examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the …

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 …

There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How … the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world's prosperity is discussed through …

This book is written in light of the latest developments in the field of multidimensional poverty measurement. It …

development policy, which still continues unabated, through the work of the IMF and the World Bank. The latter two institutions …