Poverty and inequality in middle income countries : policy achievements, political obstacles
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Poverty and inequality in middle income countries : policy achievements, political obstacles
（International studies in poverty research）
Zed Books, 2016
- : pbk
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Description
This collection offers a timely reassessment of viable ways of addressing poverty across the globe today. The profile of global poverty has changed dramatically over the past decade, and around three-quarters of the poor now live in middle income countries, making inequality a major issue. This requires us to fundamentally rethink anti-poverty strategies and policies, as many aspects of the established framework for poverty reduction are no longer effective. Featuring contributions from Latin America, Africa and Asia, this much-needed collection answers some of the key questions arising as development policy confronts the challenges of poverty and inequality on the global, national and local scale in both urban and rural contexts.
Providing poverty researchers and practitioners with valuable new tools to address new forms of poverty in the right way, Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries shows how a radical switch from aid to redistribution-based social policies is needed to combat new forms of global poverty.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Poverty and Politics in Middle Income Countries - Einar Braathen, Julian May, Marianne S. Ulriksen and Gemma Wright
1. Policy-Relevant Measurement of Poverty in Low, Middle and High Income Countries - David Gordon and Shailen Nandy
2. Poverty, Inequality, Racism and Human Rights in Mexico and Latin America - Camilo Perez-Bustillo
3. South Africa, the OECD and BRICS - Tor Halvorsen
4. Universalizing Health Coverage in Emerging Economies - Amrit Kaur Virk
5. The Politics of Inequality in Botswana and South Africa - Marianne S. Ulriksen
6. Democratization, Disempowerment and Poverty in Nigeria - Samuel Ojo Oloruntoba
7. Urban Poverty and Inequality in Rio de Janeiro, Cape Town and Durban - Einar Braathen, David Jordhus-Lier, Berit Aasen and Catherine Sutherland
8. Adults Who Live on the Streets of Buenos Aires - Martin Boy
9. Grassroots Politics and Social Movement Mobilizations for Development in Brazil - Abdulrazak Karriem
10. Land-Alienation-Infused Poverty in India - Sony Pellissery
11. The Politics of Hunger Deaths in Odisha (India) - Rajakishor Mahana
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