Alleviating poverty through trade [[electronic resource] /] / guest editors Dr. David Lamond and Dr. Rocky Dwyer

• Pubblicazione: Bradford, England, : Emerald Group Publishing, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (187 p.)
• Disciplina: 337.91
• Soggetto topico: International trade; Poverty
• Altri autori: LamondDavid DwyerRocky
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; CONTENTS; EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD; Foreword; Editorial; Managing the linkage between export development and poverty reduction; The Great Game evolves for Central Asia and opportunities beckon; Is South-South trade the answer to alleviating poverty?; The South African poor White problem in the early twentieth century; Company and society; Trade from the ground up; Transaction costs in group microcredit in India; Alleviating poverty: how do we know the scope of the problem and when we have solved it?; The elephant in the room: gender and export-led poverty reduction
• Sommario/riassunto: In his Preface to the United Nations World Economic and Social Survey 2006, the United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, observed:. ""Our world is richer than ever before, but it is also marked by enormous inequalities, both within and between countries. The average annual income of someone living in the world's richest country, Luxembourg, is more than one hundred times larger than that of the average citizen of Sierra Leone, one of the world's poorest. Such big differences in living standards should be a matter of great concern, because they reflect serious inequalities in life opportun
• Titolo autorizzato: Alleviating poverty through trade
• ISBN: 1-281-07924-3; 9786611079246; 1-84663-609-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910824538103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Management decision ; ; 45, no. 8.