Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? - Couverture rigide

Hulme, David

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0745686052 ISBN 13 : 9780745686059

Editeur : Polity Press, 2016

Synopsis

In the past decade, the developed world has spent almost US$ 2 trillion on foreign aid for poorer countries. Yet 1.2 billion people still live in extreme poverty and around 2.9 billion cannot meet their basic human needs.

But should rich nations continue to help the poor? In this short book, leading global poverty analyst David Hulme explains why helping the world's neediest communities is both the right thing to do and the wise thing to do Ð if rich nations want to take care of their own citizens' future welfare.

The real question is how best to provide this help. The way forward, Hulme argues, is not conventional foreign aid but trade, finance and environmental policy reform. But this must happen alongside a change in international social norms so that we all recognise the collective benefits of a poverty-free world.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

David Hulme is Professor of Development Studies at The University of Manchester where he is Director of the Brooks World Poverty Institute and CEO of the Effective States and Inclusive Development Research Centre

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Polity Press
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0745686052
• ISBN 13: 9780745686059
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 136
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• Personne responsable: non disponible