Who authored the book "The Challenge of World Poverty"?
- (a)Amartya Sen
- (b)Gunnar Myrdal
- (c)Jean Dreze
- (d)Adam Smith
Correct — B, Gunnar Myrdal. The Swedish economist Gunnar Myrdal wrote 'The Challenge of World Poverty: A World Anti-Poverty Program in Outline' (1970), a condensed, policy-focused sequel to his monumental three-volume study 'Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations' (1968). Myrdal went on to share the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics.
- (a)Amartya Sen — Indian Nobel laureate (1998), but he wrote 'Poverty and Famines' and 'Development as Freedom' — not 'The Challenge of World Poverty'.
- (c)Jean Dreze — Belgian-born Indian economist who co-authored 'Hunger and Public Action' and 'An Uncertain Glory' with Amartya Sen — not this book.
- (d)Adam Smith — The 18th-century founder of classical economics; his major work is 'The Wealth of Nations' (1776), not a study of modern world poverty.
Gunnar Myrdal (1898-1987) was a Swedish economist and a founder of development economics. In 'Asian Drama' (1968) and its shorter companion 'The Challenge of World Poverty' (1970) he analysed why South Asian nations stayed poor, coining the idea of the 'soft state' — governments unable to enforce policy. He shared the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economics with Friedrich Hayek.
The trap is to assume any book on poverty is by Amartya Sen. Anchor authors to specific titles: Myrdal to 'Asian Drama' / 'The Challenge of World Poverty', Sen to 'Poverty and Famines' / 'Development as Freedom'.
- 'The Challenge of World Poverty' (1970) → Gunnar Myrdal, Swedish economist.
- It is a policy companion to Myrdal's 'Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations' (1968).
- Myrdal shared the 1974 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics (with Friedrich Hayek).
- He also wrote 'An American Dilemma' (1944) on race relations in the United States.
- Attributing every poverty book to Amartya Sen by default.
- Confusing 'The Challenge of World Poverty' (Myrdal) with Sen's 'Poverty and Famines'.
Author-to-book matching — lock Myrdal to 'Asian Drama' / 'The Challenge of World Poverty' and Sen to 'Poverty and Famines'.
No directly related past PYQ was found.
- practice — not a real PYQ
The book 'Asian Drama: An Inquiry into the Poverty of Nations' was written by:
- (a)Amartya Sen
- (b)Gunnar Myrdal
- (c)W. Arthur Lewis
- (d)Simon Kuznets
Answer(b) Gunnar Myrdal — his 1968 study of South Asian poverty.
- practice — not a real PYQ
'Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation' was authored by:
- (a)Gunnar Myrdal
- (b)Jean Dreze
- (c)Amartya Sen
- (d)Mahbub ul Haq
Answer(c) Amartya Sen — his entitlement theory of famines.