Before the financial crisis of mid-1997, estimates of consumption poverty in Indonesia were based on rather modest poverty line thresholds when seen in relation to estimates of capability poverty. The reasons behind this discrepancy are identified and alternative estimates of consumption poverty...

By analysing the data for 1963/64-1976/77, the authors attempt to study the pattern of income distribution and poverty in Bangladesh and compare the socio-economic status of the country in mid-1970s with other developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America. They demonstrate that there...

This timely study examines the impact of policies on growth, employment and poverty reduction in Indonesia, reviewing the periods both before and after the 1997 financial crisis and drawing important implications for today's policy-makers