Braathen Einar - Poverty and inequality in middle income countries : policy achievements, political obstacles

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POVERTY AND INEQUALITY IN MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES

POLICY ACHIEVEMENTS, POLITICAL OBSTACLES

edited by Einar Braathen, Julian May, Marianne S. Ulriksen and Gemma Wright

Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries: Policy Achievements, Political Obstacles was first published in 2016 by Zed Books Ltd, The Foundry, 17 Oval Way, London SE11 5RR, UK

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CONTENTS

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The majority of the contributions to this book were presented in their first draft at the international workshop Poverty and Politics in Middle Income Countries, held in Cape Town, 2224 November 2012. The editors want to thank the Southern African-Nordic Centre (SANORD) and the Comparative Research Programme on Poverty (CROP) for funding the workshop. We are grateful for the efforts made by CROP and the Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape, for organizing it. In particular, we appreciate the work done by Prudence Ramnath and Leah Wanjiku Junge in facilitating the workshop. In this regard we also thank Professor Alberto Daniel Cimadamore (director of CROP) and Professor Julian May, as well as Maureen Davis and Leolyn Jackson (School of Government, University of Western Cape). We are also grateful for the advice and assistance received from Jakob Horstmann in the preparation of the manuscript.