Globalization and the poor in Asia : can shared growth be sustained?

Author(s)

• Nissanke, Machiko
• Thorbecke, Erik

Bibliographic Information

Globalization and the poor in Asia : can shared growth be sustained?

edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke

（Studies in development economics and policy series）

Palgrave Macmillan : In association with the United Nations University, World Institute for Development Economics Research, 2008

• : [hardback]

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents of Works

• Globalization and poverty in Asia : can shared growth be sustained? / Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke
• Pro-poor growth: the Asian experience / Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son
• How does Vietnam's accession to the World Trade Organization change the spatial incidence of poverty? / Tomoki Fujii and David Roland-Holst
• Trade, migration and poverty reduction in the globalizing economy : the case of the Philippines / Yasuyuki Sawada and Jonna P. Estudillo
• Threshold estimation on the globalization-poverty nexus : evidence from China / Zhicheng Liang
• Economic development strategy, openness and rural poverty : a framework and China's experiences / Justin Yifu Lin and Peilin Lin
• Vulnerability to globalization in India : relative rankings of states using fuzzy models / K.S. Kavi Kumar and Brinda Viswanathan
• Resource-poor farmers in South India : on the margins or frontiers of globalization? / Rimjhim M. Aggarwal
• Credit constraints as a barrier to technology adoption by the poor : lessons from South Indian small-scale fisheries / Xavier Giné and Stefan Klonner
• Trade liberalization, environment and poverty : a developing country perspective / Mahvash Saeed Qureshi

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Asia is widely regarded as having benefited most from the dynamic growth effect of the recent wave of globalization. By examining mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus through specific case studies reflecting different settings, the book seeks to find ways to rediscover and resume a pattern of shared growth in Asia.

Table of Contents

• Globalization and Poverty in Asia
• M.Nissanke & E.Thorbecke Pro-Poor Growth: The Asian Experience
• N.Kakwani & H.H.Son How Does Vietnam's Accession to the World Trade Organization Change the Spatial Incidence of Poverty
• T.Fujii & D.Roland-Holst Trade, Migration, and Poverty Reduction in the Globalizing Economy: The Case of the Philippines
• Y.Sawada & J.P.Estudillo Threshold Estimation on the Globalization-Poverty Nexus: Evidence from China
• Z.Liang Economic Development Strategy, Openness and Rural Poverty: A Framework and China's Experiences
• J.Y.Lin & P.Lin Vulnerability to Globalization in India: Relative Rankings of States using Fuzzy Models
• K.S.K.Kumar & B.Viswanathan Resource-Poor Farmers in South India: On the Margins or Frontiers of Globalization
• R.M.Aggarwal Credit Constraints as a Barrier to Technology Adoption by the Poor: Lessons from South Indian Small Scale Fishery
• X.Gine & S.Klonner Trade Liberalization, Environment and Poverty: A Developing Country Perspective
• M.S.Qureshi

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Details

• NCID: BA86451561
• ISBN:
  • 9780230201880
• LCCN: 2008000191
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 319 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HC415.P6
  • DC22 : 339.4/6095
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Poverty -- Asia
  • LCSH : Asia -- Economic policy
  • LCSH : Globalization -- Economic aspects
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA5641786X