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Poverty Targeting in Asia WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss ii 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss iiii 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm Poverty Targeting in Asia Edited by John Weiss Research Director, Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo, Japan A JOINT PUBLICATION OF THE ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK INSTITUTE AND EDWARD ELGAR PUBLISHING Edward Elgar Cheltenham, UK (cid:127) Northampton, MA, USA WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss iiiiii 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm © Asian Development Bank Institute, 2005 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical or photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Published by Edward Elgar Publishing Limited Glensanda House Montpellier Parade Cheltenham Glos GL50 1UA UK Edward Elgar Publishing, Inc. 136 West Street Suite 202 Northampton Massachusetts 01060 USA A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 1 84542 123 X (cased) Printed and bound in Great Britain by MPG Books Ltd, Bodmin, Cornwall WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss iivv 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm Contents List of contributors vii Preface ix List of abbreviations x Maps xiv 1. Experiences with poverty targeting in Asia: an overview 1 John Weiss 2. Poverty targeting in India 34 Pradeep Srivastava 3. Poverty targeting in Indonesia 79 Ari A. Perdana and John Maxwell 4. Poverty targeting in the People’s Republic of China 136 Wang Sangui 5. Poverty targeting in Thailand 186 Peter Warr and Isra Sarntisart 6. Poverty targeting in the Philippines 219 Arsenio Balisacan and Rosemarie Edillon 7. Micro-fi nance and poverty reduction in Asia 247 John Weiss, Heather Montgomery and Elvira Kurmanalieva Index 269 v WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss vv 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss vvii 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm Contributors Arsenio Balisacan is Professor of Economics at the University of the Philippines-Diliman and Director of the Southeast Asian Regional Center for Graduate Study and Research in Agriculture, Manila. Rosemarie Edillon is Executive Director of the Asia-Pacifi c Policy Center, Manila. Elvira Kurmanalieva is a Research Associate at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo. John Maxwell is a Fellow at the Research School of Pacifi c and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. Heather Montgomery is a Research Fellow at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo. Ari A. Perdana is a Researcher at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, Jakarta. Isra Sarntisart is Professor of Economics at Chulalongkorn University, Thailand. Pradeep Srivastava is Chief Economist at the National Council for Applied Economic Research, New Delhi. Wang Sangui is a Senior Researcher and Professor at the Institute of Agricultural Economics, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Beijing. Peter Warr is John Crawford Professor of Agricultural Economics at the Research School of Pacifi c and Asian Studies, Australian National University, Canberra. John Weiss is Director of Research at the Asian Development Bank Institute, Tokyo. He is on long-term leave from the University of Bradford, UK, where he is Professor of Development Economics. vii WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss vviiii 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0033 ppmm WWeeiissss 0000 pprreelliimmss vviiiiii 88//22//0055 1122::3344::0044 ppmm
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