The economics of poverty in poor countries

Dasgupta, Partha (1998) The economics of poverty in poor countries. DEDPS (9). Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines, London, UK.

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Abstract

This article examines the links that have recently been studied between poverty, high fertility and undernourishment, on the one hand, and degradation of the local environmental-resource base and civic disconnection, on the other, in poor countries. An account is offered of a number of pathways involving positive feed-backs that create poverty traps, into which certain identifiable groups of people in an economy can get caught even when the economy in the aggregate experiences economic growth. The relevant policy implications are noted

Item Type:	Monograph (Discussion Paper)
Official URL:	http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk
Additional Information:	© 1998 Partha Dasgupta
Divisions:	STICERD
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HC Economic History and Conditions H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology
JEL classification:	Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q1 - Agriculture O - Economic Development, Technological Change, and Growth > O1 - Economic Development Q - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics > Q2 - Renewable Resources and Conservation
Date Deposited:	08 Jul 2008 13:05
Last Modified:	11 Dec 2024 18:25
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/6684

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