Research Catalog

Title

Developmental pathways to poverty reduction / edited by Yusuf Bangura.

Publication

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

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Additional Authors

Bangura, Yusuf, 1950-

Description

xx, 316 pages; 23 cm

Summary

"In 2000, governments made a commitment through the Millennium Development Goals to reduce poverty and hunger by half by 2015. However, despite the reorientation of much of aid policy towards the fight against poverty, there are concerns that many countries will be unable to make meaningful dents in their levels of poverty, let alone meet the lofty goals. At the centre of these concerns is whether countries are following the right development path, and whether lessons have been learned from the strategies of newly industrialized countries that drastically reduced poverty relatively quickly and without much dependence on international development assistance. This book is about pathways to poverty reduction that emphasize employment-centred structural change, social policies that both protect citizens and contribute to economic development, and types of politics that support growth and redistribution. It draws on the experiences of countries that transformed their economies and reduced poverty in very short periods"--

Series Statement

Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series

Uniform Title

Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series.

Subjects

• Poverty > Government policy > Developing countries
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Development / Economic Development
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Macroeconomics
• Developing countries
• BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General
• Equality > Government policy > Developing countries
• Economic development > Developing countries

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction / Yusuf Bangura -- 2. Employment, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction / James Heintz -- 3. Taxation, Developmental State Capacity and Poverty Reduction / Jonathan Di John -- 4. The Effectiveness of IMF/World Bank-Funded Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers / Ricardo Gottschalk -- 5. Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Bilateral Donor Relations / Tom Lavers -- 6. Politics of Growth and Redistribution in a Democratic Context / Yusuf Bangura -- 7. Agrarian Social Pacts and Poverty Reduction / Adam Sheingate -- 8. Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Korea: Governing Multifunctional Institutions / Huck-ju Kwon and Ilcheong Yi -- 9. Singapore : Growing Wealth, Poverty Avoidance and Management / Chua Beng Huat -- 10. Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in China / Jean C. Oi -- 11. The Unsocial Leviathan: Interests, Institutions and Social Policy in Brazil / Marcus André Melo -- 12. Ireland's Boom-Bust Cycles: The Elusive Search for a Balanced Development / Peadar Kirby.

Call Number

JBD 15-412

ISBN

• 9781137482532 (hardback)
• 1137482532 (hardback)

LCCN

2015002386

OCLC

902659558

Title

Developmental pathways to poverty reduction / edited by Yusuf Bangura.

Publisher

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series

Developmental pathways to poverty reduction series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Bangura, Yusuf, 1950- editor.

Research Call Number

JBD 15-412