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Understanding and reducing persistent poverty in Africa

Comprises eight papers previously published in the Journal of development studies (Vol. 42, no. 6, 2006) and an introductory contribution by the editors. Represents an interdisciplinary effort to analyse the types of poverty, structural features and constraints that create poverty traps. Gives case studies from seven countries, covering the period 1975-2004

Print Book, English, 2008
Routledge, London, 2008