Growth, Development & Poverty Alleviation in the Asia-Pac...
Roy, Kartik C / Chatterjee, Srikanta
This volume presents a variety of papers on issues related to growth, development and poverty prepared by specialists in their particular development-related fields. While the living standards of most people around the world have improved over time in absolute terms, many are still in desperate poverty. The major bulk of humanity lives in the continent of Asia, and it is here that some of the more spectacular contrasts in both economic growth ...