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This volume studies what can be done to alleviate rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India; technical change in Philippine agricuture; contract farming in Thailand; and banana growers in the Windwards.

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Author:   David Greenaway ,  Tim Lloyd ,  Oliver Morrisey
Publisher:   Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint:   Palgrave Macmillan
Volume:   v.3
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.435kg
ISBN:  

9780333585023

ISBN 10:   033358502
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   12 July 1994
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

General Editor's Preface; D.Greenaway - Preface - Notes on the Contributors - Introduction; T.Lloyd & O.Morrissey - Living Standards in a North Indian Village: An Analysis within the Stochastic Dominance Framework; P.Lanjouw - The Causes of Poverty in Mauritania. A Study Based on the Mauritania Living Standards Survey; H.Coulombe & A.McKay - Household Resource Allocation in the C te d'Ivoire: Inferences from Expenditure Data; L.Haddad & J.Hoddinott - Is China Egalitarian?; J.Knight - Government Failures and NGO Successes: Credit, Banking and the Poor in Rural Bangladesh 1970-1990; J.A.McGregor - Distress Sales and Rural Credit: Evidence from an Indian Village Case Study; W.Olsen - Farm Mechanisation and Rural Development in the Philippines; J.Lingard - Agribusiness, Peasant Agriculture and the State: The Case of Contract Farming in Thailand; D.Burch - Small-Scale Banana Growers in the Windward Islands: External Implications of the Single European Market; R.Read - References - Index

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