Poverty Reduction Strategies—Lessons from the Asian and Pacific Region on Inclusive Development
Chatterjee, Shiladitya | June 2005
Abstract
The Asian and Pacific region has made remarkable advances in reducing poverty. This paper surveys the main contributions that attempt to explain the causes behind the region’s success in poverty reduction, and assesses the
impact of inclusive development policies pursued. Looking broadly at the different experiences of East and Southeast Asia on one hand and South Asia on the other, the paper classifies the explanations provided in the literature for
the poverty reduction experience of the region into two groups: those explaining the phenomenal increase in economic growth and its relation to poverty reduction; and those examining the policies that have contributed
directly to fostering inclusiveness of the development process.
Citation
Chatterjee, Shiladitya. 2005. Poverty Reduction Strategies—Lessons from the Asian and Pacific Region on Inclusive Development. © Asian Development Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2374. License: CC BY 3.0 IGO.ISSN
0116-1105
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http://hdl.handle.net/11540/2374Metadata
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