1.

Record Nr.

UNIORUON00427188

Titolo

Republic of Austria, 1945-1975

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Wien, : Austrian Central Statistical Office, 1976

Descrizione fisica

206 p. ; 23 cm.

Disciplina

316

Soggetti

AUSTRIA - Studi

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910545199103321

Autore

Maki Atsushi

Titolo

Poverty, inequality and growth in developing countries : theoretical and empirical approaches / / edited by Atsushi Maki

Pubbl/distr/stampa

2015

London, [England] ; ; New York, New York : , : Routledge, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

9781138067295

1138067296

9781317444794

1317444795

9781315696058

1315696053

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (272 pages)

Collana

Routledge Studies in the Modern World Economy ; ; 142.

Classificazione

BUS069000

Disciplina

339.4/6091724

339.46091724

Soggetti

Poverty - Developing countries

Equality - Developing countries

Urbanization - Developing countries

Developing countries Economic conditions 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa



Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

; 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.

Sommario/riassunto

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 to decrease poverty and inequality. This book provides empirical observations on Asian countries and Africa. Each chapter provides theoretical and empirical analysis on regional case studies with an emphasis on policy implications. The book will be of use to many who wish to assess and improve poli