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....

The world economy has been undergoing rapid structural transformation for the last three decades. The service sector has come to play an increasingly important role in this transformation. The author reviews some important issues regarding trade in services in Asian developing economies. After...

Der Autor untersucht die Hintergründe der Migration asiatischer Arbeiter im Vorderen Orient. Die Geldüberweisungen dieser Arbeiter in ihre Heimatländer spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Entwicklung der Wirtschaft des Heimatlandes. Trotzdem könnte das Überweisungskontingent noch erheblich...