Dollarisation of Poverty: Rethinking Poverty Beyond 2015 - by Palash Kamruzzaman (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

This book offers a critical analysis on employing a universal understanding of poverty and suggests ways forward for poverty reduction for developing countries in a post-2015 era. Taking specific country-contexts into account, the author argues that national poverty lines should be the benchmark for future anti-poverty policies.

About the Author

Palash Kamruzzaman is a teaching fellow in International Development at the University of Bath, UK. He holds degrees in Anthropology and Sociology and has taught Development Studies, Sociology, and Social Policy in a number of British and Bangladeshi universities. His research and teaching interests include global poverty, politics of policy-making, participation, ethnographic approach towards development, civil society, and actor oriented sociology with a particular focus on Asia. He has published books, articles and book chapters in these areas.