This study examined community engagement and its contribution to poverty reduction in rural Nepal. Primary data were …

"This book argues that mainstream economics cannot explain the underdevelopment and poverty of Nepal, neither can it be … analysis of factors that have kept Nepal in a state of underdevelopment and poverty, with huge section of the society in … explained in terms of economics alone nor capital inadequacy even, as is conventionally believed. The author asserts that Nepal …

1. Background and objectives -- 2. Nepal's trade policy reforms -- 3. Liberalization reforms and poverty : theory and … empirics -- 4. The social accounting matrix of Nepal -- 5. Nepal CGE model and calibration : simulations of liberalization and … reform policies -- 6. Dynamic Nepal CGE model : higher and pro-poor growth -- 7. Endmatter. …

This study assesses the redistributive effects of fiscal policy in Mali and Niger. Fiscal policy is poverty increasing … three deciles, respectively). Although existing direct fiscal transfers have poverty-reducing effects, they are too small …