Reducing rural poverty in Asia: Challenges and opportunities for micro enterprises & public employment schemes/
Nurul Islam
- 1st ed.
- New York: Food Products Press, 2006.
- 374 p.
PART I: SYNTHESIS AND MAJOR LESSONS. Chapter 1. Rural Poverty and the Nonfarm Sector in Rural Asia -- Chapter 2. Rural Nonfarm Microenterprise: Salent Features and Issues -- Chapter 3. Bangladesh Case: Review and Analysis -- Chapter 4. Indian Case Studies: Review and Analysis -- Chapter 5. Overview of Country Experiences -- Chapter 6. Conclusions: Microfinance for Microenterprise -- Chapter 7. Public Employment Schemes: Case Studies in India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines -- Chapter 8. Review of Country Experiences of Public Employment and Policy Conclusions --- PART II: COUNTRY CASE STUDIES. Chapter 9. SIDBI Foundation for Micro Credit -- Chapter 10. Maharashtra Rural Credit Project -- Chapter 11. Small Enterprises Development Project in Bangladesh -- Chapter 12. A Study on Grameen Uddog, MEDU, and Kishoreganj Projects -- Chapter 13. A Review of the Employment Guarantee Scheme in Maharashtra -- Chapter 14. Public Works Employment and Rural Poverty Alleviation in the Philippines.
Poverty -- Government policy -- Asia. Rural poor -- Government policy -- Asia. Economic assistance, Domestic -- Asia.