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Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction?
Ahmad, Ehtisham (contributor); Brosio, Giorgio (contributor) - 2009
Does decentralization enhance service delivery and poverty reduction? Drawing on cutting edge research, expert …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851217
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Competition and regulation in the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (contributor);  … - 2008
Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest. Numerous questions have arisen, including the role of regulation, funding the Universal Service Obligation, postal reform in Europe, Asia and North America, the future of national postal operators, demand and pricing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851294
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MicroFranchising : creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid
Fairbourne, Jason S. (contributor);  … - 2007
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419999
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Climate change and sustainable development : new challenges for poverty reduction
Opschoor, Johannes Baptist (contributor);  … - 2009
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850833
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Poverty targeting in Asia
Weiss, John (contributor) - 2005
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850985
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Poverty strategies in Asia : a growth plus approach
Khan, Haider (contributor); Weiss, John (contributor) - 2006
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851056
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Utility privatization and regulation : a fair deal for consumers?
Ugaz, Cecilia (contributor);  … - 2003
population, as is the case in many Latin American countries. The authors also address the widespread impact of privatization on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851393
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Testing global interdependence : issues on trade, aid, migration and development
Aryeetey, Ernest (contributor);  … - 2007
Trade reforms and poverty-- the case of Cambodia / Isidro Soloaga -- International exposure, unionization, and market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420041
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Economic growth : new directions in theory and policy
Arestis, Philip (contributor);  … - 2007
reduce poverty? : in search of the trickle down effect in rural India /Santonu Basu and Sushanta Mallick --Strategy for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420046
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Infrastructure and trade in Asia
Brooks, Douglas H. (contributor); Menon, Jayant (contributor) - 2008
of the implementation of trade-related infrastructure facilities and their impacts on poverty, trade, investment and …. Khan -- Empirical estimates of trade costs for Asia / Prabir De -- Roads and poverty : a general equilibrium analysis for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851605