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Poverty in the Midst of Affluence
Language: en
Pages: 282
Authors: Leo F. Goodstadt
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-12-01 - Publisher: Hong Kong University Press

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Hong Kong is among the richest cities in the world. Yet over the past 15 years, living conditions for the average family have deteriorated despite a robust econ
A Roadmap to Reducing Child Poverty
Language: en
Pages: 619
Authors: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-09-16 - Publisher: National Academies Press

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The strengths and abilities children develop from infancy through adolescence are crucial for their physical, emotional, and cognitive growth, which in turn hel
Poverty in a Rich Society
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Maggie Lau
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-03-15 - Publisher: The Chinese University of Hong Kong Press

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Hong Kong has remained a wealthy financial hub despite its exportoriented economy being adversely interrupted by the challenging global economic uncertainties a
Globalization and Poverty
Language: en
Pages: 674
Authors: Ann Harrison
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 2007-11-01 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press

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Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is b
Income Distribution and High-quality Growth
Language: en
Pages: 448
Authors: Vito Tanzi
Categories: Business & Economics
Type: BOOK - Published: 1998 - Publisher: MIT Press

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The contributors argue that there need not be a trade-off between growth and equity in the long run. However, attempts by government to influence income distrib
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