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8 - Regional Development Targeting the Poorest Areas

from Part III - Lessons from Pro-Poor Policy Instruments

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2020

William Ascher
Affiliation:
Claremont McKenna College, California
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The final broad approach to addressing poverty alleviation is to target investment to the poor regions of the country (Richardson 1982). It may not be the case that the very poorest people reside in that region, but a low regional per capita income is typically a good indication of the existence of many poor people. Equally important, insofar as people perceive that they are living in one of the poorest regions, they may very well press for investment to redress the disparity between their region and wealthier regions.

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The Psychology of Poverty Alleviation
Challenges in Developing Countries
, pp. 170 - 190
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2020

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