Poverty, Growth, and Safety Nets A Comparative Regional Perspective

by Deolalikar, Anil B.

• ISBN13: 9780973397802
• ISBN10: 0973397802
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-01-01
• Publisher: de Sitter Publications

Summary

This volume focuses on the dimensions and determinants of poverty in Asia. Contributions from Jean Dr�¨ze, Amartya Sen and others cover issues such as democratic practice and social inequality in India, Thailand, the Philippines, Pakistan, and Vietnam. The book also examines democratic decentralization, institutional constraints, land reform, the role of politics and economic growth in poverty reduction, and the importance of beneficiary participation in public safety net programs.

Table of Contents

Introduction : poverty, growth, and safety nets : a comparative regional perspective	p. 1
Democratic practice and social inequality in India	p. 6
Panchayats, communities, and the rural poor in India	p. 38
New theory or new dogma? : a tale of social capital and economic development from Gujarat, India	p. 83
Poverty, inequality, and economic growth : the case of Thailand	p. 113
Alienated life : socioeconomic characteristics of the ultra poor in Thailand	p. 128
The rural road to poverty reduction : some lessons from the Phillipine experience	p. 147
Being poor and becoming poor : poverty status and poverty transitions in rural Pakistan	p. 168
Poverty and "damaging fluctuations" : how do they relate?	p. 186
Access to health services by the poor and the non-poor : the case of Vietnam	p. 244
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