Banerjee, Abhijit V. (ed.); Bénabou, Roland (contributor); … - 2006
"Understanding poverty and what to do about it, is perhaps the central concern of all of economics. Yet the lay public … they have learnt from their research that relate to poverty. The essays cover a wide array of topics: the first essay is … about how poverty gets measured. The next section is about the causes of poverty and its persistence, and the ideas range …