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Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? (Global Futures)
David Hulme
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Description for Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? (Global Futures)
Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 130. .
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 D if rich nations want to take care of their own citizens' future welfare. ... Read more
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 D if rich nations want to take care of their own citizens' future welfare. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Polity
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Series
Global Futures
Condition
New
Weight
246g
Number of Pages
136
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745686059
SKU
V9780745686059
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99-50
About David Hulme
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
Reviews for Should Rich Nations Help the Poor? (Global Futures)
'David Hulme's is a passionate and personal yet professional plea for attacking poverty rather than trying to stop bodies washing ashore in the Mediterranean. We can still argue about definitions of poverty and the value of charity, but it is no longer possible in our interconnected planet to deny the self-interests of the wealthy West in addressing pandemics, narco-trafficking, climate ... Read more