. The account begins with the first efforts by public authorities to regulate poverty and then proceeds to the “social …

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 …

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 …

Introduction -- Ethnic Heterogeneity -- The Welfare State -- Poverty and Inequality -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and the … Welfare State -- Ethnic Heterogeneity and Poverty and Inequality -- Conclusion -- References -- Index … and poverty. Comparative analysis provides a new look into the ongoing drive for welfare state retrenchment amidst …

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 …

implications for a regional cluster. This volume focuses on Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania, and Poland. …