An Inquiry Into Well-being and Destitution
Author | : Partha Dasgupta |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 680 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198288350 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198288352 |
Rating | : 4/5 (50 Downloads) |
Download or read book An Inquiry Into Well-being and Destitution written by Partha Dasgupta and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 680 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An interdisciplinary book by one of the most respected scholars in what is broadly development economics but encompasses the most recent insights from philosophical research and empirical work on resource allocation, nutrition science, and anthropology. It has been widely recognized as aseminal work presenting a wide-ranging description of the causes and remedies of poverty and undernourishment, and addressing the current debate over methods of estimating their incidence.