, followed by the PRC, Bangladesh, Indonesia, and Pakistan. While a significant number moved out of extreme poverty, the number …Poverty reduction in the Asia and the Pacific region in 2005-2008 had been quite significant. Despite the global crisis …, an estimated 150 million people exited extreme poverty by 2008 - from 903.4 million in 2005 to 753.5 million, bringing …

Revised version of papers presented in a conference held in Bangladesh, 1993, organized by the Asian Development Bank … in collaboration with the Academy for Planning and Development, Bangladesh …