The article looks at South Korea's strategy of development, income distribution and poverty norms, characteristics of rural poverty, landlessness, family structure, labour use and employment in the rural areas, impact of the land reform on the poor, rural employment policies etc. It is noted...

As the author sees it, widespread poverty, unemployment and underemployment have been persistent characteristics of postwar Philippine development. The three are interrelated and are influenced by economic, political and socio-cultural factors. He examines some aspects of the poverty problem,...

According to the authors, rural poverty in Sri Lanka has to be analysed and evaluated in the context of development policies and the socio-economic transformation that has taken place during the last four decades. They outline and highlight development policies since the country's independance,...

After outlining the impressing growth of the economy of Thailand in the last three decades, the authors explore the trends in income distribution and poverty incidence, discuss the importance of land and land policies in relation to rural poverty, focus on human resource factors affecting rural...

It is now over nine years since Mexico found itself unable to service its debt in August 1982, and was forced into declaring a moratorium that precipitated what quickly became known as the debt crisis. The main purpose of the article is to suggest lessons that can be extracted from this...

Over the past decade, the flow of foreign capital to developing countries has declined precipitously. The author examines the structural adjustments and policy reforms that have occured in response to the reduction in foreign capital inflows to some developing countries in Asia and the Pacific....

In recent years tax reform has featured prominently in the agenda of governments in both developing and developed countries. The author seeks to highlight the problems and issues after examining the tax reform programmes of several developing countries during the 1980s and focuses on areas for...

After a brief historical review of studies in poverty, the author explores some key conceptual issues in defining poverty. He then defines and focuses on selected poverty measures and discusses the characteristics of the poor with special reference to some Asian countries, the USA and the U.K....

According to the author, taxation can be viewed as an important form of domestic resource mobilization. He discusses the importance of taxation and resource mobilization in economic growth, the relationship between fiscal policies, financial intermediation and the exchange rate, the interaction...