Poverty, Inequality and Rural Development: Case-Studies in Economic Development, Volume 3

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This volume studies what can be done to alleviate rural poverty. Four chapters address the measurement of poverty and inequality, including the use of household expenditure surveys and intra-household income distribution. Evidence is presented for India, Mauritania, Cote d'Ivoire and China. Other chapters present case studies on strategies for rural development: provision of rural credit in Bangladesh and India; technical change in Philippine agricuture; contract farming in Thailand; and banana growers in the Windwards.