The dynamics of globalization / Laurence Harris -- Economic policies and external performance in Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa / Ernest Aryeetey and Machiko Nissanke -- Governments and external performance in Africa / Beatrice Weder -- Local entrepreneurship in Southeast Asia and...

"This book examines the main factors behind observed poverty changes in eight countries - Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar, Mauritania, Nigeria, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. After reviewing the trends in income poverty and other, more direct measures of well-being (such as education, health, and...