World poverty a reference handbook
Title:
World poverty a reference handbook
Author:
Gilbert, Geoffrey, 1948-
ISBN:
9781851095575
9781280713958
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Santa Barbara, Calif. : ABC-CLIO, c2004.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (xv, 299 p.)
Series:
Contemporary world issues
Contemporary world issues.
Contents:
Introduction and overview -- Aid, trade, debt, and the world's poor: some key controversies -- Special U.S. issues -- Chronology -- Biographical sketches -- Data and documents -- Directory of organizations -- Selected print and nonprint resources.
Abstract:
Part of a series designed to serve as introductory research resources for important world issues, this text by Gilbert (economics, Hobart and William Smith Colleges) takes on the issue of global poverty and the organizations and programs attempting to deal with it. He provides a basic overview of issues, institutions, and terminology; explores the.
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Electronic Access:
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