Poverty in Emerging Asia: Progress, Setbacks, and Log-jams

The financial crisis of 1997-1998 in East and Southeast Asia has raised questions about the sustainability of some hitherto admired modes of poverty reduction. But this paper argues that there remain important lessons to learn from Asia’s great ascent out of poverty since the Second World War. It re...

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Main Authors: Arjan de Haan, Michael Lipton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: World Scientific Publishing 1998-01-01
Series:Asian Development Review
Online Access:https://www.worldscientific.com/doi/10.1142/S0116110598000104