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 …

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 …

Ernesto Tovar -- 7. Ecuador : economic liberalization, adjustment and poverty, 1988-99 / Rob Vos -- 8. El Salvador : balance …: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, and Peru …1. Balance of payments liberalization in Latin America : effects on growth, distribution and poverty / Lance Taylor and …

This provocative new book presents the results of twenty years of research on deforestation in the Amazon. By carefully … observing the changing character of human settlements and their association with deforestation over such a prolonged period, the … author is able to reject much of the "perceived wisdom". He skillfully dissects various models of deforestation and provides …

and the environment in developing Asian economies -- 4. Deforestation and upland land degradation in an open economy …

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 …