Again it is said that the national incomes over First and Second Plans have gone up by 42
percent and per capita income by 20 percent. Now a legitimate query is made-where has …

ast October, Sony released its long-awaited Playstation 2. News reports showed eager fans
camped out overnight at shopping malls to be first in line to purchase the new release. It is a …

This is the paper presented by Mr Peter McCawley as the Eleventh Colin Clark memorial
lccture of The University of Queensland which was jointly organised in association with the …

I would like to start by making a few remarks about the very interesting presentation Ravi
Kanbur just made on the forthcoming World Development Report. This is bound to be a most …

In July 2005, a series of concerts called the Live 8, was organized in G8 countries and South
Africa to coincide with the G8 meeting in Gleneagles Scotland. The goal of its organizers …

The implications of long-run development policies for poverty and equity are examined,
focusing on East Asia. Except for some government efforts to assist indigenous groups (most …

How to Increase Poverty Stanley Lebergott 1 am as poor as Job, my lord, but Inot so patient.-
Sir Jiohn Falstaff T nERE exist at least eight reliable Tways to increase poverty. The United …

The financial crisis of 1997-1998 in East and Southeast Asia has raised questions about the
sustainability of some hitherto admired modes of poverty reduction. But this paper argues …

Overcoming poverty is the overarching goal of economic development, and East Asia is on
the right path. Accompanying the rapid economic growth in the region were less talked …