Development Economics: Searching for the Roots of Rural Income Inequality - Couverture souple

El-Ghonemy, M. Riad

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1516860977 ISBN 13 : 9781516860975

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

This book chronicles five decades of an economist’s antipoverty work and challenges today’s students of sustainable development to establish a new standard for improving the lives of the rural poor in the twenty-first century.

Author M. Riad El-Ghonemy begins with his early childhood in an impoverished village in the Nile Delta of Egypt, sharing lessons learned from his personal and professional experiences and identifying the driving forces that shaped his career in the field of development economics.

In illuminating the roots of rural poverty, Dr. El-Ghonemy identifies several analytical concerns that have arisen from his work. For example, are property and economic freedom sacrosanct, or should they be regulated by the state to maximize social welfare?

His life’s work has shown that an unchecked market economy is not the answer and that one solution does not fit all. Rather, the challenge for professionals is to address economic underdevelopment on a case-by-case basis, ensuring the participation of those whose lives are being affected in the process.

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À propos de l'auteur

M. Riad El-Ghonemy is a development economist whose life journey began in Delingat, a poor village in the Nile Delta of Egypt. After earning a coveted scholarship that enabled him to attain a PhD in the United States, he worked with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for twenty-eight years, helping poor peasants worldwide achieve a better standard of living.

Since retiring from the UN, Dr. El-Ghonemy has dedicated his life to academia as well as writing books and articles based on his global experience. He is an elected honorary lifetime associate at the Department of International Development at Oxford University.

Visit his website at riadelghonemy.com

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1516860977
• ISBN 13: 9781516860975
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 148
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