Asian ‘Poverty Miracle’

Impressive Accomplishments or Incomplete Achievements?

AvJacques Silber,Guanghua Wan

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

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Beskrivning

Following rapid economic growth in recent decades, Asia and the Pacific experienced an impressive reduction in extreme poverty, but this drop was not uniform and achievements are still incomplete. Vulnerability to natural disasters, the increasing impact of climate change and economic crises should all be taken into account. There is also a need to consider the multidimensional nature of poverty and the non-uniformity of the decrease across different ethnic groups. This book explores the Asian 'poverty miracle' and argues for the development and use of an Asia-specific poverty line.This is a timely and multidimensional assessment of the much neglected issues of, and links between, poverty, vulnerability and ethnicity in Asia. It will be of great interest to lecturers and researchers of Asian development and economics, along with policymakers, public and private institutions, NGOs and international aid agencies.Contributors include: V. Berenger, S.R. Chakravarty, N. Chattopadhyay, T. Fujii, C. Gradín, L. Hohfeld, S. Klasen, J. Silber, H. Waibel, G. Wan

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2016-09-30
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:ADBI series on Asian Economic Integration and Cooperation
Förlag:Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN:9781785369148

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Edited by Jacques Silber, Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics, Bar-Ilan University, Israel and Guanghua Wan, Institute of World EconomyFudan University, China

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’This book introduces a number of recent methodological advances in the measurement of poverty - including on poverty lines, on incorporating vulnerability into poverty indices, and on socio-politically salient groupings - and applies them to the Asian context. The authors include some of the global leaders in this new literature. The volume will prove useful to students of poverty and to analysts of Asian development.'

Innehållsförteckning

Contents: IntroductionJacques Silber and Guanghua Wan PART I: Is There a Case for a Poverty Line Specific to Asia?1. An Asian Poverty Line? Issues and OptionsStephan Klasen2. A Poverty Line Contingent on Reference Groups: Implications for the Extent of Poverty in Some Asian CountriesSatya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, and Jacques SilberPART II: Poverty and Vulnerability in Asia3. Concepts and Measurement of Vulnerability to Poverty and Other Issues: A Review of LiteratureTomoki Fujii4. Measuring the Impact of Vulnerability on the Number of Poor: A New Methodology with Empirical IllustrationsSatya R. Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, Jacques Silber, and Guanghua Wan5. Climate Change and Vulnerability to Poverty: An Empirical Investigation in Rural IndonesiaTomoki FujiiPART III: The Multidimensionality of Poverty in Asia6. Measuring Multidimensional Poverty in Three Southeast Asian Countries Using Ordinal VariablesValérie Bérenger7. Poverty and Nutrition: A Case Study of Rural Households in Thailand and Viet NamHermann Waibel and Lena HohfeldPART IV: Poverty and Inequity8. Poverty and Ethnicity in Asian CountriesCarlos Gradín Index