The Asian ‘Poverty Miracle’

Edited by Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan

Abstract: Following rapid economic growth in recent decades, Asia and the Pacific experienced an impressive reduction in extreme poverty, but this drop was not uniform and achievements are still incomplete. Vulnerability to natural disasters, the increasing impact of climate change and economic crises should all be taken into account. There is also a need to consider the multidimensional nature of poverty and the non-uniformity of the decrease across different ethnic groups. This book explores the Asian ‘poverty miracle’ and argues for the development and use of an Asia-specific poverty line.

Keywords: Asian Studies; Development Studies; Economics and Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
ISBN: 9781785369148
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Chapters in this book:

Ch 1 An Asian poverty line? Issues and options , pp 13-29: Stephan Klasen
Ch 2 A poverty line contingent on reference groups: implications for the extent of poverty in some Asian countries , pp 30-50: Satya Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay and Jacques Silber
Ch 3 Concepts and measurement of vulnerability to poverty and other issues: a review of literature , pp 53-83: Tomoki Fujii
Ch 4 Measuring the impact of vulnerability on the number of poor: a new methodology with empirical illustrations , pp 84-117: Satya Chakravarty, Nachiketa Chattopadhyay, Jacques Silber and Guanghua Wan
Ch 5 Climate change and vulnerability to poverty: an empirical investigation in rural Indonesia , pp 118-146: Tomoki Fujii
Ch 6 Measuring multidimensional poverty in three Southeast Asian countries using ordinal variables , pp 149-214: Valérie Bérenger
Ch 7 Poverty and nutrition: a case study of rural households in Thailand and Viet Nam , pp 215-250: Hermann Waibel and Lena Hohfeld
Ch 8 Poverty and ethnicity in Asian countries , pp 253-320: Carlos Gradín

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