Anirudh Krishna

Broschiertes Buch

One Illness Away

Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty

Beschreibung

Why does poverty persist? A critical, but so far ignored, part of the answer lies in the fact that poverty is regularly created. Large numbers of people are escaping poverty, but large numbers are concurrently falling into chronic poverty.

Autor

Anirudh Krishna holds a Ph.D. in Government (Cornell, 2000) and a Masters in Economics (Delhi, 1980). His research investigates how poor communities and individuals cope with the structural and personal constraints that result in poverty and powerlessness. Krishna is author or co-author of five books and more than 30 peer-reviewed articles. Before turning to academia in 1996, Krishna worked for 14 years in the Indian Administrative Service, where he managed diverse initiatives related to rural and urban development. His most recent research project, reported in this book and conducted over seven years between 2001 and 2008, examines household poverty dynamics in five countries. Krishna received the Dudley Seers Memorial Prize in 2005 for the initial work, which has also influenced future plans of diverse development organizations.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: OUP Oxford
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 383g
• ISBN-13: 9780199693191
• ISBN-10: 0199693196
• Artikelnr.: 33253228