Poverty Strategies in Asia

Edited by John Weiss, Professor of Development Economics and Associate Dean, Research, University of Bradford, UK and Haider A. Khan, Professor of Economics, Graduate School of International Studies, University of Denver, US and formerly Visiting Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan

• Contents:ForewordPeter McCawley1. Poverty Strategies in Asia: Growth PlusHaider A. Khan and John Weiss2. Macro-Modeling of Poverty and the Dual–Dual ModelHaider A. Khan3. Rice Market Reform and Poverty in the PhilippinesCaesar B. Cororaton4. Infrastructure and Poverty: Cross-Country EvidenceHossein Jalilian and John Weiss5. Roads and Poverty Reduction in Lao PDRPeter Warr6. Poverty, Vulnerability and Family Size: Evidence from the PhilippinesAniceto C. Orbeta Jr7. Poverty Targeting in Pakistan: The Role of Zakat and the Lady Health Worker ProgramG.M. Arif8. Serving the Poorest of the Poor: The Poverty Impact of the Khushhali Bank’s Microfinance Lending in PakistanHeather Montgomery9. The Role of Community Preferences in Targeting the Rural Poor: Evidence from Uttar PradeshPradeep Srivastava10. Contract Farming and Poverty Reduction: The Case of Organic Rice Contract Farming in ThailandSununtar Setboonsarng, PingSun Leung and Junning CaiIndex

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