It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read Poverty: A Very Short Introduction by Philip N. Jefferson
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No one wants to live in poverty. Few people would want others to do so. Yet, millions of people worldwide live in poverty. According to the World Bank, over 700 million people lived on less than US $2 a day in 2013. Why is that? What has been done about it in the past? And what is being done about it now? In this Very Short Introduction Philip N. Jefferson explores how the answers to these questions lie in the social, political, economic, educational, and technological processes that impact all of us throughout our lives. The degree of vulnerability is all that differentiates us. He shows how...
Poverty: A Very Short Introduction by Philip N. Jefferson is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.
This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read Poverty: A Very Short Introduction aloud.
Poverty: A Very Short Introduction is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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