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Yes, you can access Pro-poor Development Policies by Hal Hill, Majah-Leah V. Ravago, James A. Roumasset, Hal Hill,Majah-Leah V. Ravago,James A. Roumasset in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Economics & Development Economics. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

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Publisher

ISEAS Publishing

Year

2022

eBook ISBN

9789815011067

Edition

Topic

Economics

Subtopic

Development Economics

Index

Economics

Contents
Figures, Tables and Boxes
Foreword
Foreword
Message
Preface and Acknowledgements
About the Editors
About the Contributors
Acronyms
Part 1. Introduction and Synthesis
1. From Agriculture to Competition: Overview and Lessons from the Philippines and Asia for Pro-poor Development
2. Philippine Economic Development in Comparative Perspective: An Interpretative Essay
Part 2. Agricultural and Economic Development
3. Trade Distortions as Constraints to Agricultural Development in East Asia
4. Beyond Krugman: The Importance of Agriculture for East Asian Growth
5. The Role of Agricultural and Structural Transformations in Rural Poverty Reduction
6. The Changing Relationship between Farm Size and Productivity: Asia and the Philippines
7. The Political Economy of Rice Policy in the Philippines
8. Adapting Philippine Agriculture to Climate Change
Part 3. Economic Policies for Achieving Targeted Levels of Living in the Philippines
9. Low Income Traps and Philippine Poverty Incidence
10. The Philippines in Global Manufacturing Value Chains: A Tale of Arrested Growth
The Limits of Trade Policy Liberalization in the Philippines
12. Reaching for the Demographic Dividend to Achieve Inclusive Economic Growth
13. Collateralizing Wages: The Case of Sangla ATM
Part 4. Inequality and Economic Development
14. An Essay on Markets, Distributive Justice and Social Safety Nets
15. Convergence of Philippine Spatial Inequality during the American Colonial Period
16. Social Differentiation: The Middle Class and Its Discontents
17. Redistributive Preferences and Prospects for Intergenerational Mobility in Southeast Asia
Part 5. Competition Law and Policy
18. Adopting and Adapting Competition Policy: Asian Illustrations
19. Competition and Employment Growth in the Philippines: A Baseline Assessment
20. Buyer Power and Late Payment Behaviour in the Shoe Capital of the Philippines
21. Regulation, Market Evolution and Competition in the Philippine Microfinance Sector
22. Tariffication and Market Structure: The Case of the Philippine Rice Industry
23. The Role of Government Subsidies in Philippine Agricultural Competition
Part 6. International Dimensions
24. Modernization of the Global Rice Market
25. International Cooperation for Development: Learning from Trade and Tax Policies
Index

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