Fighting Poverty in Developing Countries

Die Autoren analysieren die ständig steigende Armut in den Entwicklungsländern aus ökonomischer Perspektive und wollen damit eine Basis für Expertendiskussionen zu diesem drängenden Thema der Entwicklungspolitik liefern. Inhaltsübersicht: 1. Foundation of an economic analysis of poverty: 1.1 Notions of Anti-Poverty Policies; 1.2 Defining Poverty; 1.3 Measuring and Characterising Poverty; 1.4. Empirical Dimensions of Poverty; 1.5 The Need for Anti-Poverty Policies in Developing Countries. 2. The Economic Causes of Poverty: 2.1 The Determinants of Poverty at the Micro Level - A Framework for Analysis; 2.2 Determinants of Poverty at the Macro Level; 2.3 Underdevelopment, Income Distribution and Poverty in a Dynamic Perspective. 3. Principles of Anti-Poverty Policies: 3.1 Poverty Alleviation vs. Social Policy Measures; 3.2 The Role of Distributive Policies; 3.3 The Role of Self-Help Programmes; 3.4 The Role of the Institutional Structures; 3.5 The Informal Sector - Economy of the Poor?; 3.6 On the Need of Sustainability: Short- and Long-Term Effects of Anti-Poverty Policies. 4. Points of Departure and Problems in the Fight against Poverty; 5. Special Issues in the Fight against Poverty: 5.1 Child Labour and Poverty - Which Causal Direction is it?; 5.2 Systemic Transition - Do the Poor Benefit or Suffer? 6. Selection and Implementation of Anti-Poverty Programmes - Concluding Remarks.