Title Rural poverty in developing countries : issues and policies / prepared by Mahmood Hasan Khan

Published [Washington, D.C.] : International Monetary Fund, IMF Institute, 2000 ©2000

Click on the following:
IMF eLibrary

Copies

Description 1 online resource (32 pages) Series IMF working paper ; WP/00/78 IMF working paper ; WP/00/78. Summary Annotation In most developing countries, poverty is more widespread and severe in rural than in urban areas. the author reviews some important aspects of rural poverty and draws key implications for public policy. He presents a policy framework for reducing poverty, taking into account the functional differences and overlap between the rural poor. Several policy options are delineated and explained, including stable management of the macroeconomic environment, transfer of assets, investment in and access to the physical and social infrastructure, access to credit and jobs, and provision of safety nets. Finally, some guideposts are identified for assessing strategies to reduce rural poverty Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 30-32) Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL English Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Online resource Subject Rural poor -- Services for -- Developing countries Poverty -- Developing countries Public welfare -- Developing countries Social service, Rural -- Developing countries Human services -- Developing countries Human services Poverty Public welfare Rural poor -- Services for Social policy Social service, Rural SUBJECT Developing countries -- Social policy Subject Developing countries Form Electronic book Author International Monetary Fund, issuing body. IMF Institute, issuing body. ISBN 1451896301 9781451896305 1281600083 9781281600080 1462380255 9781462380251 1452794650 9781452794655 9786613780775 6613780774 9781451850093 1451850093 ISSN 2227-8885

  Permalink