Chronic Poverty in Asia : Causes, Consequences and Policies

Key Features:Represents the first comprehensive analysis of chronic poverty in Asia. Most books tend to deal with specific issues or specific countries, while others, such as the Chronic Poverty Research Center in the UK, look at poverty from a global perspectiveSystematically analyzes the nature of chronic poverty including the social, economic and geographic characteristics of the rural poor in AsiaDiscusses what policies have been and could be adopted to address chronic poverty from the microeconomic, sector and macroeconomic standpointsThe first author, John Malcolm Dowling, is a well-known Asian development specialist with extensive experience in Asia, having taught in Iran, Singapore and Thailand as well as having extensive experience in dealing with these countries while he was employed at the Asian Development Bank for 15 years.