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

Contributor(s): Besley, Timothy | Cord, Louise | ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Washington DC : Palgrave Macmillan ; World Bank, c2007Description: xi, 253 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.Subject(s): Economic development -- Case studies | Poverty -- Government policy -- Case studiesGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 338.9 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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