Philippines has not been as inclusive as in the other countries as manifested in the increase in the magnitude of poverty. This … paper examines how we can improve our record on poverty reduction by looking at how we can generate greater demand for the … inclusive growth in the Philippines through employment generation for the poor. The manufacturing sector can provide employment …

This chapter addresses the unrelenting pessimism in Asian Drama about Indonesia's development prospects. This pessimism … Dutch colonial policies) and the extreme poverty witnessed in rural areas. Using historical and modern data on the …

"Indonesia has an impressive record of economic growth and poverty reduction over the past two decades. The growth-poverty …/kabupatens), however, reveal huge differences in poverty changes, subnational economic growth, and local attributes. Results of econometric …. Thus, while fostering economic growth is evidently crucial, a more complete poverty reduction strategy should take into …

specifically on the poverty impacts of growth. Considering a cross-sectional perspective for poverty measurement, early …’s treatment of mobility encompasses both the gain of "mobility as equalizer" and the variability cost of poverty transiency …

evaluate the dynamics of the poverty impact of growth in Indonesia, by comparing the 1993-2000, 2000-07, and 2007-14 growth …The canonical approach to analysing the poverty impact of growth is based on the comparison of poverty before and after … growth. Measurement tools that endorse this approach fail to capture the different experiences of poverty dynamics in the …