Poverty Reduction In South Asia

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0821328107

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Poverty Reduction in South Asia by Anonim Pdf

Presents the proceedings of an informal workshop on poverty reduction in South Asia sponsored by the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and the World Bank. This workshop on poverty reduction in South Asia brought together participants from a wide range of related fields. They identified several areas of consensus, clarified issues for further research, analysis, and discussion, and suggested possible future steps. Although much has been done to alleviate poverty, the pace remains slow, leading donor agencies to look for new approaches. Much success has been achieved in community-based and participatory programs, some of which incorporate insight from programs launched by nongovernmental organizations (NGOs). The Aga Khan Rural Support Program currently serves as a respected model. The participatory components are already included in a number of World Bank-financed programs while the Bank considers their incorporation even further. This is in line with the consensus that emerged from the workshop--that community-based participatory programs in South Asia hold great promise and provide a firm basis for pursuing such strategies through research, evaluation, and operational experimentation.

Author : Deepa Narayan-Parker,Elena E. Glinskaya
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 428 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780821368770

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Ending Poverty in South Asia by Deepa Narayan-Parker,Elena E. Glinskaya Pdf

Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas that Work is one of the few books on empowerment that combines a conceptual framework with a practical framework and distills the key lessons without suggesting magic bullets. Written by program champions themselves the

Author : Ponna Wignaraja,Susil Sirivardana
Publisher : Vikas Publishing House Private
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015042003692

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Readings on Pro-poor Planning Through Social Mobilisation in South Asia: The strategic option for poverty eradication by Ponna Wignaraja,Susil Sirivardana Pdf

Author : Syeda Naushin Parnini
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 154 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2014-11-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317584650

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Poverty and Governance in South Asia by Syeda Naushin Parnini Pdf

Across South Asia in the last two decades, there has been widespread emphasis on governance reforms aiming to reduce poverty through Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). The recent development agenda has had great impact over the region , and this book finds that it largely widens the gap between the rich and poor, which combined with rising inflation, contributes to political instability. The book analyses the discourses of development agenda and governance crisis and provides a survey of the region by not only focusing on India, Pakistan and Bangladesh but also on the smaller countries in the region, such as Bhutan. Explaining three components of the development agenda as criteria for economic development – poverty reduction, governance reforms and civil society participation through liberal democracy – this book explores the consequences of the neo-liberal democracy and recent development agenda coupled with governance reforms. This work argues that the political economy of South Asia is largely derived from experiences of historical colonialism and recent changes driven by contemporary rise of India as a global power after the triumph of new-liberal democracy and market capitalism in the post-cold war era. It proposes a strengthening of the instruments of endogenous governance and people's participation in South Asian countries to reduce poverty through MDGs and other development goals in combination with top-down and bottom up approaches. Offering an understanding of governance and development in the context of the South Asia, this book will be of interest to academics in the fields of Political Economics, International Development Studies, Political Science, and Governance Studies, as well as policy makers.

Author : Almas Heshmati,Esfandiar Maasoumi,Guanghua Wan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2015-03-31
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812874207

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Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia by Almas Heshmati,Esfandiar Maasoumi,Guanghua Wan Pdf

This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty through socially inclusive and environmentally sustainable measures. Asia is facing many challenges arising from population growth, rapid urbanization, provision of services, climate change and the need to redress declining growth after the global financial crisis. This book examines poverty and related issues and aims to advance the development of new tools and measurement of multidimensional poverty and poverty reduction policy analysis. The book covers a wide range of issues, including determinants and causes of poverty and its changes; consequences and impacts of poverty on human capital formation, growth and consumption; assessment of poverty strategies and policies; the role of government, NGOs and other institutions in poverty reduction; rural-urban migration and poverty; vulnerability to poverty; breakdown of poverty into chronic and transitory components; and a comparative study on poverty issues in Asia and other regions. The book will appeal to all those interested in economic development, resources, policies and economic welfare and growth.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Manpower policy
ISBN : UOM:39015081841085

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Poverty Reduction in South Asia Through Productive Employment by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : World Bank Publications
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1995-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0821333445

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Jobs, Poverty, and Working Conditions in South Asia by Anonim Pdf

World Development Report 1995: Workers in an Integrating World addresses labor and employment--issues that are important for South Asia. Expanding employment and increasing the remuneration of workers are essential to poverty alleviation, which is the primary objective of all countries in the region. This regional perspective examines ways in which workers in South Asia can benefit from greater integration of the global economy through improving their skills or cushioning their transition to new jobs. The paper emphasizes that governments need to develop a framework for labor policies that defines the rights of employers, workers, and labor unions and the framework for collective bargaining and settlement of disputes. Liberalization will lead to market-based development, which is the best way to raise workers' living standards--it encourages firms and workers to invest in physical capital, new technologies, and skills.

Author : Imtiaz Alam
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : South Asia
ISBN : UOM:39015073611868

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SAPANA: Poverty in South Asia by Imtiaz Alam Pdf

Author : Prema-chandra Athukorala,Jayatilleke S. Bandara,Saman Kelegama
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136697838

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Trade Liberalisation and Poverty in South Asia by Prema-chandra Athukorala,Jayatilleke S. Bandara,Saman Kelegama Pdf

The link between trade liberalisation and poverty has arguably been one of the most debated topics in development policy debate. Existing studies on the subject have primarily used multi-country cross-sectional data, and there is a growing concern about the limitations of this approach in providing a sound empirical basis for informing the policy debate. These limitations point to the need for undertaking in-depth analyses within individual countries over time. In order to examine the connection between trade liberalisation and poverty, this book provides case studies of trade policy reforms and poverty reduction outcomes of seven countries in South Asia - Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. The South Asia region allows for an excellent comparative study given the widespread emphasis on liberalisation reforms in the region over the past two decades, as well as highlighting significant inter-country differences in terms of the timing and comprehensiveness of reforms, and the heavy concentration of world poverty in the region. This book is a useful contribution to studies on South Asia, as well as International Trade and Development Economics.

