Poverty reduction and beyond : development strategies for low-income countries

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Poverty reduction and beyond : development strategies for low-income countries

edited by Takashi Shiraishi, Tatsufumi Yamagata, and Shahid Yusuf

Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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"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

Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

Table of Contents

  • Preface Poverty Reduction and Beyond: How Far toward the Goals?
  • T.Yamagata & T.Shiraishi PART I: GLOBAL PERSPECTIVES Free Markets and Economic Development
  • W.Easterly Reducing Poverty through Innovation
  • S.Yusuf PART II: REGIONAL PERSPECTIVES Industrialization cum Poverty Reduction: The Cases of Bangladesh and Cambodia
  • T.Yamagata The Pledge to End Poverty: The Image and the Reality of International Aid for Health and Population
  • S.Mahmud What Is Happening in 'Poor' Africa?
  • K.Hirano Poverty Reduction and Human Security: The Experience from JICA's Foreign Aid
  • H.Kato & M.Kiyoka Panel Discussion

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