State of world rural poverty a profile of Asia
- Italy International technology peblications 1995
- iv,67p.
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
Asia -- Rural conditions Rural conditions. Rural poor -- Asia