Economics and Statistics

ERD Publications on Poverty

The following are research conducted and papers processed by the Economics and Research Department.

• Asian Development Review
• Guidebooks
• Policy Brief Series
• Special Poverty Studies
• Working Paper Series
• Technical Note Series
• Papers of the First Asia and Pacific Forum on Poverty
• Other Periodicals

Asian Development Review

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	Volume 23 No.1 (2006)	[PDF: 144 kb | 30 pages]
	Volume 22 No.1 (2005)	[PDF: 268 kb | 33 pages]
	Volume 21 No.2 (2005)	[PDF: 224 kb | 99 pages]
	Volume 21 No.2 (2004)	[PDF: 1,008 kb | 99 pages]
	Volume 20 No.2 (2003)	[PDF: 394 kb | 124 pages]
	Volume 19 No.2 (2002)	[PDF: 394 kb | 7 pages]
	Volume 19 No.1 (2002)	[PDF: 394 kb | 7 pages]
	Volume 18 No.2 (2000)	[PDF: 394 kb | 7 pages]
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Guidebooks

	Integrating Poverty Impact Assessment in the Economic Analysis of Projects 2001
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Policy Brief Series

TITLE		PUBLICATION DATE	DETAILS
	No. 46 Improving Primary Enrollment Rates among the Poor By A. Tandon	August 2006	[PDF: 558 kb | 6 pages]
	No. 41 Conceptualizing and Measuring Poverty as Vulnerability: Does It Make a Difference? By A. Tandon and R. Hasan	October 2005	[PDF: 261 kb | 7 pages]
	No. 40 Highlighting Poverty as Vulnerability: The 2005 Earthquake in Pakistan By A. Tandon and R. Hasan	October 2005	[PDF: 261 kb | 7 pages]
	No. 35 Attaining Millennium Development Goals in Health: Isn't Economic Growth Enough? Ajay Tandon	March 2005	[PDF: 296 kb | 13 pages]
	No. 33. Population Health and Foreign Direct Investment: Does Poor Health Signal Poor Government Effectiveness Ajay Tandon	January 2005	[PDF: 333 kb | 14 pages]
	No. 27. Inclusive Growth for Sustainable Poverty Reduction in Developing Asia: The Enabling Role of Infrastructure Development Ifzal Ali and Xianbin Yao	May 2004	[PDF: 736 kb | 13 pages]
	Trade and Poverty: What are the Connections? D. Brooks	July 2003	[PDF: 394 kb | 7 pages]
	The Millennium Development Goals and Poverty: Are We Counting the World’s Poor Right? M. G. Quibria	July 2003	[PDF: 415 kb | 7 pages]
	Pro-Poor Growth: What is It and How is It Important? E. Pernia	May 2003	[PDF: 313 kb | 7 pages]
	Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction - Making Markets Work for the Poor X. Yao	May 2003	[PDF: 72 kb | 7 pages]
	Infrastructure and Poverty Reduction - What is the Connection? I. Ali & E. Pernia	January 2003	[PDF: 54 kb | 11 pages]
	No. 10. Is Economic Openness Good for Regional Development and Poverty Reduction? The Philippines Ernesto M. Pernia and Pilipinas F. Quising	October 2002	[PDF: 104 kb | 10 pages]
	What Else Besides Growth Matters to Poverty Reduction? A. Balisacan & E. M. Pernia	February 2002	[PDF: 70 kb | 5 pages]
	Is Growth Good Enough for the Poor? E. M. Pernia	October 2001	[PDF: 38 kb | 6 pages]
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Special Poverty Studies

TITLE		PUBLICATION DATE
	Poverty, Growth, and Institutions in Developing Asia 2003 Edited by E.M. Pernia and A.B. Deolalikar	2003
	Reducing Poverty in Asia: Emerging Issues in Growth, Targeting, and Measurement Edited by C.M. Edmonds	2003
	Defining an Agenda for Poverty Reduction, Volume 1	2002
	Defining an Agenda for Poverty Reduction, Volume 2	2002
	Technology and Poverty Reduction in Asia and the Pacific	2002
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Working Paper Series

