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Free Download Poverty, Inequality and Development: Essays in Honor of Erik Thorbecke By Alain de Janvry, Ravi Kanbur (auth.), Alain de Janvry, Ravi Kanbur (eds.)
2006 | 385 Pages | ISBN: 1402078501 | PDF | 5 MB
Traditionally, there have been two strands in the analysis of poverty, inequality and development – a micro strand that focuses on individual behavior, welfare economics and the measurement of inequality and poverty; and a macro strand that analyzes economy-wide policies and the role of institutions. This unique volume brings together both strands in a series of essays written by leading experts in the field of economic development. Topics include measurement issues, micro-behavior determinants of poverty outcomes, economy-wide models in the SAM-CGE tradition and the institutional framework underlying macro policies. Alain de Janvry teaches agricultural and resource economics at the University of California, Berkeley.Ravi Kanbur teaches applied economics at Cornell University.

Free Download White Poverty: How Exposing Myths About Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0D9R7JLG1 | 2024 | 6 hours and 55 minutes | M4B@128 kbps | 382 MB
Author: Reverend Dr. William J. Barber II, Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
Narrator: Bill Andrew Quinn
A generational work with far-ranging social and political implications, White Poverty promises to be one of the most influential books in recent years. One of the most pernicious and persistent myths in the United States is the association of Black skin with poverty. Though there are forty million more poor white people than Black people, most Americans, both Republicans and Democrats, continue to think of poverty-along with issues like welfare, unemployment, and food stamps-as solely a Black problem. Why is this so? What are the historical causes? And what are the political consequences that result?

Free Download Radwan A. Shaban, "Reducing Poverty Through Growth And Social Policy Reform in Russia (Directions in Development)"
English | 2006 | pages: 314 | ISBN: 0821363409 | PDF | 1,9 mb
Following the 1998 financial crisis, four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis economic rebound was impressive and broad-based – albeit uneven – across sectors and regions. This title explores the nature of poverty, both nationally and regionally, to identify the groups with a high poverty risk. It then examines growth-poverty linkages through the labor market, as well as the contribution of growth and inequality to the recent poverty reduction. It also considers the expected impact of WTO accession on overall growth and poverty. Finally, it focuses on the scope for improving social policy in ways that will have a direct impact on the poor. Following the 1998 financial crisis, a steep drop in consumption occurred across all income groups, but especially hurting the poor. Four out of every ten people slipped into poverty, not able to meet basic needs. Luckily, post-crisis economic rebound was impressive and broad-based – albeit uneven – across sectors and regions. The report analyzes the main facets and dynamics of poverty in Russia from 1997 to 2003. The analysis was conducted by Russian and international experts as part of a collaborative project by the World Bank, the United Kingdom Department for International Development, and the Russian government team comprising the Ministry of Labor and Social Development, the Goskomstat, the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and the Ministry of Finance. For the first time, this report has been able to utilize the vast micro data of the Household Budget Survey, a Goskomstat survey of 49,000 Russian households, conducted regularly since 1952. In addition, it presents practically the first poverty-related analysis of the data collected under the NOBUS – the Goskomstat survey of householdsA? access to social services, carried out in 2003. The report explores the nature of poverty, both nationally and regionally, to identify the groups with a high poverty risk. Next, the report examines growth-poverty linkages through the labor market, as well as the contribution of growth and inequality to the recent poverty reduction. It also considers the expected impact of WTO accession on overall growth and poverty. Finally, the report focuses on the scope for improving social policy in ways that will have a direct impact on the poor. The last chapter of the report provides recommendations for improved monitoring of poverty outcomes on the basis of the Household Budget Survey.

Free Download Marine Resource Conservation and Poverty Reduction Strategies in Tanzania By Dr. Jennifer K. Sesabo (auth.)
2007 | 136 Pages | ISBN: 3540699414 | PDF | 4 MB
Despite the social, nutritional, economical and environmental importance of Tanzanian coastal areas, yet they are vulnerable to both over-exploitation and degradation of their habitats. Using the data from two coastal villages and econometric methods as well as Stochastic Production Frontier techniques, the book demonstrates the extent which various socio-economic dimensions of rural coastal households influence livelihood pathways, production efficiency and attitudes towards conservation initiatives. Thus, attention to differential patterns of rural coastal households presents more viable possibilities for coastal villages to have conservation-development policies/programs that lead to poverty reduction.

