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Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction / edited by Y. Bangura.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction, 2662-6241
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Development economics.
- Macroeconomics.
- International economic relations.
- Economic development.
- Development Economics.
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.
- International Political Economy'.
- Economic Growth.
- Development Studies.
- Local Subjects:
- Development Economics.
- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics.
- International Political Economy'.
- Economic Growth.
- Development Studies.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (XX, 316 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed. 2015.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book looks at developmental pathways to poverty reduction that emphasize employment-centred structural change, social policies that both protect citizens and contribute to economic development, and types of politics that support economic transformation and participation of the poor in growth processes.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note:
- Introduction
- 1. Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction; Yusuf Bangura
- PART I: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES
- 2. Employment, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction; James Heintz
- 3. Taxation, Developmental State Capacity and Poverty Reduction; Jonathan Di John
- 4. The Effectiveness of IMF/World Bank-Funded Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers; Ricardo Gottschalk
- 5. Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Bilateral Donor Relations; Tom Lavers
- 6. Politics of Growth and Redistribution in a Democratic Context; Yusuf Bangura
- 7. Agrarian Social Pacts and Poverty Reduction; Adam Sheingate
- PART II: CASE STUDIES
- 8. Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Korea: Governing Multifunctional Institutions; Huck-ju Kwon and Ilcheong Yi
- 9. Growing Wealth, Poverty Avoidance and Management in Singapore; Chua Beng Huat
- 10. Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in China; Jean C. Oi
- 11. The Unsocial Leviathan: Interests, Institutions and Social Policy in Brazil; Marcus Andre; Melo
- 12. Ireland's Boom-Bust Cycles: The Elusive Search for a Balanced Development; Peadar Kirby.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781349694358
- 1349694355
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