Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia.

• Superior document: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Series
• Author: Heshmati, Almas.
• TeilnehmendeR: Maasoumi, Esfandiar.; Wan, Guanghua.
• Place / Publishing House: Singapore : : Springer Singapore Pte. Limited,, 2015.; ©2015.
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Economic Studies in Inequality, Social Exclusion and Well-Being Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (309 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Editors' Biography -- 1 Introduction and Summary to Poverty Reduction Policies and Practices in Developing Asia -- Abstract -- 1.1 Background and Motivation -- 1.2 The Book -- 1.2.1 Part One: Poverty Alleviation with Microfinance -- 1.2.2 Part Two: Climate Change and Well-Being -- 1.2.3 Part Three: Urban Poverty Reduction Policies -- 1.2.4 Part Four: Rural Poverty Reduction Policies -- 1.2.5 Part Five: Dimensions of Poverty and Its Reductions -- 1.2.6 Part Six: Sustainability in Poverty Reduction -- 1.2.7 Part Seven: Alleviation of Poverty in Asia and the Pacific -- Part I Poverty Alleviation with Microfinance -- 2 Poverty Alleviation with Microfinance: Bangladesh Evidence -- Abstract -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Poverty -- 2.3 Microfinance's Role in Addressing Poverty -- 2.4 Research Design and Sample Selection -- 2.5 Results: Microfinance and Poverty Alleviation -- 2.5.1 Linear Regression Model 1 -- 2.5.2 Linear Regression Model 2 -- 2.6 Conclusions, Limitations, and Further Research -- References -- 3 Does Microcredit Help the Poor and Financially Marginalized Communities? Experience of Pakistan -- Abstract -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 A Brief Review of Literature -- 3.3 Data and Methodology -- 3.3.1 Source of Data and the Collection Method -- 3.3.2 The Methodology -- 3.4 Result and Discussion -- 3.5 Conclusion and Policy Implications -- 3.6 Policy Implications -- References -- Part II Climate Change, Disaster Management and Poverty Reduction -- 4 Climate Change, Agricultural Production, and Poverty in India -- Abstract -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Methodology and Dataset -- 4.2.1 Estimation of the Ricardian Model -- 4.2.2 Estimation of Climate Change Impact on Poverty -- 4.3 Empirical Results and Discussions -- 4.3.1 Effect of Climate Change on Agriculture.

4.3.2 Effect of Climate Change on Poverty and Well-Being -- 4.4 A Model -- 4.5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- Part III Urban Poverty Reduction Policies -- 5 Urban Poverty in Developing Asia-Dichotomy Between the Income and Non-income Dimensions: Are We not Grossly Underestimating Its Incidence? -- Abstract -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Income Poverty Incidence in Urban Asia: Has There Been "Urbanization of Poverty" in Asia? -- 5.3 Why Is Examining Only Income Poverty in Urban Asia not Enough? -- 5.4 Dimensions of Non-income Poverty in Urban Asia: How Acute Are the Deprivations? -- 5.4.1 Shelter Poverty -- 5.5 Congested Living -- 5.6 Urban Service Deficits and Deprivations -- 5.7 Social Poverty: Lack of Access to Education, Health and Social Security Systems -- 5.8 Lack of Access to Decent Livelihood (Working Poverty) -- 5.9 Conclusion -- References -- 6 Housing Poverty and Inequality in Urban India -- Abstract -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Methods and Data -- 6.2.1 Methods -- 6.2.1.1 Estimates for Differences in Living Standard -- 6.2.1.2 Estimates for Housing Demand -- 6.2.2 Data -- 6.3 Results -- 6.3.1 Housing Poverty and Inequality in Urban India -- 6.3.2 Housing Demand in Urban India -- 6.3.2.1 Effects of Income and Land Possession -- 6.3.2.2 Effects of Labor Market Characteristics: Principal Occupation and Employment Status -- 6.3.2.3 Effects of Other Variables: Demographic, Sociocultural, and Location Characteristics -- Conclusion -- References -- Part IV Rural Poverty Reduction Policies -- 7 Evaluation of the Policy of Crop Diversification as a Strategy for Reduction of Rural Poverty in India -- Abstract -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 A Brief Overview of Existing Literature and the Proposed Framework of Analysis -- 7.3 The Methodology -- 7.4 Results of Empirical Investigation.

