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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817050603321

Titolo

The many dimensions of poverty / / edited by Nanak Kakwani and Jacques Silber

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Basingstoke [England] ; ; New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007

ISBN

1-281-91508-4

9786611915087

0-230-59240-6

Edizione

[1st ed. 2013.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KakwaniNanak

SilberJacques

Disciplina

339.4/6

Soggetti

Poverty

Public welfare

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Papers originally presented at an international conference in Brasilia on August 29-31, 2005.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Foreword; Preface; List of Contributors; Introduction; Part I: Different Disciplines, Different Perceptions; Part II: On Poverty and Freedom; Part III: Extending the Concept of Multidimensional Poverty; Part IV: Critical Policy Issues; Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.