Globalization and the poor in Asia
Subtitle: can shared growth be sustained?
By: edited by Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke.
Contributors: Nissanke, Machiko.; Thorbecke, Erik, 1929-
Series: Studies in development economics and policy
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 319
Subjects: Poverty -- Asia; Globalization -- Economic aspects; Asia -- Economic policy
Description: This title examines mechanisms at work in the globalization-poverty nexus in Asia through case studies, and analyzes how a more pro-poor pattern of 'shared' growth could be adopted.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Globalization and poverty in Asia / Machiko Nissanke and Erik Thorbecke; title: Pro-poor growth: the Asian experience / Nanak Kakwani and Hyun H. Son; title: How does Vietnam's accession to the world trade organization change the spatial incidence of poverty / Tomoki Fujii and David Roland-Holst; title: Trade, migration, and poverty reduction in the globalizing economy: the case of the Philippines / Yasuyuki Sawada and Jonna P. Estudillo; title: Threshold estimation on the globalization-poverty nexus: evidence from  China / Zhicheng Liang; title: Economic development strategy, openness and rural poverty: a framework and China's experiences / Justin Yifu Lin and Peilin Lin; title: Vulnerability to globalization in India: relative rankings of states using fuzzy models / K.S. Kavi Kumar and Brinda Viswanathan; title: Resource-poor farmers in South India: on the margins or frontiers of globalization / Rimjhim M. Aggarwal; title: Credit constraints as a barrier to technology adoption by the poor: lessons from South Indian small scale fishery  / Xavier Gine and Stephan Klonner; title: Trade liberalization, environment and poverty: a developing country perspective / Mahvash S. Qureshi.