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Causes of poverty : myths, facts and policies : a Philippine study / Arsenio M. Balisacan, Shigeaki Fujisaki, editors

Contributor(s): Balisacan, Arsenio M | Fujisaki, Shigeaki.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Quezon City : University of the Philippines Press, [1999]Description: xiii, 240 pages : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9715422179.Subject(s): Poor -- Philippines -- Case studies | Poverty -- Government Policy -- Philippines | FilipinianaGenre/Form:
Contents:
Chapter 1: What do we really know-or-don't know- about economic inequality and poverty in the philippines?
Measurement issues: How should Inequality and poverty be measured?
International comparison using "High Quality"
Data: is the Philippines an exception to the "Asian Standards " of inequality and poverty reduction?
Some policy issues: Should "Conventional" prescriptions be abandoned in favor of "New" Ones?
What have we learned?
Chapter 2: International and Intranational Comparisons of Philippine poverty
Dimensions of Philippine poverty
Philippines poverty: International Comparisons
Regional and provincial poverty: Intranational Comparisons
Philippine Poverty: An Assessment of prospects
Chapter 3: Complementarity, Linkages and economic development
The complementarity Effect of investment
Division of labor and indivisibility
Pecuniary External economies and the role of government
The Extent of market and an avalanche of consumer's goods
Bullish entrepreneurs and the east asian miracle
The export-push strategy and domestic markets
Poverty alleviation and linkages
China's economic reform and linkages
Rural linkages in the punjab and the philippines
Concluding remarks: toward a tiger in the 21st century
Chapter 4: Globalization poverty and inequality
Globalization, growth and poverty
Globalization and LDC inequality: The direct links
Some evidence on globalization and inequality
World inequality and nonconvergence
A Race to the bottom?
Chapter 5: Labor's Income share in the philippines
Output growth and business fluctuations
An aggregate labor-demand model
Labor's income share
Real wage and hours of work
Some policy rules
Concluding remarks
Chapter 6: Measuring poverty in education
The education system
Poverty in education
Analysis of NEAT performance across provinces
Enrollment rate in region 5
Concluding remarks
Chapter 7: Local Governance and poverty alleviation
Background
LGU responsibilities in infrastructure provision
The mix between national and local spending
Special-purpose grants and cost-sharing schemes: Lessons from country experiences
Philippine Perspectives
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Chapter 1: What do we really know-or-don't know- about economic inequality and poverty in the philippines?

Measurement issues: How should Inequality and poverty be measured?

International comparison using "High Quality"

Data: is the Philippines an exception to the "Asian Standards " of inequality and poverty reduction?

Some policy issues: Should "Conventional" prescriptions be abandoned in favor of "New" Ones?

What have we learned?

Chapter 2: International and Intranational Comparisons of Philippine poverty

Dimensions of Philippine poverty

Philippines poverty: International Comparisons

Regional and provincial poverty: Intranational Comparisons

Philippine Poverty: An Assessment of prospects

Chapter 3: Complementarity, Linkages and economic development

The complementarity Effect of investment

Division of labor and indivisibility

Pecuniary External economies and the role of government

The Extent of market and an avalanche of consumer's goods

Bullish entrepreneurs and the east asian miracle

The export-push strategy and domestic markets

Poverty alleviation and linkages

China's economic reform and linkages

Rural linkages in the punjab and the philippines

Concluding remarks: toward a tiger in the 21st century

Chapter 4: Globalization poverty and inequality

Globalization, growth and poverty

Globalization and LDC inequality: The direct links

Some evidence on globalization and inequality

World inequality and nonconvergence

A Race to the bottom?

Chapter 5: Labor's Income share in the philippines

Output growth and business fluctuations

An aggregate labor-demand model

Labor's income share

Real wage and hours of work

Some policy rules

Concluding remarks

Chapter 6: Measuring poverty in education

The education system

Poverty in education

Analysis of NEAT performance across provinces

Enrollment rate in region 5

Concluding remarks

Chapter 7: Local Governance and poverty alleviation

Background

LGU responsibilities in infrastructure provision

The mix between national and local spending

Special-purpose grants and cost-sharing schemes: Lessons from country experiences

Philippine Perspectives

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