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One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off. This book aims to enhance our understanding of how to do that drawing on the experiences of twenty affluent countries since the 1970s.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kenworthy, Lane
Corporate Author: Oxford University Press
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
Poor > Government policy.
Cost and standard of living > Government policy.
Economic development > Social aspects.
Social policy.
Pauvres > Politique gouvernementale.
Coût et niveau de la vie > Politique gouvernementale.
Politique sociale.
public policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > Macroeconomics.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
Lutte contre la pauvreté.
Croissance économique.
Aspects sociaux.
Qualité de la vie.
Economic development > Social aspects
Poor > Government policy
Social policy
Economics.
POVERTY MITIGATION.
SOCIALLY DISADVANTAGED PERSONS.
GOVERNMENT POLICY.
COST OF LIVING.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.
SOCIAL ASPECTS.
SOCIAL POLICY.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Description
Summary:One of the principal goals of antipoverty efforts should be to improve the absolute living standards of the least well-off. This book aims to enhance our understanding of how to do that drawing on the experiences of twenty affluent countries since the 1970s.
Physical Description:1 online resource (162 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 131-154) and index.
ISBN:9780191618611
0191618616
9780191731389
0191731382