TITLE		PUBLICATION DATE	DETAILS
	No. 87 Expanding Access to Basic Services in Asia and the Pacific Region: Public-Private Partnerships for Poverty Reduction By A. Panggabean	November 2006	[PDF: 614 kb | 24 pages]
	No. 85 Economic Growth, Technological Change, and the Patterns of Food and Agricultural Trade in Asia By T. Hertel, C. Ludena, and A. Golub	October 2006	[PDF: 460 kb | 20 pages]
	No. 82 Institutions and Policies for Growth and Poverty Reduction: The Role of Private Sector Development By R. Hassan, D. Mitra, and M. Ulubasoglu	July 2006	[PDF: 727 kb | 55 pages]
	No. 73 Impacts of the Doha Development Agenda on People's Republic of China: The Role of Complementary Education Reforms F. Zhai and T. Hertel	October 2005	[PDF: 525 kb | 26 pages]
	No. 72 Can the Poor Benefit from the DOHA Agenda? The Case of Indonesia D. Brooks and G. Sugiyarto	October 2005	[PDF: 525 kb | 26 pages]
	No. 66 Measuring Efficiency of Macro Systems: An Application to Millennium Development Goal Attainment A. Tandon	March 2005	[PDF: 496 kb | 14 pages]
	No. 65. Poverty and Foreign Aid - Evidence from Recent Cross-Country Data Abuzar Asra, Gemma Estrada, Yangseon Kim, and M.G. Quibria	February 2005	[PDF: 356 kb | 36 pages]
	No. 58. Monetary Poverty Estimates in Sri Lanka Neranjana Gunetilleke and Dinushka Senenayake	October 2004	[PDF: 527 kb | 44 pages]
	No. 57. Practices of Poverty Measurement and Poverty Profile of Nepal Devendra Chhetry	September 2004	[PDF: 527 kb | 41 pages]
	No. 54. Practices of Poverty Measurement and Poverty Profile of Bangladesh F. Ahmed	August 2004	[PDF: 542 kb | 45 pages]
	No. 51. Poverty Estimates in India: Some Key Issues Savita Sharma	May 2004	[PDF: 536 kb | 48 pages]
	Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Viet Nam A. Balisacan, E. Pernia, and G. Estrada	June 2003	[PDF: 562 kb | 19 pages]
	No. 39. The Political Economy of Good Governance for Poverty Alleviation Policies Narayan Lakshman	April 2003	[PDF: 388 kb | 36 pages]
	Revisiting Growth and Poverty Reduction in Indonesia: What Do Subnational Data Show? A. Balisacan, E. Pernia, & A. Asra	October 2002	[PDF: 446 kb | 24 pages]
	Poverty and Patterns of Growth R. Hasan & M. G. Quibria	August 2002	[PDF: 191 kb | 10 pages]
	A Framework for Establishing Priorities in a Country Poverty Reduction Strategy R. Duncan & S. Pollard	June 2002	[PDF: 690 kb | 17 pages]
	Poverty Reduction and the Role of Institutions in Developing Asia A. Deolalikar, A. Brillantes, Jr., R. Gaiha, E. Pernia, & M. Racelis	May 2002	[PDF: 334 kb | 73 pages]
	Poverty, Growth, and Inequality in Thailand A. Deolalikar	April 2002	[PDF: 892 kb | 19 pages]
	Probing Beneath Cross-national Averages: Poverty, Inequality, and Growth in the Philippines A. Balisacan & E. Pernia	March 2002	[PDF: 1,790 kb | 26 pages]
	Policy-based Lending and Poverty Reduction: An Overview of Processes, Assessment, and Options R. Bolt & M. Fujimura	January 2002	[PDF: 1,320 kb | 72 pages]
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Technical Note Series

	No. 13 Assessing the Use of Project Distribution and Poverty Impact Analyses at the Asian Development Bank F. De Guzman	October 2005	[PDF: 1,694 kb | 43 pages]
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Other Periodicals

TITLE		PUBLICATION DATE	DETAILS
	Asian Development Review Volume 21 (2)	2004	[PDF: 1,008 kb | 99 pages]
	Poverty Incidence in the Asian and Pacific Region: Data Situation and Measurement Issues EDRC Briefing Note No. 017	1999	[PDF: 160 kb | 25 pages]
	Growth, Structural Change and Optimal Poverty Interventions EDRC Occasional Paper No. 013	1995	[34 pages]
	Sustainable Development, Environment and Poverty Nexus EDRC Occasional Paper No. 007	1994	[20 pages]
	The Gender and Poverty Nexus: Issues and Policies Economic Staff Paper No. 51	1993	[PDF: 3,458 kb | 28 pages]
	Income Distribution and Poverty in Selected Asian Countries Economic Staff Paper No. 22		[PDF: 7,319 kb | 80 pages]
	Poverty in the People’s Republic of China: Recent Developments and Scope for Bank Assistance EDRC Occasional Paper No. 001	1992	[15 pages]
	An Approach to Estimating the Poverty Alleviation Impact of an Agricultural Project EDRC Report No. 047	1990	[30 pages]
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