Overview
- Presents quantitative and econometric analysis of the causes, consequences, and coping mechanisms of the poor
- Utilises three approaches (Calorie poverty line, Food Poverty line, and Total consumption poverty line) to study the pattern of poverty in Afghanistan
- Fills an important gap in addressing the position of donors in the rejuvenation of the Afghan economy
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Dr. Sumit Kumar is Assistant Professor at the Department of Economics, Sri Guru Granth Sahib World University, India.
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Book Title: Poverty in Afghanistan
Book Subtitle: Causes, Consequences, and Coping Mechanisms
Authors: Mohammad Hakim Haider, Sumit Kumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10859-5
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-10858-8Published: 18 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-10859-5Published: 04 January 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 154
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, Economy-wide Country Studies, Development Studies, Migration