The Poverty Agenda:Trends and Policy Options

Book : The Poverty Agenda:Trends and Policy Options

Author : * Gerry Rodgers * Rolph Van Der Hoeven

Language : English

Library : Social Policy

Publish Place : Geneva

ISBN : 92-9014-569-2

Publish Date : 00 1995

Publisher : International Institute For Labour Studies

Book Type : Book

Book Number : 4012

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Contents
Preface
1 Introduction: Poverty reduction and development strategy, by Rolph van der Hoeven and Gerry Rodgers
Part I: Patterns of poverty.................
2 Poverty and inequality in developing countries: A review of evidence, by Hamid Tabatabai ....
3 Rural institutions and poverty in Asia
by Rizwanul Islam.............
4 Changing poverty and employment patterns under crisis in Africa, by Vali Jamal.....
5 Coping with austerity: Poverty and inequality in Latin America, by Nora Lustig........
Part II: Structural change and structural adjustment
6 Poverty in Eastern Europe: The latest manifestation of global polarization, by Peter Townsend........
7 Labour market, urban poverty and adjustment: New challenges and policy options,
by Ricardo Infante ...................
8 Structural adjustment, poverty and macro-economic policy, by Rolph van der Hoeven.............