Understanding Poverty

By Dilip Mookherjee and Roland Benabou

Book Overview

This volume brings together essays by thirty-four leading economists about the most important things they have learnt from their research that relate to poverty. The essays range from the impact of colonialism and globalization to the future of micro-credit and the quest for new vaccines.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195305191
• ISBN13: 9780195305197
• Release Date: April 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 6.3" x 1.5" x 9.3"