Chronic Poverty In Asia : Causes, Consequences And Policies.

Asia contains the bulk of the world's poor, as many as 500 million people. A significant fraction of these poor are chronically poor, which means that they and their families have been poor for years and will remain in poverty unless governmental policies are adopted which can lift them out of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: World Scientific 2009.
Temas:
Economic assistance, Domestic > Asia.
Poor > Services for > Asia.
Poverty > Government policy > Asia.
Poverty > Asia.
Aide au développement économique régional > Asie.
Pauvres > Services > Asie.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > Asie.
Pauvreté > Asie.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Economics
Poor > Services for
Poverty
Poverty > Government policy
Developing countries > Economic aspects.
Asia
Developing countries
Electronic resource.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Asia contains the bulk of the world's poor, as many as 500 million people. A significant fraction of these poor are chronically poor, which means that they and their families have been poor for years and will remain in poverty unless governmental policies are adopted which can lift them out of poverty. This book 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. Systematic analysis o.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (592)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-540) and index.
ISBN:1282757679
9781282757677
9789812838872
9812838872

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