Poverty: A Very Short Introduction

by Philip N Jefferson and Philip N. Jefferson

Book Overview

No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, we find ourselves in a situation where millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank in 2010, 1.2 billion people lived below the extreme poverty line with an income of US $1.25 or less a day and 2.4 billion lived on less than US $2 a day. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past? And what is being done about it now?

In this Very...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198716478
• ISBN13: 9780198716471
• Release Date: October 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.8"