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...

An increasing amount of research is now being conducted on topics at the interface of regional science and the environment. This research is both theoretical and empirical and the broad objective of this research is to analyze the numerous environmental implications of problems in regional...

The purpose of this introductory chapter is twofold. First, the chapter provides an overview of some key economic themes in contemporary times and the spectacular rise of Asia. Next, the chapter provides an overview of the twelve remaining chapters that comprise this book. These chapters address...

Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Contributors -- Part I: Introduction -- Introduction to Regional Growth and Sustainable Development in Asia -- 1 Preliminaries -- 2 Poverty -- 2.1 Regional Disparities and Poverty in the Philippines -- 2.2 Decomposition of Poverty in India -- 2.3 Rural Poverty and...

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