Table of Contents: Preface;
Chapter 1 - Poverty and Development in the Asia Pacific: An Overview of Issues; pp. 1-10;
(K.C.Roy and S. Chatterjee);
Chapter 2 - Poverty Alleviation and Development in East and South-East Asia: Some Comments; pp. 11-20;
(M.K. Dasgupta);
Chapter 3 - Energy, Environment and Poverty Nexus in Developing Countries; pp. 21-28;
(D.B. Varadarajan, School of Economics, Madurai Kamaraj University, India and K. Arockia Raj);
Chapter 4 - Community Development and Citizens’ Participation in Governance; pp. 29-37;
(S. Deb Kanango, Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, Dist-Birbhum, India);
Chapter 5 - Social Sector Development in India in the New Millennium with Special Reference to Poverty Alleviation; pp. 39-52;
(D. Sinha Department of Social Work, Visva-Bharati, Sriniketan, Dist-Birbhum, India);
Chapter 6 - Social Security and Development in India; pp. 53-58;
(S. Chatterjee and S.K. Roy, Goenka College of Commerce and Business Administration, India);
Chapter 7 - Performance of Manufacturing and Services Sector in India in Post-Reforms Period:Issues and Experience; pp. 59-70;
(S. Ragothaman, South Gujarat University, India);
Chapter 8 - Development of Agriculture and Rural Finance in Vietnam; pp. 71-85;
(L.R. Smith Central Queensland University, Australia and A.N. Tien Le IndoChina International Development and Investment Pty Ltd, Australia);
Chapter 9 - Poverty and Environment A Review of Issues and Evidences of Malaysia; pp. 87-102;
(C. Siwar Universiti Kebangsaan, Malaysia and N. Chamuri);
Chapter 10 - Policy Failures and Environmental Externalities: Case of Palm Oil in Malaysia and Indonesia; pp. 103-114;
(Jamal Othman, University Kebangsaan, Malaysia);
Chapter 11 - Searching for a Better Credit System to Help Improve Farmers Income: A Reflection from study on Agricultural Credit Users in Lombock, Indonesia; pp. 115-127;
(T. Sjah University of Mataram, Indonesia and D. Cameron University of Queensland, Australia);
Chapter 12 - Gender Inequality and Poverty: The Kenyan Case;
pp. 129-153;
(T. Kiriti University of Nairobi, Kenya and K.C. Roy);
Chapter 13 - Indonesia, ASEAN and ASEAN Regional Forum: Convergence Trends in Regional and National Development; pp. 155-172;
(R. James Ferguson, Centre for East-West Cultural and Economic Studies, Bond University, Australia);
Chapter 14 - Experiences Gained in Poverty Alleviation and Development and Lessons Learnt; pp. 173-181;
(K.C. Roy and S. Chatterjee);
Index pp.183-192 |