The Poverty of Nations

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Executive Summary....Pages 1-27
Front Matter....Pages 29-29
Introduction....Pages 31-34
Persistence of Poverty and Early Attempts to Eradicate it....Pages 35-42
Advent of the Market Economy and its Impact on Poverty....Pages 43-46
Front Matter....Pages 47-47
Alternative Definitions and Measurements of Poverty....Pages 49-58
Some Macro-Indicators of Poverty....Pages 59-67
Absolute and Proportionate Poverty....Pages 68-72
Sectoral Poverty: Literacy, Education and Health....Pages 73-82
Human Deprivation and Distress....Pages 83-85
Levels of Human Development....Pages 86-96
International Differences in Poverty Levels....Pages 97-101
Poverty in the Highly Developed Market Economies....Pages 102-111
Poverty in India....Pages 112-133
Front Matter....Pages 135-135
How Recession in the Asian Economies Negatively Impacts the Poverty Situation....Pages 137-144
What Obstructs and What Facilitates Poverty Removal....Pages 145-154
Strategies for Poverty Reduction in Different Regimes....Pages 155-167
Package of Policies for Poverty Elimination....Pages 168-181
Back Matter....Pages 182-189