I. Profile of Poverty
The persistence of world rural poverty
Poverty in Asia
• Regional overview
Poverty distribution among countries
Poverty indices: comparison among countries
Food security index
• Integrated poverty index
Basic needs index and relative welfare status
The most vulnerable groups of rural poor
The smallholders
• The landless
• The tribals
• Women
• Other poverty groups
The nature of deprivation
Poverty typology
II. Poverty Processes
Policy-induced processes
Population growth and scarcity of resources
Exploitative intermediation
Resource management and the environment
Conflicts and civil strifs
A framework for rural poverty analysis
and poverty mapping Types of rural poverty
Poverty mapping
III. Overcoming poverty in Asia: what is to be done?
Suggestions for a regional
poverty alleviation strategy
Reorienting government policies and institutions
Access of the poor to resources
• Land
• Irrigation
Technology
Traditional crop development versus crop diversification
Access to physical infrastructure
Provision of credit
Promoting rural small-scale enterprises
Support to women as producers
People's participation
Preserving the environment
Poverty alleviation: country-level strategies
• Bangladesh
• Bhutan
Cambodia
China
India
• Indonesia
• Lao PDR
Nepal
• Pakistan