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Lee professor of world affairs and professor of economics, cornell university. But making projections based on imperfect information can often result in imperfect and sometimes, downright wrong forecasts, a fact that has not made economists terribly popular during the current financial crisis. Martin ravallion does a great job in describing and evaluating topdown poverty reduction programs based on redistribution run by international agencies, as expected from someone who has spent has career advocating and working with these programs. High growth rate poor country poverty rate rich country competitive economy these keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. Martin ravallion is the author of the economics of poverty 4. The economics of poverty history, measurement, and policy martin ravallion. Covering history of thought, analytical tools and policy issues, it provides an indispensable introduction to the economics of poverty.
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