Bøker av M. Riad El-Ghonemy

Affluence and Poverty in the Middle East uses extensive emperical evidence to help us understand the causes and consequences of co-existing affluence and poverty.

What can we do to unlock the unrealised potential of the hundreds of millions of rural poor and landless workers? This title presents a collection of essays that focus on the mixed role of government and the institutionally regulated market in tackling rural poverty and land distribution inequality.

Discussing countries as diverse as China, Kenya, India, Bolivia, Egypt and South Korea the book offers new insights to anyone working in rural development.