Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development

This volume studies what can be done to alleviate rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India; technical change in Philippine agricuture; contract farming in Thailand; and banana growers in the Windwards.