Poverty, Growth and Institutions in Developing Asia

ERNESTO M. PERNIA is Lead Economist at the Economics and Development - Resource Center at the Asian Development Bank - ANIL B. DEOLALIKAR is based in the Department of Economics at the University of California. His research interests include the analysis of poverty and poverty-reduction policies in developing countries and the economics of education and education-sector reform.

• Introduction; A.B.Deolalikar & E.M.Pernia - PART I: GENERAL ESSAYS - Poverty Reduction: Approaches and the Role of Political Institutions; A.B.Deolalikar and E.M.Pernia - Sociocultural Factors Affecting Poverty and Poverty Reduction; M.Racelis & M.Concepcion Castro Guevara - Public Sector Reform and Poverty Reduction; A.B.Brillantes Jr - Decentralization and Poverty Reduction; R.Gaiha - PART II: COUNTRY STUDIES - Revisiting Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia; A.M.Balisacan, E.M.Pernia & A.Asra - Poverty, Inequality and Growth in the Philippines; A.M.Balisacan & E.M.Pernia - Poverty, Growth and Inequality in Thailand; A.B.Deolalikar - Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Vietnam; A.M.Balisacan, E.M.Pernia & G.E.B.Estrada -