Cost of Inaction - Case Studies From Rwanda and Angola

Informationen zum Autor Sudhir Anand is Professor of Economics at the University of Oxford and Senior Fellow at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. Chris Desmond is Research Associate at the François-Xavier Bagnoud (FXB) Center for Health and Human Rights at Harvard University. Habtamu Fuje is Research Coordinator at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University. Nadejda Marques is Research Coordinator at the FXB Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard University. Amartya Sen is Lamont University Professor at Harvard University. Zusammenfassung Case studies from Rwanda and Angola show how the cost of inaction can be greater than the cost of action. Failure to reduce extreme poverty! for example! often results in malnutrition! preventable morbidity! premature death! and incomplete basic education. Differences between the COI approach and traditional benefit-cost analysis are highlighted.

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• Authors: Sudhir Anand, Sudhir Desmond Anand, Chris Desmond, Desmond Chris, Habtamu Fuje, Fuje Habtamu, Nadejda Marques, Marques Nadejda
• Assisted by: Sen Amartya (Foreword)
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.06.2012
• EAN: 9780674065581
• ISBN: 978-0-674-06558-1
• No. of pages: 348
• Subjects: Fiction > Gift books, albums, perpetual calendars, postcard booklets; Social sciences, law, business > Business > International economy; Angola, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development, Rwanda, Development economics & emerging economies, Development economics and emerging economies