Delivering on the promise of pro-poor growth insights and lessons from country experiences / Timothy Besley and Louise J. Cord, editors.

Other author Besley, Timothy.
Other author Cord, Louise.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBasingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan ; Washington DC : World Bank,
Descriptionxi, 253 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Economic development--Case studies.
Poverty--Government policy. --Case studies.

Contents Overview / Louise J. Cord -- How Indonesia connected the poor to rapid economic growth / C. Peter Timmer -- The policy origins of poverty and growth in India / Timothy Besley, Robin Burgess, and Berta Esteve-Volart -- Explaining pro-poor growth in Bangladesh: puzzles, evidence, and implications / Binayak Sen, Mustafa K. Muferi, and Quazi Shahabuddin -- Pro-poor growth in Vietnam: miracle or model? / Rainer Klump -- Ghana: the challenge of translating sustained growth into poverty reduction / Ernest Aryeetey and Andrew McKay -- Uganda's experience with operationalizing pro-poor growth, 1922 to 2003 / John A. Okidi ... [et al.] -- The success of pro-poor growth in rural and urban Tunisia / Mohamed Hédi Lahouel -- Human capital, inequality, and pro-poor growth in Brazil / Naércio Menezes-Filho and Lígia Vasconcellos.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006042196
ISBN0821365150
ISBN082136670X (hbk.)
ISBN9780821365151

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