The multiple faces of world poverty: conceptions, manifestations and responses

How poverty can be measured, whether it has been lessened or increased by economic reform policies and programs introduced by international agencies, landlessness, and community programs such as the Grameen Bank; includes studies from 10 developing countries or regions; 16 articles and 1 interview....

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Published in:Journal of international affairs (New York) 1998-10, Vol.52 (1), p.1-367
Main Authors: Streeten, Paul, Bhagwati, Jagdish, Yunus, Muhammad, Jackson, Cecile, Ruiz, Samuel, Menocal, Alina Rocha, Deng, Francis M, Howell, Jude, Gaiha, Raghav, Kulkarni, Vani, Bryant, Coralie, Green, Reginald Herbold, Catley-Carlson, Margaret, Outlaw, Judith A.M., Piazza, Alan, Liang, Echo H, Speth, James Gustave, Chossudovsky, Michel, Brett, E A, Fairley, Joanne, Rhein, Wendy
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Children
China
Credit
Developed countries
Developing countries
Development programmes
Development studies
Discrimination
Economic assistance
Economic conditions
Economic growth
Economic policy
Economic reform
Famine
Food supply
Gender
Grameen bank
Human rights
International bank for reconstruction and development
International monetary fund
International relations
International relations theory
Land reform
Land tenure
Measurement
Neoliberalism
Population growth
Post-Cold War
Poverty
Poverty relief
Property rights
Rural credit
Rural poverty
Russia
Small and medium sized enterprises
Social policy
Social welfare
Socio-economic development
Standard of living
Structural adjustment
Sub-Saharan Africa
Transition economies
Uganda
Unemployment
United Nations Development Program
Urban poverty
Urbanization
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Summary:How poverty can be measured, whether it has been lessened or increased by economic reform policies and programs introduced by international agencies, landlessness, and community programs such as the Grameen Bank; includes studies from 10 developing countries or regions; 16 articles and 1 interview. Africa, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mexico, Russia, Sudan, and Uganda; international agencies discussed include the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), and the UN Development Program (UNDP); interview with Bishop Samuel Ruiz of Mexico.
ISSN:0022-197X