Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

by Y. Bangura (Editor)

Overview

This book looks at developmental pathways to poverty reduction that emphasize employment-centred structural change, social policies that both protect citizens and contribute to economic development, and types of politics that support economic transformation and participation of the poor in growth processes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137482549
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date:	06/17/2015
Series:	Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Yusuf Bangura Chua Beng Huat Jonathan Di John Ricardo Gottschalk James Heintz Huck-ju Kwon Peadar Kirby Tom Lavers Marcus André Melo Jean C. Oi Adam Sheingate Ilcheong Yi

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction; Yusuf Bangura PART I: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 2. Employment, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction; James Heintz 3. Taxation, Developmental State Capacity and Poverty Reduction; Jonathan Di John 4. The Effectiveness of IMF/World Bank-Funded Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers; Ricardo Gottschalk 5. Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Bilateral Donor Relations; Tom Lavers 6. Politics of Growth and Redistribution in a Democratic Context; Yusuf Bangura 7. Agrarian Social Pacts and Poverty Reduction; Adam Sheingate PART II: CASE STUDIES 8. Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Korea: Governing Multifunctional Institutions; Huck-ju Kwon and Ilcheong Yi 9. Growing Wealth, Poverty Avoidance and Management in Singapore; Chua Beng Huat 10. Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in China; Jean C. Oi 11. The Unsocial Leviathan: Interests, Institutions and Social Policy in Brazil; Marcus André Melo 12. Ireland's Boom-Bust Cycles: The Elusive Search for a Balanced Development; Peadar Kirby