child labor / Christopher Udry -- Policy dilemmas for controlling child labor / Kaushik Basu -- The p…

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Pauvres Pauvreté Poor Poverty

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Banerjee, Abhijit V. Bénabou, Roland Mookherjee, Dilip

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