Trends in poverty and welfare alleviation issues
By: Marie V. Lane (editor).
Contributors: Lane, Marie V.
Publisher: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Public welfare -- Research.; Poverty -- Research.; Poverty -- Government policy.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface; title: Prospects for welfare alleviation in an obesogenic environment; title: Role of urban policy in the battle against poverty : the experience of the Philippines; title: The persistence of asset poverty in the United States; title: Choosing measures of welfare : adapting existing approaches using social choice theory; title: A distribution-free test for deprivation dominance; title: Index.