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Pathways out of poverty : private firms and economic mobility in developing countries / edited by Gary S. Fields and Guy Pfeffermann.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boston : Washington, DC : Kluwer Academic Publishers ; International Financial Corporation, World Bank Group, [2003]Distributor: Herndon, VA : World Bank Publication, [distributor] for paperback version, customers in the U.S. Copyright date: ©2003Description: xviii, 297 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1402074123
  • 9781402074127
  • 0821354043
  • 9780821354049
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 339.46091724 21
LOC classification:
  • HC59.7 .P357 2003
Contents:
Preface / Peter Woicke -- Foreword / Nicholas Stern -- 1. Reducing Poverty: The Overall Framework / Guy Pfeffermann and Gary S. Fields -- 2. Escaping from Poverty: Household Income Dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela / Gary S. Fields, Paul L. Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menendez and David Newhouse -- 3. Long-term Economic Mobility and the Private Sector in Developing Countries: New Evidence / Gary S. Fields and Walter S. Bagg -- 4. Informal Self-Employment: Poverty Trap or Decent Alternative? / William E. Maloney -- 5. Generating Upward Mobility: The Case of Korea and Private Sector Development / Se-Il Park -- 6. The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies / John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff -- 7. Opportunities off the Farm as a Springboard Out of Rural Poverty: Five Decades of Development in an Indian Village / Peter Lanjouw and Nicholas Stern -- 8. The Problem of African Entrepreneurial Development / Tyler Biggs and Manju Shah -- 9. The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development / Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann and Andrew H. W. Stone -- 10. Obstacles Facing Smaller Business in Developing Countries / Beatrice Weder -- 11. Bringing SMEs into Global Markets / Kris Hallberg and Yasuo Konishi -- 12. The Role of Government in Enhancing Opportunity for the Poor: Economic Mobility, Public Attitudes, and Public Policy / Carol Graham.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface / Peter Woicke -- Foreword / Nicholas Stern -- 1. Reducing Poverty: The Overall Framework / Guy Pfeffermann and Gary S. Fields -- 2. Escaping from Poverty: Household Income Dynamics in Indonesia, South Africa, Spain, and Venezuela / Gary S. Fields, Paul L. Cichello, Samuel Freije, Marta Menendez and David Newhouse -- 3. Long-term Economic Mobility and the Private Sector in Developing Countries: New Evidence / Gary S. Fields and Walter S. Bagg -- 4. Informal Self-Employment: Poverty Trap or Decent Alternative? / William E. Maloney -- 5. Generating Upward Mobility: The Case of Korea and Private Sector Development / Se-Il Park -- 6. The Central Role of Entrepreneurs in Transition Economies / John McMillan and Christopher Woodruff -- 7. Opportunities off the Farm as a Springboard Out of Rural Poverty: Five Decades of Development in an Indian Village / Peter Lanjouw and Nicholas Stern -- 8. The Problem of African Entrepreneurial Development / Tyler Biggs and Manju Shah -- 9. The Firms Speak: What the World Business Environment Survey Tells Us about Constraints on Private Sector Development / Geeta Batra, Daniel Kaufmann and Andrew H. W. Stone -- 10. Obstacles Facing Smaller Business in Developing Countries / Beatrice Weder -- 11. Bringing SMEs into Global Markets / Kris Hallberg and Yasuo Konishi -- 12. The Role of Government in Enhancing Opportunity for the Poor: Economic Mobility, Public Attitudes, and Public Policy / Carol Graham.

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