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Author Sobhan, Rehman.

Title Challenging the injustice of poverty : agendas for inclusive development in South Asia / Rehman Sobhan
Published New Delhi ; Thousand Oaks : SAGE, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (484 pages)
Contents Poverty as structural injustice -- Prevailing poverty alleviation strategies: a review -- Promoting agrarian reform -- Enhancing the market power of the excluded: sharing in value addition -- Democratising educational opportunities -- Budgetary policies for poverty eradication -- Financial policies for poverty eradication -- Broadening ownership of assets through collective action -- Institutions for promoting collective action by the excluded -- The political economy of structural change
Summary This book explores issues related to poverty in South Asia in a two-pronged mannerby focusing on injustice created and perpetuated by the unjust nature of a social order as its source and by providing concrete suggestions about how policymakers may move to challenge these injustices. Drawing on research inputs from studies across various South Asian countries, the book redefines poverty as a process that excludes certain segments of society from equitable participation in development opportunities as well as decision making. It further identifies a variety of operational ideas which can be us
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-463) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Poverty -- Government policy -- South Asia
Economic assistance, Domestic -- South Asia
Economic development -- South Asia
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economic development
Economic policy
Poverty -- Government policy
SUBJECT South Asia -- Economic policy
Subject South Asia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9788132106234
8132106237
9788132112181
8132112180