Dollarisation of Poverty: Rethinking Poverty Beyond 2015

2015. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-137-54142-0
Verlag: Palgrave MacMillan UK

Buch, Englisch, 101 Seiten, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 290 g

This book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty reduction for developing countries in a post-2015 era. Taking specific country-contexts into account, the author argues that national poverty lines should be the benchmark for future anti-poverty policies.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Kamruzzaman, Palash

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziale Ungleichheit, Armut, Rassismus
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär Entwicklungsstudien
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Entwicklungspolitik, Nord-Süd Beziehungen
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Soziale Fragen & Probleme

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction
2. An Overview Of Understanding Poverty From Diverse Perspectives
2.1. Introduction
2.2. Looking Poverty Though Multiple Lenses
3. Problems Of Dollarising Poverty
3.1. Introduction
3.2. International Poverty Line And Measuring Global Poverty
3.3. Dollarisation Of Poverty
4. Poverty Reduction As A Development Agenda – Looking Beyond 2015
4.1. Introduction
4.2. Donorising Poverty Reduction Through Sanitising Mdgs
4.3. Hoorah! Global Poverty Is Halved, But What Does It Actually Mean?
4.4. What ' 's Next For Poverty Reduction After 2015?
5. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Palash Kamruzzaman is a teaching fellow in International Development at the University of Bath, UK. He holds degrees in Anthropology and Sociology and has taught Development Studies, Sociology, and Social Policy in a number of British and Bangladeshi universities. His research and teaching interests include global poverty, politics of policy-making, participation, ethnographic approach towards development, civil society, and actor oriented sociology with a particular focus on Asia. He has published books, articles and book chapters in these areas.