The stated aim of much development assistance is the reduction of poverty. This book examines how development interventions might be more effectively targeted to achieve this aim. Part One provides an overview of planning for poverty reduction, and evidence on the extent and causes of poverty....

Industry and development -- Engine of growth -- Trade and efficiency -- Globalisation and industrialisation -- Technology and industrialisation -- Small scale industry : sink or seedbed? -- Industrial policy and the East Asian miracle -- Giants awakened : India and China.