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1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
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Hunger and poverty: causes, impacts and eradication
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Hunger and poverty.
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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POVERTY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, ROLE OF INEQUALITY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES; POVERTY: GLOBAL CHALLENGES, ROLE OF INEQUALITY AND REDUCTION STRATEGIES; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1: ECONOMIC GROWTH AND WELFARE 'PARADOX': IS AFRICA'S GROWTH EXPERIENCE REALLY 'UNIQUE'?; Chapter 2: METAPHORS OF POVERTY: PARACONSISTENCY, POLYCONTEXTUALITY, HEALTH-DISEASE AND COMPLEXITY; Chapter 3: HEALTH AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A SURVEY OF THEORY AND EVIDENCE; Chapter 4: REGIONAL POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN NIGERIA: DO SECTORAL GROWTH DYNAMICS MATTER? |
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Chapter 5: RURAL-URBAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO POVERTY CHANGES IN CAMEROON: A NON-PARAMETRIC ANALYSISChapter 6: INEQUALITY, POLARIZATION AND POVERTY IN CAMEROON; Chapter 7: INDIGENOUS HEALTH GAP REFRAMED: ADDRESSING ROOT CAUSES BY POVERTY ALLEVIATION; Chapter 8: AMELIORATING THE NEGATIVE IMPACT OF POVERTY ON EDUCATION ACHIEVEMENT: EXEMPLAR PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES; Chapter 9: CONCLUSION: CHALLENGING THE STEREOTYPE ON GROWTH, POVERTY AND SECTORAL OUTCOMES IN AFRICA; ABOUT THE EDITOR; INDEX. |
| Summary |
Poverty reduction and inequality are undeniably the buzz issues of the millennium. And where else would one go to understand the dynamics and paradoxes they raise for policies other than Africa, the continent historically synonymous with poverty until recently when chants of 'Africa rising' seem to have replaced mourning for 'the dark continent'? Humongous resources have been dedicated to policy, research and intervention programmes and projects to reduce poverty and inequality, with Africa and South Asia getting more than their fair shares. But while everyone agrees that something is amiss wi. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Poverty -- Developing countries.
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Poverty. |
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Developing countries. |
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Poverty.
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poverty. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics. |
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POLITICAL SCIENCE / Economic Conditions. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Agu, Chukwuma, editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Poverty Hauppauge, New York : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., [2015] 9781634823043 (hardcover) (DLC) 2015005443 |
| ISBN |
9781634823296 ebook |
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163482329X |
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9781634823043 hardcover |
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1634823044 |
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