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010 _aENG-113561
020 _c495.00
_a9780199458103
035 _aEN- 97093
037 _bDBAD/PUB
082 _a338.91
100 _aDeepak Lal
245 _aPoverty and progress :
_cby Deepak Lal
_brealities and myths about global poverty /
260 _aNew Delhi
_bOxford University Press
_c2015
270 _aYMCA Library Buiding, 1 Jai Singh Road,
_bNew Delhi
_e110001
300 _axi,248p. :
_c24cm(pbk)
_bill.,maps
500 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index
505 _a 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.
650 _aPoverty.
650 _a Economic development.
_zAfrica
650 _aDevelopment economics.
942 _2ddc
_cEN
_mDEE
_h338.91
999 _c95106
_d95106