Many Dimensions of Poverty de N. Kakwani

Many Dimensions of Poverty

N. Kakwani

J. Silber

With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies.

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Palgrave Macmillan UK – 17 ian 2008	633^.54 lei 43-57 zile

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Express

Paperback (1)

627^.11 lei 43-57 zile

Palgrave Macmillan UK – 2007

627^.11 lei 43-57 zile

Hardback (1)

633^.54 lei 43-57 zile

Palgrave Macmillan UK – 17 ian 2008

633^.54 lei 43-57 zile

Cuprins

Preface; N.Kakwani Foreword; N.Lustig Introduction: The Many Dimensions of Poverty; N.Kakwani & J.Silber PART ONE: DIFFERENT DISCIPLINES, DIVERSE PERCEPTIONS Multidimensional Poverty: Conceptual and Measurement Issues; E.Thorbecke Measuring Poverty: The Case for a Sociological Approach; D.B.Grusky & K.A.Weeden Poverty Counts: Living with Poverty and Poverty Measures; S.Berry The Multidimensionality of Poverty: An Institutionalist Perspective; A.Sindzingre The Subjective Dimension of Poverty: A Psychological Viewpoint; J.Palomar Lever PART II: ON POVERTY AND FREEDOM The Capability Approach: Mapping Measurement Issues and Choosing Dimensions; S.Alkire On the Concept and Measurement of Empowerment; R.Alsop Participation, Pluralism and Perceptions of Poverty; R.Chambers A Human Rights Based Approach to Poverty; L.J.van Rensburg PART III: EXTENDING THE CONCEPT OF MULTIDIMENSIONAL POVERTY Indentifying and Measuring Chronic Poverty: Beyond Monetary Measures?; D.Hulme & A.McKay Risk and Vulnerability to Poverty; C.Calvo & S.Dercon PART IV: CRITICAL POLICY ISSUES On the Political Economy of Poverty Alleviation; M.C.Neri & M.C.Xerez On Assessing the Pro-Poorness of Government Programmes: International Comparisons; N.Kakwani & H.H.Son

Notă biografică

SABINA ALKIRE Harvard University, Massachusetts, USARUTH ALSOP The World Bank, Washington, DC, USASARA BERRY Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USACESAR CALVO University of Oxford, Oxford, UKROBERT CHAMBERS University of Sussex, Brighton, UKSTEFAN DERCON University of Oxford, Oxford, UKDAVID B. GRUSKY Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USADAVID HULME University of Manchester, Manchester, UKANDY MCKAY University of Bath, Bath, UKMARCELO CÔRTES NERI Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil; Brazilian Institute of Economics, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilJOAQUINA PALOMAR LEVER Iberoamerican University, Mexico, DF, MexicoLINDA JANSEN VAN RENSBURG North-West University, South AfricaALICE SINDZINGRE National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), Paris, France; School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, London, UKH. SON HYUN International Poverty Centre, Brasilia, BrazilERIK THORBECKE Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USAMARCELO CASAL XEREZ Getúlio Vargas Foundation (FGV), Brazil; Brazilian Ministry of Finance, Rio de Janeiro, BrazilKIM A. WEEDEN Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA