Multidimensional Approach to Local Development and Poverty: Causes, Consequences, and Challenges Post-COVID-19 (Advances in Electronic Government, Digital Divide, and Regional Development) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1799889254 ISBN 13: 9781799889250

Publisher: Business Science Reference, 2021

Synopsis

The phenomenon of poverty and its consequences affects the entire world and is on the agenda of many authorities and researchers. The repercussions of the economic and health crisis caused by COVID-19 are perceptible and has led several countries to regress their social indicators to 1990 levels. Economic development and inequality reduction programs have not been able to provide solutions that could minimize the impact of the pandemic on social indicators, even in more advanced economies. The issue prompted authorities to close their borders to avoid displacement, further aggravating regional differences. The phenomenon of poverty, despite being aggravated by the crisis, is recurrent and very harmful in peripheral countries and there seems to be no single solution, as each country faces its specificities, requiring an immersion in its causes and consequences.

This book discusses the results of research conducted on the causes of hunger and poverty and how the pandemic has aggravated this problem. It explores the local development initiatives that have been implemented to mitigate the problem and identifies the different causes for the chronic problem of hunger and underdevelopment in the countries studied to present proposals in public policies to intervene, combat and improve poverty situations. It includes points in different scientific areas, such as sociology, economics, management, entrepreneurship, marketing, education, among others, that add to the efforts to combat poverty and current means and methods to modernize countries that are less developed.

This book is intended for those who work or study within the scientific fields related to the phenomenon of hunger, poverty and local development, as well as for universities, students, teachers and researchers. Additionally, the book is aimed at policy makers related to the topic under study and practitioners dealing with the problem so that they can utilize the wide range of studies that will be presented in the book, which will also be of interest to the general public.

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About the Author

Joao Conrado de Amorim Carvalho, Unidade de Ensino Superior Dom Bosco (UNDB), Brazil

Francisco Espasandķn Bustelo, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

Emmanuel M.C.B. Sabino, FORUM (Centro de Formaēćo, Estudos e Pesquisas), Brazil

Edition details

• Publisher: Business Science Reference
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1799889254
• ISBN 13: 9781799889250
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 300
• Editor: Carvalho Joao Conrado De Amorim, Bustelo Francisco Espasandķn, Sabino Emmanuel M.C.B.