Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By … examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the … book seeks to find ways to rediscover and resume a pattern of shared growth in Asia …

1. Introduction -- 2. Spatial Disparities and Poverty: The Case of Three Provinces in the Philippines -- 3. Decomposing … Poverty Change in India: Within- and Between-Group Effects Across Regions, 2004-05 and 2009-10 -- 4.Pathways Out of Rural … Poverty and the Role of Agriculture in Four Rice-Ecosystems in the Rural Philippines -- 5. Reducing Petroleum Subsidy in …

Focusing on the Asia-Pacific region, which in recent years has been the engine of global economic growth, this volume … for governments in the Asia Pacific region as they seek to achieve long-term sustainable growth since the continued … inclusive and sustainable growth in the Asia and Pacific region. …

Despite the accelerating pace of globalization, it is impossible to ignore the marginalization of the developing world …, as billions of people continue to slip deeper into poverty. While many theories, policies, and practices have been …

Common Market. An Alternative Model to Globalization -- Chapter 6: Issues deter the propelling growth of awqaf in Bangladesh …

matter as well. They are critical to explaining differences in social development and poverty reduction across countries and … various institutional factors at the national and subnational levels to achieve rapid and sustained poverty reduction. Indeed …, paying attention to these factors will benefit both growth and poverty reduction …

and the Troubled Transition -- Chapter 6: The Birth of the WTO -- Chapter 7: The Many Faces of Globalization -- Chapter 8 …