Reducing Global Poverty (Patterns of Potential Human Progress) - Softcover

Hughes, Barry B.; Irfan, Mohammod T.; Khan, Haider; Kumar, Krishna B.; Rothman, Dale S.; Solorzano, Jose Roberto

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1594516405 ISBN 13: 9781594516405

Publisher: Routledge, 2009

Synopsis

This is the first volume in an ambitious new series-"Patterns of Potential Human Progress"-inspired by the UN Millennium Development Goals (MGDs) and other initiatives to improve the global condition. The first and most fundamental of these goals-reducing poverty worldwide-is the focus of this book. Using the large-scale computer program called International Futures (IFs) developed over three decades at the prestigious University of Denver Graduate School of International Studies, this book explores the most extensive set of forecasts of global poverty ever made-providing a wide range of scenarios based on an authoritative array of data. It transcends the "$1 a day" baseline measure of poverty and probes important concepts like income poverty gaps and relative poverty. The forecasts are long-term, looking 50 years into the future, far beyond the 2015 date set out by the MDGs. They are geographically rich, spanning the entire globe and drilling down to the country level, including one of the most important global focal points, India. The poverty forecasts in this book, and all the volumes in the series, are fully integrated in perspective across a wide range of human development arenas including demographics, economics, politics, agriculture, energy, and the environment. Full of colorful, thoughtfully designed graphs, tables, maps, and other visual presentations of data and forecasts, this large-format inaugural volume ensures that the "Patterns of Potential Human Progress" series will become an indispensable resource for every development professional, student, professor, library, and indeed, country around the world.

About this title

About the Author:

Barry B. Hughes is John Evans Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies and Director of the Frederick S. Pardee Center for International Futures, University of Denver. He initiated and leads the development of the International Futures forecasting system and is the Series Editor for the Patterns of Potential Human Progress series.

Review:

Although this work has a global perspective, it is exceedingly well organized and pays meticulous attention to explaining concepts to reach a general audience. Visual learning is enhanced by self-explanatory graphs, tables, boxes, figures, and maps. Another exceptional feature is the book’s comprehensive, in-depth explanations conveyed in an easy-to-read, interactive style. This volume is an essential reference for academic collections. Essential.”
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About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1594516405
• ISBN 13: 9781594516405
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352