Cover -- Contents -- List of Tables -- List of Figures and Map -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Poverty, Ethnicity … and Exclusion -- Ethnicity, religion and caste -- Ethnicity, caste and poverty -- Ethnicity and social exclusion … minorities -- Regional concentration of minorities -- Affirmative action for minorities -- A comparative perspective -- 3 Poverty …

, and Poverty: A Global Commodity Chain Approach -- 5 Derivatives and the Politics of Alternatives 151 -- 6 Conclusions …

Multidimensional approaches have increasingly been used to understand poverty, but have yet to be fully operationalized … framework that integrates capability and social inclusion as additional poverty indicators. The empirical relevance of this …Preliminary -- Introduction -- Three Related Concepts of Poverty -- Multidimensional Approach to Poverty -- Application …

-- References -- Chapter 2: China's Miracle in Growth and Poverty Reduction -- 2.1 China's Economic Miracle -- 2.1.1 Unprecedented … -- 2.1.4 Strong Fiscal Capacity and Foreign Exchange Reserve -- 2.2 Major Achievements in Rural Poverty Reduction -- 2 ….2.1 Sharp Decline in Income Poverty -- 2.2.2 Increased Household Ownership of Durable Goods -- 2.2.3 Improvement in Health and …

Poverty and Well-Being in East Africa: A Multifaceted Economic Approach -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Summary of … Individual Studies -- 2.1 Part I. Child Poverty and Malnutrition -- 2.2 Part II. Dynamics and Determinants of Poverty -- 2.3 Part … III. Multidimensional Measures of Poverty -- 2.4 Part IV. Energy-Environment-Poverty Relationships -- 3 Contributions and …

-- Notes on Contributors -- List of Abbreviations and Acronyms -- 1 From National to People's Poverty in Changing Policy … Regimes -- 2 Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in Botswana -- 3 Wealth and Income Inequalities -- 4 Welfare, Social … Protection and Poverty Reduction -- 5 Basic Social Services and Poverty Reduction in Botswana -- 6 Organized Interests …

-- Notes on Contributors -- List of Abbreviations -- 1 The Political Economy of Poverty Eradication in Malaysia: An Overview … -- 2 Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction -- 3 Poverty and Inequality -- 4 Welfare Regime, Social Protection and … Poverty Reduction -- 5 Welfare Regimes, Social Services and Poverty Reduction -- 6 Organized Groups, Development Strategies …