Why Poverty Persists significantly advances our understanding of the temporal dimensions of poverty. Its judicious mix of new evidence and improved methods offe

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The authors examine how the links between the various sectors of the economy impinge on the development process. They argue that moving labour from agriculture

Poverty is a serious problem in the United States, more so than commonly imagined, and more so than in other industrialized nations. Most Americans adhere to an

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