Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy Achievements, Political Obstacles

ISBN-13: 9781783605583 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 264 str.

Einar Braathen; Julian May; Gemma Wright

Opis

The past several decades have seen dramatic changes in global poverty the most important of which has been a shift that has seen nearly three-quarters of the world s poor living not in the most impoverished areas of the world, but in middle income nations. This relatively rapid transformation has forced a rethinking of anti-poverty strategies, as many of the long-established frameworks for such policies no longer apply to this altered situation.
This book gathers experts in anti-poverty work to answer many of the key questions that now face development policy. With contributions covering Latin America, Africa, and Asia, and analyzing poverty and inequality on global, national, and local scales, the book provides poverty researchers and policy makers with valuable new tools for assessing and addressing poverty as it actually exists in today s world."

Spis treści

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 Pérez-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 - Martín 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