One Illness Away: Why People Become Poor and How They Escape Poverty

by Anirudh Krishna

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199693196
• ISBN13: 9780199693191
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.1"