Cover -- The Social Economics of Poverty: On identities, communities, groups, and networks -- Copyright -- Contents -- Figures -- Tables -- Contributors -- Acknowledgments -- 1 On the relevance of identities, communities, groups, and networks to the economics of poverty alleviation -- 2 Toward an economic theory of dysfunctional identity -- 3 Polarization: Concepts, measurement, estimation -- 4 Evolutionary equilibrium with forward-looking players -- 5 Is inequality an evolutionary universal? -- 6 Bridging communal divides: Separation, patronage, integration -- 7 The extended family system and market interactions -- 8 Social divisions within schools: How school policies can affect students' identities and educational choices -- 9 Smallholder identities and social networks: The challenge of improving productivity and welfare -- 10 Social networks in Ghana -- 11 Coping with disaster: Morals, markets, and mutual insurance-using economic experiments to study recovery from Hurricane Mitch -- 12 The role of ethnicity and networks in agricultural trade: Evidence from Africa -- 13 Altruism, household co-residence and women's health investment in rural Bangladesh -- 14 Self-help groups and income generation in the informal settlements of Nairobi -- 15 Community ties and land inheritance in the context of rising outside opportunities: Evidence from the Peruvian Highlands -- Index.

A unique analysis of the moral and social dimensions of microeconomic behaviour in developing countries, this book calls into question standard notions of rationality and many of the assumptions of neo-classical economics, and shows how these are inappropriate in communities with widespread disparity in incomes. This book will prove to be essential for students studying development economics.

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