Rethinking poverty : report on the world social situation 2010 /
This report seeks to contribute to rethinking poverty eradication, asserting "the urgent need for a strategic shift away from the market fundamentalist thinking, policies and practices of recent decades towards more sustainable development- and equity-oriented policies appropriate to national c...
| Автор-организации: | United Nations. Department of Economic and Social Affairs. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
United Nations, Dept. of Economic and Social Affairs,
2010.
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http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=348972 |
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Print version::
Rethinking poverty. |
Съдържание:
- Rethinking poverty : which way now? Eradication of poverty as a moral and ethical imperative ; Growth, inequality and eradication of poverty ; Multidimensional nature of poverty ; Renewal and rethinking
- Poverty : the official numbers. Global poverty trends : 1981-2005 ; Regional shares and trends ; Intraregional poverty trends ; Diversity within countries : poverty in China and India ; Poverty : indicators and their relationship
- The poverty of poverty measurement. The World Bank $1-per-day line ; The poverty of poverty lines ; Problems of use and interpretation ; Towards universalism : life without poverty lines?
- Deprivation, vulnerability and exclusion. The need for a new approach ; Alternative points of entry ; Social exclusion : a new approach to poverty analysis ; Social exclusion : ubiquitous presence, multiple forms
- Macroeconomic policies and poverty reduction. Growth performance ; What role did the macroeconomic policy mix play in a disappointing growth performance? ; Growth volatility ; Impact on poverty and inequality ; The way forward
- Economic liberalization and poverty reduction. Trade liberalization ; Financial liberalization ; Privatization ; The way forward
- Labour-market and social policies and poverty reduction. Labour-market policies : counting the cost for the working poor ; Social policies
- Poverty reduction programmes. Microfinance ; Conditional cash transfers ; Unconditional and universal transfers ; Employment guarantee schemes ; Poverty reduction through property rights ; Governance reforms and poverty reduction ; Concluding remarks
- Rethinking poverty reduction interventions. Revisiting recent poverty trends ; Critical reflections ; Framing policy : some correctives ; Policy imperatives ; The crisis : exit strategies ; The way forward.