This book provides practical policy recommendations that are useful for developing Asia and for accelerating poverty reduction plans in the rest of the world. P

Based on research covering eight Asian countries. Explores developments in analytical approaches to poverty reduction and examines the main political, social an

This book looks at the major policy challenges facing developing Asia and how the region sustains rapid economic growth to reduce multidimensional poverty throu

While Asia’s growth record in recent decades is remarkable, it has been marred by rising inequalities. This book looks at recent trends of income and non-inco

Over the past two decades, the percentage of the world’s population living on less than a dollar a day has been cut in half. How much of that improvement is b