Making poverty : a history /
By: Lines, Thomas
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BookPublisher: London ; New York : Zed Books, c2008.Description: x, 166 p. : ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9781842779422 (pbk. : alk. paper); 1842779427 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781842779415 (hbk. : alk. paper); 1842779419 (hbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Poverty -- Developing countries | Rural poor -- Developing countries | Rural development | Economic policy | Poverty -- Developing countries | Poor -- Developing countries | Rural development | Economic policyDDC classification: 339.4/6/091734 Online resources: Location Map
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Examines the role that other global powers have played in creating poverty around the world through commercialized farming and large food supply chains, and suggests ways in which poverty can be decreased.
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| 339.430973 YA TH Thrift : | 339.46 BO WO World poverty / | 339.46 KR ON One illness away : | 339.46 LI MA Making poverty : | 339.46 MA EN Ending poverty / | 339.46 NO HU Hunger and hope : | 339.46 OX FO The Oxford handbook of the economics of poverty / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Those who have fallen behind -- How poverty is made -- Do the market's job for it -- Not farming but gambling -- Getting out of the trap -- Can we put history behind us?
Examines the role that other global powers have played in creating poverty around the world through commercialized farming and large food supply chains, and suggests ways in which poverty can be decreased.
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