EU development policy and poverty reduction enhancing effectiveness

Integrated of waqf and Islamic microfinance for poverty reduction case studies of Malaysia, Indonesia and Bangladesh

In the name of the poor contesting political space for poverty reduction

Realizing the full potential of social safety nets in Africa

Table of Contents: “…Overview: realizing the full potential of social safety nets in Africa -- Introduction -- Reacing the poor and vulnerable in Africa through social safety nets -- Social safety nets promote poverty reduction, increase resilience, and expand opportunities -- Recognizing and leveraging politics to expand and sustain social safety nets -- Anchoring in strong institutions to expand and sustain social safety nets -- Harnessing resources to expand and sustain social safety nets…”

China in the world contemporary issues and perspectives

Table of Contents: “…/ Chia Oai Peng -- Sino-Burmese relations 1949-1953 : suspicions and equivocations / Fan Hongwei -- Poverty reduction : the China experience / Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh -- Regional disparity in China : the challenge for growth / Joanne Hoi-Lee Loh -- Investment in China : the role of Southeast Asian Chinese businessmen / Wang Wangbo and Lin Zhiqing -- Chinese Indonesians and the rise of China : from business opportunities to questions of identity / Juliette Koning and Andreas Susanto -- Developmental state and Chinese capitalism : competition and collaboration / LooSee Beh -- Requiem for a dream : the rise and fall of a communal economic revival movement / Emile Kok-Kheng Yeoh.…”

Globalization and the poor in Asia can shared growth be sustained?

Table of Contents: “…/ Tomoki Fujii and David Roland-Holst -- Trade, migration and poverty reduction in the globalizing economy : the case of the Philippines / Yasuyuki Sawada and Jonna P. …”