Poverty, inequality and growth in developing countries theoretical and empirical approaches
There are many problems regarding poverty, inequality and growth in developing countries in Asia and Africa. Policy makers at the national level and at international institutions such as the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund and others have implemented various policies in order...
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London, [England] ; New York, New York :
Routledge
2015.
2015. |
| Edition: | First edition |
| Series: | Routledge studies in the modern world economy ;
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009866438906719 |
Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1. Introduction / Atsushi Maki
- Chapter 2. Are luxury goods really luxuries? : the validity of the Törnqvist-wold's hypothesis / Atsushi Maki and Mlemba Abassy Kamwe
- Chapter 3. Engel's law in Vietnam and the Philippines : effects of in-kind consumption on inequality and poverty / Atsushi Maki and Satoshi Ohira
- Chapter 4. Informal agriculture sector in Indonesia : big in size, small in contribution, and high working poverty rate / Kadarmanto
- Chapter 5. Effects of remittances on income inequality and poverty in the Philippines / Satoshi Ohira and Karen Villaquer Firshan
- Chapter 6. Area disparity of income and expenditure in Sri Lanka : based on micro data sets of household income and expenditure survey of 2006/07 / Yasumasa Baba, Yuko Arai, Hiroko Yasui and Kaori Yonezawa
- Chapter 7. The agricultural sector in Thailand's middle-income stage / Satoshi Ohira and Atsushi Maki
- Chapter 8. The possibility of a border economic zone : Asian golden quadrangle / Satoko Okuyama
- Chapter 9. Development of the fishery systems in modern Taiwan / Nobutake Koiwa
- Conclusion / Atsushi Maki.
