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Record Nr.

UNINA9910964952803321

Titolo

Poverty Reduction and Beyond : Development Strategies for Low-Income Countries / / edited by T. Shiraishi, T. Yamagata, S. Yusuf

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

9786612533181

9781282533189

1282533185

9780230236929

0230236928

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (208 p.)

Collana

IDE-JETRO Series, , 2662-6322

Altri autori (Persone)

ShiraishiTakashi <1950->

YamagataTatsufumi

YusufShahid <1949->

Disciplina

339.46091724

Soggetti

Development economics

Economic development

International economic relations

Development Economics

Development Studies

International Economics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"IDE-JETRO."

Proceedings of a symposium held jointly by the Asahi Shimbun, the Institute of Developing Economies, JETRO (IDE-JETRO) and the World Bank, on Nov. 29, 2007, in Tokyo.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Poverty reduction and beyond : how far toward the goals? / Tatsufumi Yagamata and Takashi Shiraishi -- Free markets and economic development / William Easterly -- Reducing poverty through innovation / Shahid Yusuf -- Industrialization cum poverty reduction : the cases of Bangladesh and Cambodia / Tatsufumi Yamagata -- The pledge to end poverty : the image and the reality of international aid for health and population / Simeen Mahmud -- What is happening in "poor" Africa? /



Katsumi Hirano -- Poverty reduction and human security : the experience from JICA's foreign aid / Hiroshi Kato and Masanobu Kiyoka -- Panel discussion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book highlights strategies for poverty reduction in developing countries, with emphasis on the power of the market mechanism and vigor of the private sector, focusing ODA on a few longer term challenges and leveraging advances in technology to the fullest, and underlining the importance of human rights and security.