Free Download James H. Treble, "Urban Poverty in Britain 1830-1914"
English | 2018 | ISBN: 0416362702, 0815398409 | EPUB | pages: 216 | 0.5 mb
First published in 1979, Urban Poverty in Britain 1830-1914 examines the plight of the poor in towns as a direct result of industrialization. This valuable study examines the major causes of poverty – low pay, casual labour, unemployment, sickness, widowhood, large families, old age, drink and personal failings – and society’s response to the problem. It also pays attention to the changes in food consumption brought about by migration to the urban areas. Detailed accounts of specific problems and specific situations are combined with a look at the broader questions, and subsequently provides a thorough account of urban poverty in this period.

Free Download Kris Shepard, "Rationing Justice: Poverty Lawyers and Poor People in the Deep South"
English | 2009 | ISBN: 0807134163, 0807132071 | EPUB | pages: 408 | 1.1 mb
Established in 1964, the federal Legal Services Program (later, Corporation) served a vast group of Americans desperately in need of legal counsel: the poor. In Rationing Justice, Kris Shepard looks at this pioneering program’s effect on the Deep South, as the poor made tangible gains in cases involving federal, state, and local social programs, low-income housing, consumer rights, domestic relations, and civil rights.

Free Download Anthony B. Atkinson, "Measuring Poverty around the World"
English | ISBN: 0691191220 | 2019 | 464 pages | AZW3 | 10 MB
The final book from a towering pioneer in the study of poverty and inequality―a critically important examination of poverty around the world

Free Download Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, "Farming Systems and Poverty: Improving Farmer’s Livelihoods in a Changing World"
English | 2001 | ISBN: 9251046271 | PDF | pages: 406 | 2.0 mb
Small farmers produce much of the developing world’s food. Yet they are generally much poorer than the rest of the population in these countries, and are less food secure than even the urban poor. Furthermore, although the majority of the world’s population will live in urban areas by 2030, farming populations will not be much smaller than they are today. For the foreseeable future, therefore, dealing with poverty and hunger in much of the world means confronting the problems that small farmers and their families face in their daily struggle for survival. Through an examination of a wide variety of farmimg systems across the developing world, this book, co-published with the World Bank, shows how the farming systems approach can be used to identify key local, regional and international priorities for the reduction of hunger and poverty.

Free Download Ildikó Asztalos Morell, Ann-Mari Sätre, "Attitudes, Poverty and Agency in Russia and Ukraine"
English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138300144, 113895764X | EPUB | pages: 172 | 0.7 mb
One of the main ideas behind this book was to trace continuities from the Soviet time to post-Soviet Russia. There are many similarities between Russia and Ukraine, indicating such a continuation. Russia and Ukraine had a lot in common in terms of culture, language and history, partly also because of their common origin. After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, however, the two independent countries chose different routes of development. This makes it possible to distinguish between the effects of politics/reforms on the one hand, and the impacts from the Soviet system on the other. After some more or less chaotic development paths in the 1990s, showing clear differences between the two countries, and before the contemporary conflict broke out in Eastern Ukraine (2013), they had once again more similarities in terms of political leadership and policies in general.

Free Download Walter Brueggemann, "Poverty in the Promised Land: Neighborliness, Resistance, and Restoration"
English | ASIN : B0CVF3TKWJ | 2024 | 105 pages | PDF | 3 MB
This book provides biblical evidence of the structural and systemic factors that have long been part of the story of poverty. The people of God have often denied such structural claims in favor of the belief that individuals are poor because of personal choice. This absolves the social institutions of society, including the church, from responsibility to address these structural forces, including within the church itself. Charity and benevolence become the antidote for such a diagnosis of poverty, rather than the deeply rooted change that God intended for the Year of Jubilee and that the early church reflected. This book supports the biblical mandate of neighborliness as both a personal and a corporate response to systemic poverty, a mandate that is the second of the two great commandments.