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Poverty: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
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Poverty: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Series: Very Short Introductions
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No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do
so. Yet, millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to
the World Bank, over 700 million people lived on less than US $2 a
day in 2013. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past?
And what is being done about it now? In this Very Short
Introduction Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these
questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and
technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives.
The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us. He shows
how a person's level of vulnerability to adverse changes in their
life is very much dependent on the circumstances of their birth,
including where their family lived, the schools they attended,
whether it was peacetime or wartime, whether they had access to
clean water, and whether they are male or female. Arguing that
whilst poverty is ancient and enduring, the conversation about it
is always new and evolving, Jefferson looks at the history of
poverty, and the practical and analytical efforts we have made to
eradicate it, and the prospects for further poverty alleviation in
the future. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series
from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost
every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to
get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine
facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make
interesting and challenging topics highly readable.
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