7.4.1 Extent of Crop Diversification in Relation to the Pattern and Extent of Irrigation -- 7.4.2 Determinants of Crop Diversification: The Role of Irrigation, Farm Size and Family Labour -- 7.4.3 The Relationship Between the Extent of Crop Diversification and Pattern of Consumption, Poverty and Malnutrition Among Farmers Belonging to Different Size Classes -- 7.4.4 Viability of Crop Diversification: Impact of Crop Diversification on Farm Efficiency and Profitability -- 7.5 Concluding Observations and Policy Implications -- References -- 8 Conflict and Livelihood Decisions in the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh -- Abstract -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh -- 8.3 Data and Methodology -- 8.3.1 Descriptive Statistics -- 8.3.2 Empirical Model Specification and Strategy -- 8.4 Results and Discussions -- 8.4.1 Consumption Expenditure -- 8.4.2 School Enrolment -- 8.4.3 Production Decisions: Cropping Patterns -- 8.5 Conclusions -- References -- Part V Dimensions of Poverty and Its Reductions -- 9 Decomposing Spatial Inequality in Sri Lanka: A Quantile Regression Approach -- Abstract -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Analytical Framework -- 9.3 Data and Variables -- 9.4 Discussion of Results and Conclusions -- 9.4.1 Regression Results -- 9.4.2 Inequality Decomposition -- References -- 10 Non-income Dimensions, Prevalence, Depth and Severity of Poverty: Spatial Estimation with Household-Level Data in India -- Abstract -- 10.1 Introduction -- 10.2 Pooled Data and Construction of Variables -- 10.3 Methodology -- 10.4 Empirical Results -- 10.5 Conclusions -- References -- 11 Is Poverty Comparable Across Varying Size of Population Among Indian States? -- Abstract -- 11.1 Introduction -- 11.2 Data and Methodology -- 11.2.1 SST Index for Poverty Measurement -- 11.2.2 Rural and Urban Poverty Comparison Through SST Index.

11.3 Conclusion -- References -- Part VI Sustainability in Poverty Reduction -- 12 The Significance of Foreign Labour Migration and Land for Poverty Reduction in Nepal -- Abstract -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Methodology -- 12.3 Poverty Trends: Moving Out, Moving In -- 12.4 Explaining the Movement of People in and Out of Poverty -- 12.4.1 Pathways Out of Poverty -- 12.4.2 Pathways Leading into Poverty -- 12.5 Conclusion: Connecting Pathways Out of Poverty -- References -- 13 Does Poverty Alone Keep Children Out of School? The Case of Children Under Kinship Care in the Philippines -- Abstract -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 Differential Parental Investments in Their Children -- 13.3 Household Survey Data -- 13.4 Empirical Framework -- 13.4.1 Estimating Equation -- 13.4.2 Regression Variables -- 13.5 Analysis of Results -- 13.5.1 Likelihood of School Attendance of Children, Grandchildren, and Other Kin -- 13.5.2 Other Factors Affecting the Probability of School Attendance -- 13.5.3 Improving the School Attendance of Children Under Kinship Care -- 13.6 Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- Part VII Alleviation of Poverty in Asia and the Pacific -- 14 Economic Class and Labour Market Segregation: Poor and Middle-Class Workers in Developing Asia and the Pacific -- Abstract -- 14.1 Introduction and Background -- 14.2 Data and Methodology -- 14.3 Employment and Economic Class in Asia and the Pacific: Regional Trends and Projections -- 14.3.1 Estimates, 1991-2012 -- 14.3.2 Projections, 2012-2017 -- 14.4 Distinguishing Class-Based Characteristics of the Labour Market -- 14.4.1 Economic Participation -- 14.4.2 Education Gaps and Middle-Class Opportunities -- 14.4.3 Working Poverty and Middle-Class Jobs -- 14.4.3.1 The Challenge of Vulnerable and Casual Employment -- 14.4.3.2 Agricultural Poverty Trap and Opportunities in Manufacturing.

14.4.3.3 Class and Occupational Segregation -- 14.4.3.4 Sufficiency of Working Hours to Escape Poverty -- 14.5 Conclusion -- References -- 15 Foreign Direct Investment and the Poverty Reduction Nexus in Southeast Asia -- Abstract -- 15.1 Introduction -- 15.2 Overview of FDI and Poverty -- 15.2.1 The Stylized Facts of FDI and Poverty in ASEAN -- 15.2.2 Literature Review -- 15.3 Empirical Approach -- 15.3.1 Empirical Model -- 15.3.2 Data Source -- 15.4 Empirical Results -- 15.4.1 Estimated Results from Spatial Panel Data Testing: Baseline -- 15.4.2 Robustness Checks -- 15.5 Conclusion and Policy Implications -- References -- Appendix -- Author Index -- Subject Index.