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Poverty Reduction and Beyond : Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries / edited by T. Shiraishi, T. Yamagata, S. Yusuf.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Shiraishi, Takashi, 1950-
Yamagata, Tatsufumi.
Yusuf, Shahid, 1949-
Ajia Keizai Kenkyūjo (Japan)
Series:
IDE-JETRO Series, 2662-6322
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Development economics.
Economic development.
International economic relations.
Development Economics.
Development Studies.
International Economics.
Local Subjects:
Development Economics.
Development Studies.
International Economics.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (208 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2009.
Place of Publication:
London : Palgrave Macmillan UK : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market mechanism and vigor of the private sector, focusing ODA on a few longer term challenges and leveraging advances in technology to the fullest, and underlining the importance of human rights and security.
Contents:
Poverty reduction and beyond : how far toward the goals? / Tatsufumi Yagamata and Takashi Shiraishi
Free markets and economic development / William Easterly
Reducing poverty through innovation / Shahid Yusuf
Industrialization cum poverty reduction : the cases of Bangladesh and Cambodia / Tatsufumi Yamagata
The pledge to end poverty : the image and the reality of international aid for health and population / Simeen Mahmud
What is happening in "poor" Africa? / Katsumi Hirano
Poverty reduction and human security : the experience from JICA's foreign aid / Hiroshi Kato and Masanobu Kiyoka
Panel discussion.
Notes:
"IDE-JETRO."
Proceedings of a symposium held jointly by the Asahi Shimbun, the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO) and the World Bank, on Nov. 29, 2007, in Tokyo.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786612533181
9781282533189
1282533185
9780230236929
0230236928
OCLC:
608023820

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