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Hardship and Poverty in the Pacific
by David Abbott and Steve Pollard

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This report aims to further the analysis, awareness, and understanding of the nature and extent of poverty and to draw attention to the importance of developing and, more importantly, implementing measures and strategies to ensure equitable growth and hardship alleviation in the Pacific developing member countries.

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Contents

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Abbreviations and Acronyms [ PDF: 99KB | 5 pages ]

Foreword [ PDF: 69KB | 2 pages ]

Executive Summary [ PDF: 108KB | 4 pages ]

1. Defining Hardship and Poverty [ PDF: 101KB | 4 pages ]
1. Poverty in the Pacific?
2. Defining Poverty in the Pacific
3. Conclusions
2. Perceptions of the People [ PDF: 138KB | 13 pages ]
1. Causes of Hardship and Poverty
2. Who are the Most Disadvantaged?
3. Getting Better or Worse?
4. Priorities of the People
5. Conclusions
3. Millennium Development Goals and Other Poverty Indicators [ PDF: 291KB | 46 pages ]
1. Going in the Right Direction?
2. Measuring Poverty and Hardship
3. National Poverty Lines
4. Levels of Inequality
5. Education Indicators
6. Health Indicators
7. Environmental Health
8. Employment and Unemployment
9. Household Assets
10. MDG Achievements and Progress Monitoring
11. Monetization and Poverty
12. Conclusions
4. Are National Strategies Relevant to Poverty Reduction? [ PDF: 180KB | 19 pages ]
1. What Have Governments Achieved?
2. Approaches to National Planning
3. Private Sector Development and State Capitalism
4. Have Aid Funded Projects Led to Development?
5. Good Governance is the Key
6. Conclusions
5. A Framework for Strategies and Priorities for Poverty Reduction [ PDF: 159KB | 13 pages ]
1. Alleviating Poverty: The Three Pillars of ADB's Poverty Reduction Strategy
2. The Framework
3. Organization
4. Design and Implementation
5. Conclusions
6. A Preferred Strategy for a Modern State [ PDF: 119KB | 6 pages ]
1. Pacific Regional Priorities
2. Closer Regional Cooperation
3. Next Steps
4. Conclusions

Appendices [ PDF: 221KB | 34 pages ]

References [ PDF: 80KB | 5 pages ]