Elite Perceptions of Poverty and Inequality

by Mick Moore and Elisa P. Reis

The researchers who have written this volume are clear not only that mass poverty is still the leading humanitarian crisis in developing countries, but that, if effective policies are to be put in place, the national elites who control governments and economies need to be convinced of both the reasons why reducing poverty is in their own and the national interest, and that public action can make a difference. Remarkably, in the rapidly growing literature...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1842776398
• ISBN13: 9781842776391
• Release Date: June 2005
• Publisher: Zed Books
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.68 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.6" x 8.5"