With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and … emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously … neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies …

understanding of how these policies are formed in a globalizing world. It emphasises the context- and path-dependence of patterns …

Preface -- Theory, Compilation and Measurement of Human Green Development Index (HGDI) -- Human Green Development Index … same time as laying down a road map for sustainable development in the future. Deploying the Human Green Development Index … needs into the future. The index measures 12 Sustainable Development Goals, based on but also extending the eight Millennium …

, aggravating poverty among those they are purported to help and highlighting some of the dangers of neoliberal globalization for …

This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market …

There is a growing realization that business development is the most effective weapon in fighting world poverty. How … the for-profit model can be harnessed to provide the poor with a share in the world's prosperity is discussed through …

What are the poverty reduction goals of the European development cooperation agencies? This book examines the … credibility of their actual record in terms of their commitment and approaches to poverty reduction. The poverty impact of their …

institutional incentives in order to meet both environmental and poverty alleviation objectives. However, their optimal design …

Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world …, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been …