Knowledge drives the growth of nations and regions in a competitive space-economy. Hence, we would expect a strong correlation between investments in R&D, knowledge and learning processes, on the one hand, and productivity increases, on the other. However, the empirical evidence shows consistent...

1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial Disparities and Poverty: The Case of Three Provinces in the Philippines -- 3. Decomposing Poverty Change in India: Within- and Between-Group Effects Across Regions, 2004-05 and 2009-10 -- 4.Pathways Out of Rural Poverty and the Role of Agriculture in Four...

Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction to “Disease, Human Health, and Regional Growth and Development in Asia” -- Part II. South Asia -- Chapter 2. Food Consumption, Calorie Intake, and Undernourishment in India: The Recent Evidence on the Role of Welfare Schemes -- Chapter 3. The...

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction to Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Poverty -- 2.1 Regional Disparities and Poverty in the Philippines -- 2.2 Decomposition of Poverty in India -- 2.3 Rural Poverty and...