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Chronic poverty in Asia : causes, consequences, and policies / John Malcolm Dowling, Yap Chin-Fang.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dowling, J. Malcolm (John Malcolm)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poverty--Asia.
- Poverty.
- Poverty--Government policy--Asia.
- Economic assistance, Domestic--Asia.
- Economic assistance, Domestic.
- Poor--Services for--Asia.
- Poor.
- Developing countries--Economic aspects.
- Developing countries.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxi, 560 p. ) ill.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, c2009.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Focuses on rural poverty and those countries in Asia with the largest number of chronically poor, including the two emerging superpowers of China and India, other countries of South Asia and the Mekong region as well as Indonesia and Philippines in Southeast Asia.
- Contents:
- Dimensions of Chronic Poverty in Asia; What Determines Chronic Poverty in Asia?; Dynamics of Chronic Poverty; Microeconomic Policies to Reduce Chronic Poverty; Sector Policies to Reduce Chronic Poverty; Macroeconomic Policies to Reduce Chronic Poverty; Country Experiences; Lessons for the Future and Next Steps.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 505-540) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-75767-9
- 9786612757679
- 981-283-887-2
- OCLC:
- 729020024
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