Defining an Agenda for Poverty Reduction
Volume 1
Edited by Christopher Edmonds and Sara Medina
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Conference Papers and Proceedings
On-line edition: Free of Charge
Hardcopy price: $15.00 ISBN: 971-561-457-4
Pub. Date: 2002
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Volume 1 includes as highlights President Tadao Chino's Inaugural Address, Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell's address on the role of the international monetary system in poverty reduction efforts, and many other contributions from leading policymakers and researchers, as well as a large number of contributions of ADB staff. The books are based on materials prepared for the International Poverty Forum hosted by ADB in 2001.
The two volumes include sections devoted to:
- Consideration of broad strategic approaches for poverty reduction efforts in the Asia and Pacific Region
- Macroeconomic concerns and the role of trade and growth in poverty reduction
- Promoting good governance
- Role of civil society and the private sector
- Priority social development policies to achieve irreversible reduction of poverty
- How to design social protection interventions to effectively reduce poverty
- Special topics related to poverty measurements and targeted poverty reduction efforts
- Views from non-governmental organizations and other civil society groups such as trade unions
The books include addresses and papers from leading scholars and policymakers, and cover a wide range of poverty issues. Volume One addresses the major themes considered at the Forum except for social protection issues, which are considered in Volume Two. The publications are particularly timely in light of the ongoing review of ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy, and provide perspectives and insights regarding how to pursue poverty reduction from academic as well as operational perspectives.
Table of Contents [ PDF: 34kb | 14 pages ]
- Acknowledgements
- List of Tables
- List of Boxes and Figures
- List of Abbreviations
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Introduction
An Overview of the First Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty
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Broad strategies for reducing poverty in Asia and the Pacific—
Macroeconomic policy and the role of multilateral development institutions.
- Inaugural Address of Tadao Chino
President, Asian Development Bank
- Keynote Address of Nobel Laureate Robert Mundell
Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics, Columbia University, New York City, US
- Address by James Wolfenson
President, World Bank, Washington D.C., US
- Address by Masood Ahmed
Deputy Director, Policy Development and Review Department, International Monetary Fund, Washington D.C., USA
- Address by Jean-Claude Faure
Chairman, Development Assistance Committee, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France
- Address by Hafiz Pasha
Assistant Administrator and Director, Regional Bureau for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Development Programme, New York, USA
- Address by Roger Ehrhardt
Director General, International Financial Institutions, Canadian International Development Agency, Ottawa, Canada
- Address by Patricia Buckles
Philippines Mission Director, United States Agency for International Development, Manila, Philippines
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Fostering good governance in the fight to reduce poverty
- A Conceptual Framework for Designing a Country Poverty Reduction Strategy
Ronald Duncan, Professor of Economics, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Management, Australian National University and Stephen J. Pollard, Senior Economist, Pacific Department, Asian Development Bank
- E-Govenment: Supporting Public Sector Reform and Poverty Reduction in the Asia-Pacific Region
Clay Wescott, Senior Public Administration Specialist, Asian Development Bank
- Legal Literacy and Poverty Reduction
Hamid Sharif, Senior Counsel, Office of the General Counsel, Asian Development Bank
- Operationalizing the MTEF in the Philippines - a Key to Reducing Poverty
Laura Pascua, Assistant Secretary, Department of Budget and Management, Government of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines
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The role of civil society and the private sector in poverty reduction efforts
- The Privatization of Poverty Alleviation
Mechai Viravaidya, Senator and Founding Director of the Population and Community Development Association, Bangkok, Thailand
- Soft Hearts and Hard Heads: The Private Sector’s Centrality to Poverty Reduction
Christine Wallich, former Head, Private Sector Group, and Director, Infrastructure, Energy, and Financial Sectors Department (West), Asian Development Bank
- Working together with the Private Sector: Better Access to Water for Marginalized Communities
Lisette Provencher, Program Manager, Philippines Office, Lyonnaise des Eaux Company and Advisor, Maynilad Water Services Inc., Manila, Philippines
- Public-Private Partnership in Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction: The PPIAF Experience
Russell Muir, Program Manager, Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility, World Bank, Washington, D.C., USA
- Paths Out of Poverty br>
Guy Pfeffermann, Chief Economics Advisor, International Finance Corporation, Washington, D.C., USA
- A Finance Model for Small Entrepreneurs and e-Planters.com: The Planters Bank Experience
Jesus Tambunting, Ambassador, and Chairman and CEO, Planters Development Bank, Manila, Philippines
- Using Assets and Partnerships to Address Rural Poverty
Bruce Moore, Coordinator, Popular Coalition for the Eradication of Hunger and Poverty, International Fund for Agricultural Development, Rome, Italy
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Special topics—targeted poverty reduction mechanisms
Labor Markets
Gender
Resettlement
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Country studies—poverty in Asia and the Pacific
- Poverty Reduction through Decentralization
S. M. Vijayanand, Secretary, Local Governance, Kerala State, India
- Understanding Rural Poverty in Nepal
Devandra Chhetry, Professor of Statistics, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
- Food Security and Development in the Lower Mekong River Basin and the Need for Regional Cooperation: A Challenge for the Mekong River Commission
Joern Kristensen, Chief Executive, Mekong River Commission, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Poverty in the Fiji Islands and the Pacific Islands
Crosbie Walsh, Adjunct Professor, University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji
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