realities and myths about global poverty Deepak Lal creator text New Delhi Oxford University Press 2015 monographic xi,248p. : 24cm(pbk) ill.,maps Part 1. Reality -- 1. The ascent from mass poverty -- 2. The global spread of well-being -- 3. Destitution, conjunctural poverty and income transfers -- 4. Political economy -- Part 2. Myths -- 5. The numbers game -- 6. Statistical snake oil -- 7. Theoretical curiosities -- 8. Micro everything -- 9. Saving Africa -- 10. Global warming. by Deepak Lal Includes bibliographical references and index Poverty Economic development Africa Development economics 338.91 9780199458103 ENG-113561 DBAD/PUB 20150813113331.0