Ending Asian deprivations

Ending Asian deprivations compulsions for a fair, prosperous and equitable Asia / [electronic resource] : edited by Shiladitya Chatterjee. - New York : Routledge, 2014. - xxii, 341 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

1. Asia's burden of human deprivations : how can they be removed? / Shiladitya Chatterjee and Divya Ramchand -- 2. Strengthening inclusive growth to reduce extreme poverty and other social deprivations / Shiladitya Chatterjee -- 3. Progress toward the millennium development goals / Harumi Shibata Salazar, Jan Smit, and Yanghong Zhang -- 4. Asia's progress in eliminating poverty, with special reference to the People's Republic of China and India / Guanghua Wan, Cuiping Zhu, and Shiladitya Chatterjee -- 5. Ending hunger in Asia and the Pacific / Shiladitya Chatterjee ... [et al.] -- 6. The quality of primary education : issues and challenges for Asia / Sheldon Shaeffer -- 7. Skills and youth in a growing Asia / Brahm Prakash and Shiladitya Chatterjee -- 8. Gender equality and women's empowerment in Asia : the unfinished agenda / Eugenia McGill -- 9. Ending health deprivations / Ian Anderson, Indu Bhushan, and Patricia Moser -- 10. Overcoming challenges in water and sanitation in Asia / Kallidaikurichi E. Seetharam and Mingxuan Fan -- 11. Migration and slums in urban Asia / Belinda Yuen -- 12. Social safety nets in Indonesia and the Philippines / M. Ramesh -- 13. Enhancing governance of public services delivery, / Vinay Bhargava -- 14. Voice, participation and development in Asia / Raza Ahmad and Shiladitya Chatterjee -- 15. Regional quest for inclusive growth / Cyn-Young Park -- 16. Asia's future development agenda : looking beyond 2015 at unfinished tasks and emerging threats / Shiladitya Chatterjee.




Mode of access: World Wide Web.

9780203496978 (e-book : PDF)


Economic development--Asia--21st century.


Asia--Economic conditions--21st century.
Asia--Economic policy--21st century.


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