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 …

transfer systems. The book begins with an introduction to the measurement of inequality and poverty, stressing the role of … mobility on temporary and permanent poverty. The Dynamics of Inequality and Poverty will be essential reading for students and …

sustainable development. The third part of the book, on inequality and poverty, focuses on the distribution of incomes, the … conceptual problems of poverty measurement and the impact of social security payments in Britain. This volume also features an …

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 …

It is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are … other policy interventions that may also be significant in a "growth plus" approach to poverty reduction. This volume brings … together a series of case studies on the poverty impact of alternative interventions in a broad range of Asian economies. The …

This book investigates the relationships between rural poverty, risk, and development. Building upon the author's work … affects rural poverty levels in developing countries. In particular the book examines what we do and do not know about risk …1. Introduction -- 2. Risk and poverty -- 3. The risk coping strategies of the rural poor -- 4. The limits to risk …