Development and Poverty Reduction (eBook, ePUB)

A Global Comparative Perspective
Redaktion: Zheng, Yongnian; Qian, Jiwei

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Globally poverty reduction is stilll a very important issue. This book considers poverty reduction from a global perspective. It highlights how issues are perceived from a non-Western perspective and how the rise of China is having a profound impact on poverty reduction globally and changing the way poverty reduction is approached.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 308
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Oktober 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000650556
• Artikelnr.: 57974160

Autorenporträt

Yongnian Zheng is Professor and Director of the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore. Jiwei Qian is a Senior Research Fellow at the East Asian Institute, National University of Singapore.

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: Background discussions. 1 Introduction: poverty reduction in
comparative perspective, Yongnian Zheng and Jiwei Qian. 2 The state and
development: the two political economy models of China and the West,
Yongnian Zheng. Part II: America. 3 Poverty in the US and its causes,
Douglas J. Besharov and Douglas M. Call. Part III: Africa. 4 Development
and poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa, Tony Addison, Ville Pikkarainen, Risto
Rönkkö, and Finn Tarp. 5 An overview of recent trends in official
development assistance: contradictory new directions in the relationship
between DAC donors and China, Mark McQuinn. 6 Africa's quest for poverty
alleviation: lessons from and reflections on the role of China, Humphrey P.
B. Moshi. 7 Strengthening Sino-African poverty alleviation collaboration
through knowledge sharing, Michael Mitchell Omoruyi Ehizuelen. Part IV:
Southeast Asia. 8 Poverty reduction experiences of Southeast Asian
countries, Peter Warr. 9 Economic development and poverty reduction in
Southeast Asia, Yap Kioe Sheng. Part V: East Asia. 10 The rise of China and
its implications for economics and other developing countries, Justin Yifu
Lin. 11 Poverty reduction in East Asia: a continuing development challenge,
John Wong. 12 The impact of economic development on the social structure of
the Japanese rural community, Yoshihisa Godo. 13 The urban informal sector
and development in China: institutions and feedback effects, Jiwei Qian.