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1 online resource (484 pages) |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-463) and index. |
| Contents |
Poverty as structural injustice -- Prevailing poverty alleviation strategies: a review -- Promoting agrarian reform -- Enhancing the market power of the excluded: sharing in value addition -- Democratising educational opportunities -- Budgetary policies for poverty eradication -- Financial policies for poverty eradication -- Broadening ownership of assets through collective action -- Institutions for promoting collective action by the excluded -- The political economy of structural change. |
| Summary |
This book explores issues related to poverty in South Asia in a two-pronged mannerby focusing on injustice created and perpetuated by the unjust nature of a social order as its source and by providing concrete suggestions about how policymakers may move to challenge these injustices. Drawing on research inputs from studies across various South Asian countries, the book redefines poverty as a process that excludes certain segments of society from equitable participation in development opportunities as well as decision making. It further identifies a variety of operational ideas which can be us. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Government policy -- South Asia.
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Poverty -- Government policy. |
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South Asia. |
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Poverty. |
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Economic assistance, Domestic -- South Asia.
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Economic assistance, Domestic. |
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Economic development -- South Asia.
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Economic development. |
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South Asia -- Economic policy.
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Economic policy. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Sobhan, Rehman. Challenging the injustice of poverty. New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, ©2010 9788132104681 (DLC) 2010037279 (OCoLC)660162009 |
| ISBN |
9788132106234 (electronic book) |
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8132106237 (electronic book) |
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9788132112181 (ebook) |
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8132112180 (ebook) |
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9788132104681 (hardback) |
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