pt. 1. Perspectives on Chinese development -- pt. 2. Agriculture and rural poverty -- pt. 3. Dimensions of human … development -- pt. 4. Globalization and inequality -- pt. 5. Strategies for reducing poverty and inequality …

Introduction / Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan -- 1. An Asian poverty line? issues and options / Stephan Klasen -- 2. A … poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries / Satya R …. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques Silber -- 3. Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other …

and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools to combat poverty / Warner Woodworth -- Opportunities for …This unique book provides an overview of the need to alleviate poverty and what methods have been used in the past to … be used in poverty alleviation. Different models of microfranchising are reviewed and specific case studies highlighted …

The importance of agricultural growth to poverty reduction is well known, but the specific channels through which the …

globalization, technology and poverty. Jeffrey James studies the effect of information technology on patterns of globalization and …

sustainable development and poverty reduction within the context of global development … services approach. : income, inequality and poverty / Kerry Turner and Brendan Fisher -- 3. Ecospace, humanspace and climate … to climate conflict : who is taking the heat for global warming? / Betsy Hartmann -- 10. Rural poverty, cotton production …

1. Experiences with poverty targeting in Asia : an overview / John Weiss -- 2. Poverty targeting in India / Pradeep … Srivastava -- 3. Poverty targeting in Indonesia / Ari A. Perdana and John Maxwell -- 4. Poverty targeting in the People …'s Republic of China / Wang Sangui -- 5. Poverty targeting in Thailand / Peter Warr and Isra Sarntisart -- 6. Poverty targeting in …