World poverty: Global inequality and the modern world system - Kerbo, Harold R. (--New York: McGraw-Hill, 2006)
Chapter 1. A world divided: rich corporations and the poor of this earth --2. World poverty at the twenty-first century: regional comparisons --3. The modern world system: explanations of globalization and conflict --4. The global economy and world poverty: attempted explanations --5. The roots of "asian miracles': ancient traditions and development --6. Colonialism and its aftermath: fractured nations, wars, and recovery for some --7. Africa and the middle east: fractured nations in the global economy -8. Latin america: stagnation and uneven development --9. Development and poverty in southeast asia: a region of extremes --10. Globalization and world poverty: limitations and tools for sustainable development.
Includes references and index