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"Currently, works on poverty constitute only a small part of contemporary economic research; however, the field of … poverty and deprivation is undoubtedly one rising in popularity and relevance. Encompassing chapters that address both … unidimensional and multidimensional poverty, this timely Research Handbook explores all aspects of poverty and deprivation …

issues connected with growth theory considered from different theoretical perspectives. Its uniqueness is derived from the … classical tradition, modern theory, and heterodox models; problems of policy; dynamics and business cycles; and the role of … scholars of the theory of economic growth, the theory of distribution, macroeconomics, classical and Keynesian economics, as …

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affects relations between varying levels of government, and examine the hypotheses underlying the theory of fiscal federalism …', in Ehtisham Ahmad and Giorgio Brosio (eds), Does Decentralization Enhance Service Delivery and Poverty Reduction … Fiscal Theory of Political Federalism', in Universities - National Bureau Committee for Economic Research (ed.), Public …

Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A … poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R …. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …

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The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the …