Argues that strategies encouraging surplus extraction from agriculture, combined with stalled industrialisation constitute the root causes of persistent rural poverty. Suggests that an agriculture-first strategy is necessary not only for rural poverty alleviation, but also for successful...

Examines the formulation of national policies including trade, exchange rates, monetary, fiscal and labour market policies and how they contribute to growth and employment generation. Covers mainly the period from 1984 to 2004.

Looks at the extent of and policy responses to the problem of labour shortage in the economies of Japan, Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong and Malaysia.