Linking sustainable livelihoods to natural resources and governance : the scale of poverty in the Muslim world /

Linking sustainable livelihoods to natural resources and governance : the scale of poverty in the Muslim world /

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This book investigates the current level and trend of poverty in the Muslim World, including selected countries in Africa, the Middle East and Central Asia, East Asia, the Pacific and South America. Authors explore themes of poverty reduction, the extent of natural resource endowments (especially mi...

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Main Authors: Abdulai, Abdul-Mumin (Author), Shamshiry, Elmira (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer, 2014
Subjects:
Poverty > Government policy > Islamic countries
Poverty > Islamic countries
Sustainable development > Islamic countries
Zakat
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Industries > General
Poverty
Poverty > Government policy
Sustainable development
Social Sciences
Demography
Quality of Life Research
Social Structure, Social Inequality
Islamic countries
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgement
  • List of tables
  • List of figures
  • List of boxes
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Theory and practice on poverty
  • Natural resources and governance
  • Chapter 3: Techniques and methods used to investigate muslim world's poverty
  • Chapter 4: The incidence and trend of poverty in the muslim world
  • Chapter 5: Natural resource endowments and development trend in the muslim world
  • Chapter 6: Governance and poverty alleviation in the muslim world
  • Chapter 7: Zakat as policy tool to reduce poverty and improve livelihoods
  • Chapter 8: Addressing pertinent development questions in the muslim world
  • Chapter 9: Toward a practicable development collaboration
  • References

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