TY - BOOK ID - 7039561 TI - Public expenditures, growth, and poverty : lessons from developing countries. PY - 2008 SN - 9780801888588 9780801888595 0801888581 080188859X PB - Baltimore Johns Hopkins university press DB - UniCat KW - Poverty KW - Expenditures, Public KW - Economic development KW - Prevention KW - Developing countries KW - Economic conditions KW - Economic policy KW - Social Sciences and Humanities. Development Studies KW - Prevention. KW - Development Economics KW - 330.34 <1-773> KW - 338.26 KW - 364.22 KW - Economische ontwikkeling. Regionale economische ontwikkeling--Gebieden in ontwikkeling. Ontwikkelingslanden KW - Economische planning. Nationale plannen. Ontwikkelingsplannen. Meerjarenplannen. Plattelandsontwikkeling. Rural development. Kosten-batenanlyse KW - Armoede. Financiele problemen. Financiele nood KW - Development Economics. KW - 338.26 Economische planning. Nationale plannen. Ontwikkelingsplannen. Meerjarenplannen. Plattelandsontwikkeling. Rural development. Kosten-batenanlyse KW - 330.34 <1-773> Economische ontwikkeling. Regionale economische ontwikkeling--Gebieden in ontwikkeling. Ontwikkelingslanden KW - 364.22 Armoede. Financiele problemen. Financiele nood KW - Destitution KW - Wealth KW - Basic needs KW - Begging KW - Poor KW - Subsistence economy KW - Appropriations and expenditures KW - Government appropriations KW - Government expenditures KW - Government spending KW - Public expenditures KW - Public spending KW - Spending, Government KW - Finance, Public KW - Public administration KW - Government spending policy KW - Emerging nations KW - Fourth World KW - Global South KW - LDC's KW - Least developed countries KW - Less developed countries KW - Newly industrialized countries KW - Newly industrializing countries KW - NICs (Newly industrialized countries) KW - Third World KW - Underdeveloped areas KW - Underdeveloped countries KW - Poverty - Developing countries KW - Poverty - Developing countries - Prevention KW - Expenditures, Public - Developing countries KW - Economic development - Developing countries KW - Developing countries - Economic conditions - 20th century KW - Developing countries - Economic policy - 2000 KW - -Economic development UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7039561 AB - Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty assesses the efficacy of poverty reduction programs in Latin America, Africa, and Asia by synthesizing studies conducted by the International Food Policy Research Institute over the past ten years. Overall, the studies find that investments in agricultural research, infrastructure, and human capital are beneficial in the long term, while food aid and poverty reduction programs have little utility beyond immediately abating hunger and generating short-run income effects.The book develops a conceptual framework for analyzing public expenditures and their short- and long-run impact on poverty through various channels. It surveys spending trends and analyzes the effect of growing public investment on urban and rural poverty through case studies of India, China, Thailand, and Uganda. And it highlights the advantages of directing spending toward public works programs that engage impoverished peoples rather than using the limited aid money on food subsidies and other passive donations.Featuring discussions about the roles of various social safety net programs and a chapter devoted solely to the vexing poverty in sub-Saharan Africa, Public Expenditures, Growth, and Poverty will aid policy makers and encourage further, more analytic study of worldwide poverty reduction programs. ER -