Economics of poverty : history, measurement,and policy
- New Delhi Oxford University Press 2016
- xxxi, 702p.
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The Economics of Poverty strives to support well-informed efforts to put in place effective policies to assure continuing success in reducing poverty in all its dimensions. The book reviews critically the past and present debates on the central policy issues of economic development everywhere. Martin Ravallion holds the inaugural Edmond D. Villani Chair of Economics at Georgetown University, USA, prior to which he was the Director of the World Bank's research department.