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This paper attempts to assess the distributive impact of the economic adjustment program in India. It begins by discussing the analytical complexities of disentangling the impact of reforms from that of other autonomous developments in the economy. It then goes on to isolate and analyze the main...
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The Japan Fund for Public Policy Training was established in March 2004 as a trust fund to enhance developing member countries’ capacity building for public policy management, focusing on regional economies in transition. Since its inception, the Government of Japan has contributed more than...
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The 1990s pose a radical new challenges for the governance of Asia's developping countries and the transport policies they pursue. The Philippine Transport Strategy Study (PTSS) is an innovative approach to addressing this new complex of issues in a rigorous and practical way. The focus of this...
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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 … the percentage of people living under the $1.25 per day poverty line to 21.9% from 27.1% in 2005. Poverty reduction was …
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recent gains in poverty reduction. The impact of higher food prices is severe—an additional 112 million people could have … escaped poverty in Asia during the late 2000s if food prices had not increased during the period. Thus, long- and shortterm … strategies are needed to ensure food security and bolster efforts at poverty reduction. Policies to enhance food security that …
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This publication examines trends in growth, consumption, and inequality to construct a poverty profile for Cambodia …. Recognizing that poverty is a multidimensional phenomenon, it also explores (i) nonmonetary poverty and the Millennium Development … Goals, (ii) predictive poverty rates generated by the Commune Database, and (iii) perceptions of poverty and well-being. An …
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This synthesis report is the result of close, collaborative research initiated by the Asian Development Bank in partnership with Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada; the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; and the Liu Institute for Global Issues at the University of British Columbia....
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This report presents the summary results of purchasing power parities (PPP) in the 2011 International Comparison Program in Asia and the Pacific and background information on the concepts that underpin the results. The PPPs are disaggregated by major economic aggregates which enable robust...
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