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The Politics of Poverty Reduction
Poor people everywhere are politically weak, and yet poverty in some developing countries has gone down dramatically. Why is this? Using nine country case-studies this book provides answers by examining government alliances, the role of aid donors and NGOs, and policies on labour, tax and expenditure.
The Social Economics of Poverty
A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparity in incomes. This book will prove to be essential for students studying development economics.
Did You Tell Them Who You Are?
In the early 1900s, Allen Lewis Hoskins and his siblings left Leslie County, Kentucky, and moved to Mingo County, West Virginia. After Al met and married Lucy Patterson from Franklin County, Virginia, he never could have known that more than a hundred years later, members of his extended family would quietly wonder, "Where do we really come from? And how did we get to where we live today?" Rebecca Hoskins Goodwin relies on DNA, extensive research, photographs, and other personal documents to share the fascinating story of her family in the context of Appalachian history, as they progressed from immigrant to settler to farmer and from mining to law enforcement to politics. As Goodwin sets her...
A Different Vision
A Different Vision: Race and Public Policy, Volume 2 brings together for the first time the ideas, philosophies and interpretations of North America's leading African American economists. Presented in two volumes, Volume 2 includes: * an analysis of urban poverty * discusses aspects of racial inequality and public policy * examines the theory and method which underlies public policy
Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) Evaluating Local Economic and Employment Development How to Assess What Works among Programmes and Policies
This book examines best practices in evaluating programmes for local and regional economic and employment development.
Development, Trade, and the WTO
Publisher's description: Developing countries are increasingly confronted with the need to address trade policy related issues in international agreements, most prominently the World Trade Organization (WTO). New WTO negotiations on a broad range of subjects were launched in November 2001. Determining whether and how international trade agreements can support economic development is a major challenge. Stakeholders in developing countries must be informed on the issues and understand how their interests can be pursued through international cooperation. This handbook offers guidance on the design of trade policy reform, surveys key disciplines and the functioning of the World Trade Organizatio...
Women Empowerment Through Capacity Building
Study on the role of microfinance in building up economic and democratic capacity of women in India.
Toward a Political Economy of Development
This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1998. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived
International Bibliography of Economics
IBSS is the essential tool for librarians, university departments, research institutions and any public or private institution whose work requires access to up-to-date and comprehensive knowledge of the social sciences.
The IMF, World Bank and Policy Reform
Features top contributors including Graham Bird, Oliver Morrissey and Tony Killick Previous books on this topic have sold well almost without exception A huge range of countries are studied with equal weight given to Asia, Latin America and Africa
