Poverty and progress : realities and myths about global poverty

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...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Lal, Deepak
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, 2013
Subjects:
Poverty.
Economic development.
Economic development > Africa.
Development economics.
Poverty
poverty.
economic development.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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