Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty by Lal, Deepak

Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty

The greatest reduction in mass poverty in human history has occurred during the current era of globalization....
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Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty by Lal, Deepak

Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty

$31.58

Poverty and Progress: Realities and Myths about Global Poverty

$31.58
Author: Deepak Lal
Format: Paperback
Language: English
The greatest reduction in mass poverty in human history has occurred during the current era of globalization. The world s poor are now catching up with the rich at a rapid pace in terms of human well-being health, education, and life span. Drawing on 50 years of experience around the globe, renowned development economist Deepak Lal describes developing country realities and refutes misguided notions about economic progress, including World Bank calculations that exaggerate the extent of poverty, overstated claims made on behalf of microfinance, the resurrection of discredited theories such as vicious circles of poverty, and the need for massive foreign aid to save Africa. Lal also examines Western proposals to deal with climate change and concludes that they pose a great potential threat to the world s poor. Fortunately, liberalization in poor countries makes them less likely to be swayed by the intellectual fads of the West, so that classical liberal economic policies will continue to be the source of progress in the developing world."

Author: Deepak Lal
Publisher: Cato Institute
Published: 06/16/2013
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9781938048845

About the Author
Deepak Lal is the James S. Coleman Professor Emeritus of International Development Studies at the University of California, at Los Angeles; professor emeritus of political economy at University College London; and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute.


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