Poverty, education and development /
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| Imprint: | New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2008. |
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| Description: | xii, 252 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (chiefly col.) ; 27 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7625289 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Section I. Poverty and Socioeconomics
- Chapter 1. An Analysis of Structural Adjustment Programs and Food Security in Two Selected Countries in Africa
- Chapter 2. Poverty in Africa: An Inherited, Created and Superimposed Epidemic
- Chapter 3. Debt Burden and Poverty in Africa
- Chapter 4. Perpetuators or Alleviators? The Politics of Globalization and Poverty in Africa
- Chapter 5. Globalization of Market Economy: Kenya's Experience of Structural Adjustment Programs and Political Democratization
- Chapter 6. Illegal Organ Trade: Capitalizing on Life and Death
- Chapter 7. Empowering Poor Communities for Change: The History and the Role of Civil Society in Poverty Reduction in Ghana
- Chapter 8. Economic Globalization: A Stimulus for Inequities and Injustice in the Lives of the Powerless in Thailand
- Chapter 9. Hidden Poverty in Japan: Current Situation and Problem of Homelessness
- Chapter 10. Making Poverty Invisible: A Case Study of Starehe Boys Centre and School, Kenya
- Section II. Poverty and Gender
- Chapter 11. Relational Poverty: Enrichment Through Care Theory
- Chapter 12. Gender, Poverty, and Female Education in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Chapter 13. One Girl for One TV: Issues of Human Trafficking and Sexual Slavery in the Era of Globalization
- Chapter 14. The Karen Refugee Women: Their Survival Stories
- Chapter 15. Women's Health Issues in Developing Countries
- Chapter 16. The Role of Non-Governmental Organizations in the De-Feminization of Poverty
- Chapter 17. Poverty and the Phenomenon of Women as Heads of Households Post-1994 Rwandan Genocide
- Chapter 18. Fertility Transition in Ghana: Women's Education versus Poverty Reduction
- Chapter 19. Globalization and Its Impact on Women in Developing Countries
- Summaries of Chapters
- Contributors
- Index
