global poverty rates, the number of persons living in absolute poverty remains on unacceptably high levels. Besides rising … being able to analyze the determinants of the different global problems and especially of poverty, it is of fundamental … importance to find the right indicators for each phenomenon. This book contributes to the discussion of appropriate poverty …

the current global economic order may contribute to perpetuating poverty and poor health in less-developed countries. To …

Fiscal federalism theorists have long been intrigued by the relationship between fiscal decentralization and poverty … provide new empirical evidence on the relationship between fiscal decentralization and poverty. It focuses on how the function … of institutional quality can explain the relationship between fiscal decentralization and poverty in 53 developing …