Author : AMITA SINGH,KAPIL KAPOOR,RABINDRANATH BHATTACHARYYA
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2008-12-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788120336988

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GOVERNANCE AND POVERTY REDUCTION by AMITA SINGH,KAPIL KAPOOR,RABINDRANATH BHATTACHARYYA Pdf

Poverty reduction in South Asia is a precondition for sustaining any form of reforms in governance. The new public management reforms which started in South Asia from Sri Lanka taking the initiative in 1977–78 have been a decisive break from the previously practised State driven protectionist system. Investment in the region has been rising and even per capita income has shown some increase, yet the state has not been able to lead these reforms appropriately and efficiently. Thus poverty has not been reduced, ordinary people continue to languish under government programmes and the socially excluded remain outside the mainstream decision making bodies. Governance in South Asia faces the single most important challenge of poverty reduction which continues to blunt and disfigure capacity, self esteem and service delivery system to the poor. This book attempts to bring out microlevel studies from many regions in South Asia to address issues of entrepreneurship, knowledge and professionalism. As an initiator of the idea on developing a critique to the straightjacketed ‘best practice’ research, this book questions the standard practice in evaluating administrative reforms as not being the true base for knowledge. Administrators need to balance capacity and control in every implementation programme. Confining to the knowledge of ‘best practices’ may conceal enormous amount of information from the ‘less than best’ practices which may be necessary to sustain good initiatives of public managers. This book highlights areas of active networking, partnerships and collaborations amongst state and non-state bodies, NGOs and specialist Science and Technical Organizations. The true nature of governance is explained and demonstrated through the processes which otherwise pass off undetected in macro-understanding of governance.

Author : Rehman Sobhan
Publisher : SAGE Publications
Page : 519 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788132104681

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Challenging the Injustice of Poverty by Rehman Sobhan Pdf

This book explores issues related to poverty in South Asia in a two-pronged manner—by focusing on injustice created and perpetuated by the unjust nature of a social order as its source and by providing concrete suggestions about how policymakers may move to challenge these injustices. Drawing on research inputs from studies across various South Asian countries, the book redefines poverty as a process which excludes certain segments of the society from equitable participation in development opportunities as well as decision-making. It further identifies a variety of operational ideas which can be used by policymakers, political activists, and civil society advocacy groups committed to build a more just, inclusive and poverty free society in South Asia.

Author : Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary,Nisit Panthamit,Naoyuki Yoshino
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789811611070

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Poverty Reduction for Inclusive Sustainable Growth in Developing Asia by Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary,Nisit Panthamit,Naoyuki Yoshino Pdf

This book provides practical policy recommendations that are useful for developing Asia and for accelerating poverty reduction plans in the rest of the world. Poverty reduction in all its forms remains one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. In developing Asia, rapid growth in countries and sub-regions such as China, India, and Southeast Asia has lifted millions out of poverty, but progress has been uneven. On the other hand, the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and the global economic recession that it has caused are pushing millions of people back into poverty. Poverty reduction, inclusive growth, and sustainable development are inseparable, and poverty reduction is the premise for sustainable development. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are a bold commitment to finish what we started and end poverty in all forms and dimensions by 2030. However, because of the current global recession, the world is not on track to end poverty by 2030. Given the aforementioned situation, if we plan to achieve the no-poverty target in line with the SDGs, governments need to reconsider their policies and economies need to allocate their resources for this aim. Owing to the importance of the topic, this book provides several thematic and empirical studies on the roles of small and medium-sized enterprises, local businesses and trusts, international remittances and microfinance, energy security and energy efficiency in poverty reduction, and inclusive growth.

Author : Nitya Mohan Khemka,Suraj Kumar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351035248

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Social Development and the Sustainable Development Goals in South Asia by Nitya Mohan Khemka,Suraj Kumar Pdf

This book assesses the roadmap for the implementation of the SDGs in South Asia, focusing in particular on the areas of poverty reduction, inequality, health/well-being and water and sanitation. South Asia is amongst the fastest growing regions in the world, with an aggregate GDP in excess of two trillion US dollars, but at the same time it has significant deficits in human development, with 37 per cent of the world's poor and nearly half of the world's malnourished children. For South Asia, the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) represent a constructive opportunity to end many of the region's deprivations in a time-bound and systematic manner. Starting with the legacy of the Millennium Development Goals, the book goes on to provide a country-by-country overview of strategies for addressing the problems of poverty, health, water and sanitation. South-South Cooperation and in particular the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are discussed and, finally, the editors present a summary of policy priorities for social development. This book aims to be a useful resource for researchers, policy influencers, planners, implementers, students, and activists aiming to push to achieve the SDGs.

Author : John Malcolm Dowling,Chin-Fang Yap
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 593 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789812838872

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Chronic Poverty in Asia by John Malcolm Dowling,Chin-Fang Yap Pdf

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.

Author : John Richards,Manzoor Ahmed,Md. Shahidul Islam
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2021-12-23
Category : Education and state
ISBN : 9781487522551

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The Political Economy of Education in South Asia by John Richards,Manzoor Ahmed,Md. Shahidul Islam Pdf

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible treatment of recent academic and policy studies of basic education in South Asia.