Dollarisation of Poverty - Rethinking Poverty Beyond 2015

Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. 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

Product details

• Authors: Palash Kamruzzaman
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2015
• EAN: 9781137541420
• ISBN: 978-1-137-54142-0
• No. of pages: 109
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Natural sciences (general); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; B, Social Inequality, Human Rights, Poverty, Social & ethical issues, Social Work, Development Aid, Political Economy, Social Structure, Social Inequality, Social groups and identities, Social Justice, Social Structure, International Political Economy, Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights, Development Studies, Palgrave Intern. Relations & Development Collection, Development Economics, Development economics & emerging economies, International Political Economy’, Developing Countries;development;poverty