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050	0	0	_aHC415.P6 _bP686 2006
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245	0	0	_aPoverty strategies in Asia _h[electronic resource] : _ba growth plus approach / _cedited by John Weiss, Haider A. Khan.
260			_aCheltenham, U.K. ; _aNorthampton, Mass. : _bEdward Elgar, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource (xii, 314 p.)
500			_a"A joint publication of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Edward Elgar Publishing"--T.p.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_a1. Poverty strategies in Asia : growth plus / Haider A. Khan and John Weiss -- 2. Macro-modeling of poverty and the dual-dual model / Haider A. Khan -- 3. Rice market reform and poverty in the Philippines / Caesar B. Cororaton -- 4. Infrastructure and poverty : cross-country evidence / Hossein Jalilian and John Weiss -- 5. Roads and poverty reduction in Lao PDR / Peter Warr -- 6. Poverty, vulnerability and family size : evidence from the Philippines / Aniceto C. Orbeta Jr. -- 7. Poverty targeting in Pakistan : the role of Zakat and the Lady Health Worker Program / G.M. Arif -- 8. Serving the poorest of the poor : the poverty impact of the Khushhali Bank's microfinance lending in Pakistan / Heather Montgomery -- 9. The role of community preferences in targeting the rural poor : evidence from Uttar Pradesh / Pradeep Srivastava -- 10. Contract farming and poverty reduction : the case of organic rice contract farming in Thailand / Sununtar Setboonsarng, PingSun Leung and Junning Cai.
520			_aIt is widely recognized that while high and sustained economic growth is critical for poverty reduction, there are other policy interventions that may also be significant in a "growth plus" approach to poverty reduction. This volume brings together a series of case studies on the poverty impact of alternative interventions in a broad range of Asian economies. The measures examined within the book cover trade liberalization both in general and in a specific market, infrastructure investment (particularly in roads), population policies, cash transfers, microfinance, employment guarantee programs and contract farming. The countries covered include the Philippines, Lao PDR, Pakistan, India and Thailand. While the results illustrated by the contributors are mixed, they demonstrate the potential for further progress in poverty reduction.
650		0	_aPoverty _zAsia.
651		0	_aAsia _xEconomic policy.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2lcsh
700	1		_aKhan, Haider.
700	1		_aWeiss, John, _d1948-
710	2		_aAsian Development Bank. _bInstitute.
710	2		_aEdward Elgar Publishing.
776	1		_z1845429281 (hardcover) _z9781845429287 (hardback)
856	4	0	_uhttps://www.elgaronline.com/view/1845429281.xml
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