These lectures aim to help readers understand the logics and nature of the main indicators of inequality and poverty, with special attention to their social wel

"An overview of the economic development of and policies intended to combat poverty around the world"--Provided by publisher.

The Land of Too Much presents a simple but powerful hypothesis that addresses three questions: Why does the United States have more poverty than any other devel

For anyone wanting to learn, in practical terms, how to measure, describe, monitor, evaluate, and analyze poverty, this Handbook is the place to start. It is de

A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half c