Routledge International Handbook of Poverty

Book Overview

The first of the UN Millennium Goals was to reduce extreme poverty and in 2014 it was halved compared to 1990, and now the goal is to eradicate poverty and hunger by 2030. The reduction in poverty is, to a high degree, the consequence of the rapid economic development in a few countries, especially China, but in many countries around the globe poverty is still at a high level and is influencing societies' overall development. It is against this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 036772670X
• ISBN13: 9780367726706
• Release Date: March 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 436 Pages
• Weight: 1.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.8" x 9.7"