Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction

Introduction 1. Developmental Pathways to Poverty Reduction; Yusuf Bangura PART I: DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES 2. Employment, Economic Development and Poverty Reduction; James Heintz 3. Taxation, Developmental State Capacity and Poverty Reduction; Jonathan Di John 4. The Effectiveness of IMF/World Bank-Funded Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers; Ricardo Gottschalk 5. Poverty Reduction and the Politics of Bilateral Donor Relations; Tom Lavers 6. Politics of Growth and Redistribution in a Democratic Context; Yusuf Bangura 7. Agrarian Social Pacts and Poverty Reduction; Adam Sheingate PART II: CASE STUDIES 8. Economic Development and Poverty Reduction in Korea: Governing Multifunctional Institutions; Huck-ju Kwon and Ilcheong Yi 9. Growing Wealth, Poverty Avoidance and Management in Singapore; Chua Beng Huat 10. Development Strategies and Poverty Reduction in China; Jean C. Oi 11. The Unsocial Leviathan: Interests, Institutions and Social Policy in Brazil; Marcus André Melo 12. Ireland's Boom-Bust Cycles: The Elusive Search for a Balanced Development; Peadar Kirby