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  • FOOD AID AFTER FIFTY YEARS
    CHRISTOPHER B. BARRETT / DAN MAXWELL
    This book analyzes the impact food aid programmes have had over the past fifty years, assessing the current situation as well as future prospects. Issues such as political expediency, the impact of international trade and exchange rates are put under the microscope to provide the reader with a greater understanding of this important subject matter. This book will prove vital to...

    $1,939.00

  • THE SOCIAL ECONOMICS OF POVERTY
    CHRISTOPHER B. BARRETT
    A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparity in incomes. This book will prove to be essential for students studying develop...

    $2,000.00

  • UNDERSTANDING AND REDUCING PERSISTENT POVERTY IN AFRICA
    CHRISTOPHER B. BARRETT
    Prior work has shown that there is a significant amount of turnover amongst the African poor as households exit and enter poverty. Some of this mobility can be attributed to regular movement back and forth in response to exogenous variability in climate, prices, health, etc. ('churning'). Other crossings of the poverty line reflect permanent shifts in long-term well-being assoc...

    $739.00

  • OVERSEAS RESEARCH
    CHRISTOPHER B. BARRETT / JEFFREY CASON / ERIN C. LENTZ
    When conducting research in developing countries, an ability to negotiate a bewildering array of cultural and logistical obstacles is essential. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide distills essential lessons from scores of students and scholars who have collected data and done fieldwork abroad, including how to prepare for the field, how and where to find funding for one’s fie...

    $1,059.00