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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505 0 |a Cover13; -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Acronyms -- Chapter 1 The Dimensions of Chronic Poverty in Asia -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Poverty and Hunger -- 1.3 Poverty and Discrimination -- 1.3.1 Minorities including indigenous people -- 1.3.2 Unfair labor practices -- 1.3.3 Child labor -- 1.3.4 Gender -- 1.4 Income and the Ability to Work -- 1.5 Vulnerability -- 1.6 The Confluence of Forces and Poverty Dynamics -- 1.7 Where do the Chronically Poor Live? -- 1.7.1 In remote areas -- 1.7.2 Where agricultural productivity is low -- 1.7.3 In political and social isolation -- 1.8 Why are They Poor? -- 1.8.1 Income poverty -- 1.8.2 Lack of capital and social services -- 1.8.3 Environmental degradation -- 1.8.4 Lack of diversity, low saving, growth and limited technical transfer -- 1.9 Chronically Poor, Transient Poor and Non-Poor -- 1.10 Rural and Urban Poverty -- 1.11 Dimensions of Chronic Poverty in Asia -- Chapter 2 What Determines Chronic Poverty in Asia? -- 2.1 Lack of Human Capital -- 2.1.1 Life expectancy -- 2.1.2 Infant mortality -- 2.1.3 Literacy and education -- 2.2 Limited Income and Earning Power -- 2.3 Geographical Isolation -- 2.4 Lack of Physical Assets -- 2.5 Lack of Financial Capital -- 2.6 Political and Social Isolation -- 2.7 Ethnic, Gender and Other Forms of Discrimination -- 2.7.1 Infant mortality and gender discrimination -- 2.7.2 Gender discrimination at work -- 2.7.3 Class and caste based discrimination -- 2.8 Limited Mobility and Migration -- 2.9 Unfavorable Household Characteristics -- 2.10 Children and Chronic Poverty -- 2.11 Shocks, Wars and Other Disruptions -- 2.11.1 Asian financial crisis -- 2.11.2 2004 Tsunami -- Chapter 3 The Dynamics of Chronic Poverty -- 3.1 Intra Household Food Allocations -- 3.2 Transfers of Human Capital -- 3.3 Transfer of Other Assets -- 3.4 Transfer of Social Capital -- 3.5 Reversibility, Resilience and Coping Strategies -- Chapter 4 Microeconomic Policies to Reduce Poverty -- 4.1 Social Safety Nets and Entitlements -- 4.2 Cash Transfers and Food Subsidies -- 4.3 Public Works Programs -- 4.4 Social Funds -- 4.5 Conditional Cash Transfers -- 4.6 Education and Health Subsidies -- 4.7 Success Stories -- 4.8 Labor Mobility 8212; Migration and Remittances -- 4.8.1 International migration -- 4.8.2 Rural to urban migration -- Chapter 5 Sector Policies to Reduce Chronic Poverty -- 5.1 Increase Connectivity of By-Passed Regions -- 5.1.1 Communications -- 5.1.2 Rural roads -- 5.1.3 Rural electrification -- 5.2 Irrigation -- 5.3 Agricultural Extension and New Technologies -- 5.4 Land Reform -- 5.5 Technological Innovation -- 5.6 Small Scale Industry and Micro Finance -- 5.7 Returns to Alternative Infrastructure Investment 8212; A Summary -- Chapter 6 Macroeconomic Policies to Reduce Chronic Poverty -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Infrastructure -- 6.3 Fiscal Deficits and Fiscal Adjustment -- 6.4 Labor Laws -- 6.4.1 Minimum wage laws -- 6.5 Financial Sector -- 6.6 Government Development Spending -- 6.7 Migration Policy -- 6.8 Social Protection -- Chapter 7 Country Experiences -- 7.1 China -- 7.1.1 Incidence of poverty -- 7.1.2 Determinants of poverty -- 7.1.3 Government commitment to reduce poverty -- 7.1.4 Microeconomic policies. 
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504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 505-540) and index. 
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