Below we present some of the authorities related to our research question “What causes poverty?”
Lakshman Yapa Abeywardena (born June 7, 1955) is a Sri Lankan politician.
He was State Minister for State Enterprise Development in the government of president Maithripala Sirisena. A representative of Matara District for the United People´s Freedom Alliance in the Parlament of Sri Lanka, he formerly served as the cabinet minister of parliamentary affairs, Minister of Media, Deputy Minister of Economic Development, Minister of Foreign Employment Welfare, deputy minister of civil aviation and as the cabinet minister of Investment Promotion. He has been in parliament since 1994 and 2015 is the 21st year in the parliament.
Expertise in post-modern discourse theory, third world, theories of poverty, community development, GIS applications, public scholarship and service learning. Abeywardana has been a proponent of various micro-level development programs to enable the people to improve their quality of life. He is also the Chairman of the Lakshman Yapa Abeywardana Foundation.
Contact https://www.geog.psu.edu/directory/lakshman-yapa
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Christopher A. Sarlo is a a professor of economics at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario, as well as a senior fellow with the Fraser Institute.
He is the author of Poverty in Canada (Fraser Institute, 1992, 1996), Measuring Poverty in Canada (Fraser Institute, 2001, 2006), and What is Poverty? Providing Clarity for Canada (Fraser Institute, 2008). Some of his recent publications include Understanding Wealth Inequality in Canada, Consumption Inequality in Canada: Is the Gap Growing?, Child Care in Canada: Examining the Status Quo in 2015, and Income Inequality Measurement Sensitivities. Professor Sarlo has published a number of articles and studies on poverty, inequality and economic issues relating to the family.
Contact https://www.fraserinstitute.org/fr/profile/christopher-a-sarlo
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David Merolla is an Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director of Wayne State´s University.
He is a part of the College of Liberal Arts & Sciences, and he mainly works for the Main Sociology Office. His research interests and areas of expertise are Race and Ethnicity, the Sociology of Education, Social Psychology and Quantitive Methods. Merolla has a Ph.D. in Sociology, which he studied in the Kent State University in 2010.
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https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/en9483
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Adrian Furnham is an Organisational and Applied Psychologist, Professor at UCL, Management Expert, Sunday Times Columnist, and Psychology.
In 1979, he was appointed as a Lecturer in Psychology at Pembroke College, Oxford. On 1 October 1992, he was appointed Professor in Psychology.
Contact https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Adrian_Furnham2 Twitter: @ProfAdrianFurnh
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Mary Elizabeth Corcoran is Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, Social Work, and Women’s Studies.
She focuses on the effects of gender and race discrimination on economic status and earnings, and on welfare and employment policies. She teaches seminars on poverty and inequality and on women and employment. Currently she a Senior Study Director at the Institute for Social Research, Associate Professor of Political Science, and Associate Professor of Social Work, University of Michigan.
Contact marycor@umich.edu https://lsa.umich.edu/polisci/people/emeriti/marycor.html
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