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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810796303321

Titolo

Socioeconomics of charity and poverty alleviation / / guest editor, Masudul Alam Choudhury

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2002

ISBN

1-280-47910-8

9786610479108

1-84544-656-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (163 p.)

Collana

International journal of social economics ; ; v.29, no. 1/2

Altri autori (Persone)

ChoudhuryMasudul Alam <1948->

Disciplina

362.57

Soggetti

Charities

Economics - Sociological aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Abstracts and keywords; Guest editorial; What is a just economy in a globalized world?; Social economics, justice and the common good; Rescuing charitable duties; Development, charity and poverty; Poverty and economically-deprived women and children; Allocative inefficiency and rural poverty in India; Metaphysics and economy - the problem of interest; Microenterprise development using Islamic financing and organizational instruments; Waqf, perpetual charity and poverty alleviation; Growth and equity in microstates: does size matter in development; Note from the publisher

Sommario/riassunto

This special issue of this journal on ''Socioeconomics of charity and povertyalleviation'' intends to accomplish several objectives. Against the backgroundof the important contributions made to the development of social economics inNorth America, this issue brings together papers by some leading contributorsin a burning issue of social economics.