LEADER 05487nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910597150403321 005 20240221171305.0 010 $a92-1-055572-4 010 $a1-283-19507-0 010 $a9786613195074 010 $a1-84966-451-X 010 $a1-84966-452-8 035 $a(CKB)2670000000104908 035 $a(EBL)1750860 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000540186 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12244154 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540186 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10582271 035 $a(PQKB)10682664 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1750860 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC713086 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6460975 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL713086 035 $a(OCoLC)743691735 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30878421 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000104908 100 $a20110819d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoor Poverty$b[electronic resource] $eThe Impoverishment of Analysis, Measurement and Policies 210 $aLondon $cBloomsbury Publishing$d2011 215 $a1 online resource (241 p.) 225 1 $aThe United Nations Series on Development 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 327 $aCover; Contents; List of Tables; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Terrible Simplifiers: Common Origins of Financial Crises and Persistent Poverty in Economic Theory and the New ''1848 Moment''; Where Economics went Wrong: On Abstraction vs. Simplification; Reconstructing Relevant Economics; Economics Abstracted from Production: The Common Element in Financial Crises and Persistent Poverty; The Challenge: Relearning the Art of Creating Middle-income Countries; The Failure of Neoliberal Development Policy 327 $aIncreasing Returns and Synergies: Their Creation and their Destruction Conclusion: Towards ''an 1848 Moment'' when Empirical Knowledge Matters Again; References; Notes; Appendix I. Frank Graham's Theory of Uneven Development; Chapter 2: Growth, Development Policy, Job Creation and Poverty Reduction; Macroeconomics and External Shocks; Financial Structures; Economic Structure and Employment; Foreign Aid; Policy Alternatives; Macroeconomic Policies; Structural Transformation Policies; International Environment; Pro-Poor Policy Orientation; References; Notes 327 $aChapter 3: Governance, Growth and Poverty Reduction Measurement Issues; The Arithmetic of Growth, Distribution and Poverty Reduction; Causal Links between Growth, Redistribution and Governance; Growth-Redistribution Causal Linkages; Good Governance as Market-Enhancing Governance; Good Governance and Growth; Good Governance and Distribution; Good Governance and Distribution: Theoretical Linkages; Conclusions and Alternatives; References; Chapter 4: The Emperor's New Suit: Global Poverty Estimates Reappraised; Why Does It Matter?; A Brief History of the Debate 327 $aThe Bank's Concept of Global Consumption Poverty The Recent Revision; The Choice of the IPL: Is it Reflective of Perceptions in Poor Countries?; Does the Revision of the IPL Raise or Lower It in Countries, and Why Does It Matter?; Are the PPPs Used of the Appropriate Type?; The Substantive Interpretation of the IPL; Is There an Alternative?; The Need for Institutional Reforms; References; Notes; Chapter 5: Poverty Reduction in China and India: Policy Implications of Recent Trends; Differences and Similarities; Poverty Reduction in China; Increasing inequalities; Changes in Poverty Incidence 327 $aIndicators of Human Poverty in China Poverty Reduction Strategies in China; Poverty Reduction in India; Income Inequality and Poverty in India; Human Poverty in India; Factors Behind the Poverty Trends in India; Conclusion; References; Notes; Chapter 6: The Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy for Reducing Poverty: A Failed Promise; The Poor as Value-Conscious Consumers; Empirical Evidence; Poverty and Alcohol; Whitening Cream; The Poor as an Attractive Market; The Poor as Entrepreneurs; BOP Proposition Under-Emphasizes the Role of the State; Conclusion; References; Notes 327 $aChapter 7: How Effective is Microfinance as a Poverty Reduction Tool? 330 $aThis book, co-published with the UN's Dept of Economic and Social Affairs, offers a critical appraisal of the conventional measures and analysis of poverty as well as of poverty reduction policies. Despite greater efforts in reducing poverty since the early 1980's, poverty remains stubbornly high in many parts of the world. This collection argues that the mainstream perspectives on poverty and deprivation have contributed to considerable distortion and misunderstanding and that is not unrelated to ineffectual policy prescriptions. In particular it highlights the World Bank's dollar-a-day 410 4$aThe United Nations Series on Development 606 $aEconomic assistance 606 $aPoverty 606 $aPoverty -- Government policy 606 $aWorld Bank 615 4$aEconomic assistance. 615 4$aPoverty. 615 4$aPoverty -- Government policy. 615 4$aWorld Bank. 676 $a339.46 700 $aChowdhury$b Anis$0125902 701 $aSundaram$b Jomo Kwame$01261227 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910597150403321 996 $aPoor Poverty$92930064 997 $aUNINA