With representatives from different disciplines stressing the central importance of freedom in analyzing poverty and … emphasizing some important policy issues, this book offers a view of poverty that will orient research in directions previously … neglected, and help those in charge of implementing poverty reduction policies …

econometric and statistical techniques. The authors address and identify the extent of poverty in Afghanistan over the years, the … spatial patterns and regional imbalances of poverty in Afghanistan, the distinguishing characteristics of the poor in … the poor in development processes and to successfully cope with poverty and its adverse outcomes. This short book will be …

This book explores the issue of poverty reduction within mainland Southeast Asia with a specific focus on the impact of … success in poverty reduction has come about largely through innovation in the private sector, foreign investment and the move …, to reduce poverty in the region …

is an urgent need for this type of endeavor: whether the goal is to reduce poverty or to protect the environment, we need … and systematic planning, migration may fail to reduce poverty, and could even aggravate it. The rapid economic growth in …

This study systematically investigates the development process, major characteristics and weak links of China's poverty … alleviation experience, and conducts a comparative analysis of poverty alleviation cases. It also accurately presents the internal … logic and core elements of China's poverty alleviation theory, and taking the Chinese experience of poverty alleviation …

panel data for 2003−2007. The period covered by this book coincides with the unexpected reversal of the poverty trend … observed in 2006 to the present which raised a question of vulnerability to poverty of Mexican households that had emerged from … poverty in the early 2000s under a stable economic condition. The author applies different methodologies in defining …

The study of poverty dynamics is important for effective poverty alleviation policies because the changes in income … poverty are also accompanied by changes in socioeconomic factors such as literacy, gender parity in school, health care …, infant mortality, and asset holdings. In order to examine the dynamics of poverty, information from 1,212 households in 32 …

Programme -- Chapter III：Theoretical Structure of the Guangcai Programme -- Chapter IV：The Guangcai Programme and the Poverty … Alleviation Mechanism of NGOs -- Chapter V：The Guangcai Programme and the Transformation of China's Poverty Alleviation -- Chapter … VI：The Guangcai Programme and Transformation of Poverty-Alleviation Model. …

West Bengal, India -- 13. Poverty in Best Bengal: a review of recent performance and programmes -- 14. The Impact of …This book addresses topical development issues in India, ranging from land acquisition, poverty alleviation programs … poverty alleviation. The chapters reflect on a number of development issues which were of concern for India in the recent past …

Introduction and Overview -- Chapter 1 China’s Miracle in Growth and Poverty Reduction -- Chapter 2 Explaining China … poverty, and people want to know why and how it happened. International evidence has made it clear that a global economy based … that economic growth, poverty reduction, equity, and environment and resource sustainability must be integrated into …